Bryce’s Guide to Paris
Le Marais
LE CONNÉTABLE (Rue des Haudriettes, fourth arrondissement), where all good evenings go to end.
AU PETIT FER à CHEVAL (Rue Vieille du Temple, fourth arrondissement), because everyone needs a local watering hole.
ROBERT ET LOUISE (Rue Vieille du Temple, fourth arrondissement), bench tables, open fire, slabs of meat, and a hilarious octogenarian maîtresse.
L’AS DU FALAFEL (Rue des Rosiers, fourth arrondissement), best falafel in Paris.
LA PERLE (Rue de la Perle, third arrondissement), popular with the cool kids.
AUX TEMPLIERS (Rue Caffarelli, third arrondissement), dead cool, well-hidden watering hole.
ANDY WAHLOO (Rue des Gravilliers, third arrondissement), great mojitos, cheesy tunes, superstylish, always a winner.
Canal Saint-Martin
CHEZ PRUNE (Quai Valmy, tenth arrondissement), groovy canal-side café-bar.
LE SPORTING (Rue des Récollets, tenth arrondissement), good French fare in sleek surrounds.
MARIA ET LUISA (Rue Marie et Louise, tenth arrondissement), Italian pizzeria with style.
SANTA SED (Rue des Vinaigriers, tenth arrondissement), Chilean restaurant run by a pair of musical brothers.
FAVELA Chic (Rue du Faubourg du Temple, tenth arrondissement), caipirinha-soaked sweatbox.
LA BARAONDA (Rue René Boulanger, tenth arrondissement), Maurizio’s restaurant, best pasta in town.
L’EPHÉMÈRE (Canal Saint-Martin, near Jaurés, nineteenth arrondissement), art-space-cum-bar-bum-live music venue. Popular in summer.
BAR OURCQ (Canal Saint-Martin, near Parc de la Villette, nineteenth arrondissement), Sunday afternoons in summer for boules, beer, and DJ.
Oberkampf
AVÉ MARIA (Rue Jacquard, tenth arrondissement), the Brazilian bar-restaurant where anything can happen and usually does. Beware the ginger rum.
L’AUTRE CAFÉ (Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, eleventh arrondissement), as good a typical French brasserie as you’re likely to find in the ’hood.
CHATEAUBRIAND (Rue Parmentier, eleventh arrondissement), art deco–designed eatery popular with the fashion set.
BAR ROSSO (Rue Neuve Popincourt, eleventh arrondissement), where the cool kids hang midweek.
LE 9 BILLIARDS (Rue Saint Maur, tenth arrondissement), for Saturday-night shenanigans.
Montorgueil
LE TAMBOUR (Rue Montmartre, second arrondissement), the twenty-four-hour eatery where there is always a crowd and always a late-night freak or three.
LA CANCALE (Rue Montorgueil, second arrondissement), perfect for Sunday-morning recovery brunch.
LE COEUR FOU (Rue Montmartre, second arrondissement), hip little hole-in-the-wall bar.
Pigalle
AUX NOCTAMBULES (Boulevard Clichy, eighteenth arrondissement), sixties crooner Pierre Carré performs every night at eleven, complete with red suit and quiff. Unmissable.
O’SULLIVAN’S/THE HARP (formerly Jack’s)/Corcoran’s/Café Oz (Boulevard Clichy, eighteenth arrondissement), quartet of expat bars popular with Contiki Tour kids and Moulin Rouge dancers.
LA CLOCHE D’OR (Rue Mansart, ninth arrondissement), late-night eatery popular with showgirls.
MOULIN ROUGE (Boulevard Clichy, nineteenth arrondissement), cancan your heart out.
Champs Elysées
LIDO DE PARIS (Champs Elysées, sixteenth arrondissement), where magic happens nightly.
CRAZY HORSE (Avenue George V, sixteenth arrondissement), has to be seen to be believed.
Avoid the rest of the sixteenth arrondissement like the plague.
Left Bank
Nothing to see here.