Guidebook for Paris

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Guidebook for Paris

Essentials

Great cheese, delicatessen, greens etc. Also, some may like the Amélie Poulain reference.
64 locals recommend
Rue Lepic
Rue Lepic
64 locals recommend
Great cheese, delicatessen, greens etc. Also, some may like the Amélie Poulain reference.
Greens, cheese, cakes, you name it.
399 locals recommend
Rue des Martyrs
Rue des Martyrs
399 locals recommend
Greens, cheese, cakes, you name it.
Fantastic organic streetmarket (every Saturday morning)
131 locals recommend
Marche biologique des Batignolles
34 Bd des Batignolles
131 locals recommend
Fantastic organic streetmarket (every Saturday morning)
Posh grocers, fromagers, deli's, cafés. The shops open all days, including Sunday morning.
104 locals recommend
Villiers station
104 locals recommend
Posh grocers, fromagers, deli's, cafés. The shops open all days, including Sunday morning.
Supermarket, opens til midnight.
561 locals recommend
Monop'
42 Rue Saint-Maur
561 locals recommend
Supermarket, opens til midnight.

Drinks & Nightlife

Where hype people have their burger / beer.
172 locals recommend
Le Mansart
1 Rue Mansart
172 locals recommend
Where hype people have their burger / beer.
Cocktail bar.
61 locals recommend
Glass
7 Rue Frochot
61 locals recommend
Cocktail bar.
Magnificent Belle Epoque bistro. Also: a very good local option to grab a beer.
32 locals recommend
Le Cyrano
3 Rue Biot
32 locals recommend
Magnificent Belle Epoque bistro. Also: a very good local option to grab a beer.
Tiki-themed cocktail bar.
119 locals recommend
Dirty Dick
10 Rue Frochot
119 locals recommend
Tiki-themed cocktail bar.

Shopping

For all basic shopping.
603 locals recommend
Monoprix
99 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine
603 locals recommend
For all basic shopping.
Support your local bookshop.
22 locals recommend
Librairie de Paris
7 Pl. de Clichy
22 locals recommend
Support your local bookshop.
Awesome vintage clothes.
73 Rue de Rochechouart
73 Rue Marguerite de Rochechouart
Awesome vintage clothes.
Cool gadget store: posters with a Parisian theme, toys for twentysomethings, and the like.
13 Rue Henry Monnier
13 Rue Henry Monnier
Cool gadget store: posters with a Parisian theme, toys for twentysomethings, and the like.
One-of-a-kind chocolate and sweets shop. The shopowner is also vintage Paris, and very sweet. (Closed for now, unfortunately.)
13 locals recommend
A L'Etoile d'Or
30 Rue Pierre Fontaine
13 locals recommend
One-of-a-kind chocolate and sweets shop. The shopowner is also vintage Paris, and very sweet. (Closed for now, unfortunately.)
Designers startup / store. Lots of good, inventive stuff, from shirts to stationery to shoes. Cool crew.
La Fausse Boutique
Designers startup / store. Lots of good, inventive stuff, from shirts to stationery to shoes. Cool crew.
Great little antique shop. Lots of lamps, jewellery, chromo pictures from the 1940s to 1980s.
Archi-noire
56 Rue Rodier
Great little antique shop. Lots of lamps, jewellery, chromo pictures from the 1940s to 1980s.
For basic shopping.
309 locals recommend
Carrefour City
1 Rue Haxo
309 locals recommend
For basic shopping.

Food Scene

A good little lunch spot and a nice grocery store.
62 locals recommend
Épicerie Causses
222 Rue Saint-Martin
62 locals recommend
A good little lunch spot and a nice grocery store.
grand style brasserie. Splurge in oysters or entrecôte.
112 locals recommend
Le Wepler
14 Pl. de Clichy
112 locals recommend
grand style brasserie. Splurge in oysters or entrecôte.
Good Italian option.
75 locals recommend
La Pizzetta
22 Avenue Trudaine
75 locals recommend
Good Italian option.
Excellent French food and wine. Also: Love the St. Lazare's traintracks and cityscape.
6 locals recommend
Le Clou de Fourchette
121 Rue de Rome
6 locals recommend
Excellent French food and wine. Also: Love the St. Lazare's traintracks and cityscape.
Stylish brunch spot.
144 locals recommend
Rose Bakery
46 bis Rue des Martyrs
144 locals recommend
Stylish brunch spot.
A quiet, friendly bar / coffee.
Boudella Nouredine
A quiet, friendly bar / coffee.
Trendy, innovative Japanese restaurant. Be sure to make a reservation. Trust the chef and the sake.
115 locals recommend
Guilo Guilo
8 Rue Garreau
115 locals recommend
Trendy, innovative Japanese restaurant. Be sure to make a reservation. Trust the chef and the sake.
Super-tiny, super-hip local izakaya.
2 Rue Pierre Fontaine
2 Rue Pierre Fontaine
Super-tiny, super-hip local izakaya.
The local institution for burgers, beer, or a late-late cocktail. Friendly staff and lots of street-tables in fair weather.
115 locals recommend
Le Dépanneur Pigalle
26 Rue Pierre Fontaine
115 locals recommend
The local institution for burgers, beer, or a late-late cocktail. Friendly staff and lots of street-tables in fair weather.
Great French food with a contemporary twist, stylish restaurant within an art gallery.
169 locals recommend
Le Bal
6 Imp. de la Défense
169 locals recommend
Great French food with a contemporary twist, stylish restaurant within an art gallery.
Good bistro food. As Parisian as can be. Be sure to book.
50 locals recommend
Café Miroir
94 Rue des Martyrs
50 locals recommend
Good bistro food. As Parisian as can be. Be sure to book.
A great terrace on a lovely, leafy avenue. Inexpensive bar and simple food. Lovely service.
38 locals recommend
Les Ptits Gros
27 Av. Trudaine
38 locals recommend
A great terrace on a lovely, leafy avenue. Inexpensive bar and simple food. Lovely service.
In the current trend of hipster burgers, this one is keeping good to its promise of quality, organic burgers & fries.
14 locals recommend
Bioburger Victoire
10 Rue de la Victoire
14 locals recommend
In the current trend of hipster burgers, this one is keeping good to its promise of quality, organic burgers & fries.

Arts & Culture

worth a visit. A good program of temporary exhibitions (19th century art).
535 locals recommend
Museum of Romantic Life
16 Rue Chaptal
535 locals recommend
worth a visit. A good program of temporary exhibitions (19th century art).
The fancier alternative to blockbuster-machine Pathé Wepler next door.
71 locals recommend
L'ARP
7 Av. de Clichy
71 locals recommend
The fancier alternative to blockbuster-machine Pathé Wepler next door.
The auction house. Morning exhibitions of the afternoon's sales are a visit unto themselves. Attend a sale for the theater and the thrill.
46 locals recommend
Hotel Drouot
9 Rue Drouot
46 locals recommend
The auction house. Morning exhibitions of the afternoon's sales are a visit unto themselves. Attend a sale for the theater and the thrill.

Sightseeing

Photo op
1637 locals recommend
Moulin Rouge
82 Bd de Clichy
1637 locals recommend
Photo op
Grotesquely famous piece of Byzantine revival.
2106 locals recommend
Sacré-Cœur
35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
2106 locals recommend
Grotesquely famous piece of Byzantine revival.
Streamline façade by Georges-Henri Pingusson, for what is today La Comédie de Paris. André Breton's workshop, complete with desk, African art and Surrealist paitings, can be seen at Centre Pompidou.
8 locals recommend
Comedy Paris
42 Rue Pierre Fontaine
8 locals recommend
Streamline façade by Georges-Henri Pingusson, for what is today La Comédie de Paris. André Breton's workshop, complete with desk, African art and Surrealist paitings, can be seen at Centre Pompidou.

Everything Else

A good gym.
CMG Sports Club One Lafayette
10 Rue de la Victoire
A good gym.