Pub entertainment in Paris
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O’Neil
This micro brasserie brews its own: Taste all four with a palatte en dégustation (€5.90) or pick the colour to suit your – blonde (blond), blanche (white), brune (brown) or ambŕee (amber) – poured straight from the barrel. Weekday ‘Happy Hour’ (6pm to 8pm) spells good-value drinking, as does O’Neil’s mighty 1.8L pitchers of beer (€16/20 before/after 6pm). Beer cocktails (€4 to €9.60) and les chasse-bières (beer chasers; €7.50) are its unusual specialities.
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Le Violon Dingue
A loud, lively bar adopted by revolving generations of students, the ‘Crazy Violin’ attracts lots of young English-speakers with big-screen sports shown upstairs and the flirty ‘Dingue Lounge’ downstairs. The name ‘Crazy Violin’ is a pun on the expression le violon d’Ingres, meaning ‘hobby’ in French, because the celebrated painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres used to play fiddle in his spare time.
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Café Oz
A militantly Aussie pub at the bottom of sleazy rue St-Denis, Oz tries to be authentic – from its green-and-ochre décor to its strong commitment to maximising your drink intake of Aussie and Kiwi beers. Convivial bordering on raucous, it’s popular with Anglos but the French love it too. The place is packed on Friday and Saturday nights, when it heats up with DJs and dancing. Happy hour is 5pm to 8pm. There are a couple more branches, including Pigalle’s Café Oz Blanche ([tel] 01 40 16 11 16; 1 rue de Bruxelles, 9e; [hrs] 5pm-2am Mon-Wed, 5pm-4am Thurs, 5pm-10am Fri, 2pm-10am Sat, 2pm-2am Sun; [metro] Blanche).
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The Frog & British Library
A hybrid English pub–French brasserie, this spacious drinking venue around the corner from the Bibliothèque Nationale is propped up by French students who flock here between library visits for food (mains €13.50, lunch menus €15) such as apple pie and custard, weekend brunches, potato wedges and cheese nachos washed down with a pint. The pick of the drinks list is the six beers brewed on the premises. The enormous Frog at Bercy Village ([tel] 01 43 40 70 71; 25 cour St-Émilion, 12e; [hrs] noon-2am; [metro] Cour St-Émilion) is just across the river.
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O’Sullivan’s
From the outside this looks like just another supermarket-chain Irish pub, but O’Sullivan’s is so much more. It’s hugely popular thanks to its prominent location and friendly vibe. The spacious surrounds are always packed for big sporting events, plus concerts (jazz, rock, pop, Irish music) on Thursdays and DJs at the weekend. Different available areas such as the 1st floor and the outdoor terrace mean you can (almost) always find a tranquil place to chat.
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Highlander
Establishing a kind of love/hate relationship with its regulars, the jubilant Highlander scrapes up the after-hours remains of the Left Bank pub crowd. This mainly means French students, Anglophone lassies, rugby players, hobos and combinations thereof, all intent on drinking until dawn. Downstairs from the Scottish pub is a quasi dance floor, moved more by Long Island iced teas served in pint glasses than any kind of rhythm.
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Lizard Lounge
A quality outpost of Anglo-Saxon attitude in the heart of the Marais, this relaxed pub has beer on tap, cocktails and food (think club sandwiches and burgers), with a popular brunch (€12 to €18) on Sunday. Young expats with clutch purses file straight downstairs to the cellar, complete with stone walls, a DJ at the weekend, and magnanimous little corners in which to schmooze. Happy hour is 8pm to 10pm.
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Pure Malt
A little Scottish pub-bar just south of the lovely place du Marché Ste-Catherine, the Pure Malt is for the whisky connoisseur. More than 150 types of whisky are on hand to try at from €9 a glass. It concentrates mainly on single malts, though there’s beer available for €6 or €7 a pint (cheaper at happy hour: 5pm to 7pm). It’s a great place for watching sport.
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Quiet Man
This is about the most authentic Irish pub Paris has to offer, with a real live Irish musicians playing real live Irish music. The only fake about it is its name, which comes from John Ford’s 1932 film starring John ‘Call Me Paddy’ Wayne. There are frequent trad sets in the basement and darts tournaments every two weeks. Happy hour is from 5pm to 8pm daily.
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Stolly’s Stone Bar
This itty-bitty Anglophone pub on a tiny street just above rue de Rivoli is always crowded, particularly during the 5pm to 8pm happy hour, when a pint/pitcher of cheap blonde (that’s the house lager – not the Monroe double propping up the bar) costs €5/12. When big football matches are on and you’re looking forward to a quiet drink, go elsewhere.
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Cricketer
This self-proclaimed ‘English sports pub’ can stake a claim to authenticity – it was transported lock, stock and barrel from Ipswich. It’s not a happening venue at night, but with Newcastle Brown on tap, salt ‘n’ vinegar chips, Brit tabloids and quiz night every Tuesday it is as close to Old Blighty as you’ll find on this side of the Channel.
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Corcoran’s Clichy
OK, so it’s just another Irish pub… But with the entrance to the Cimetière de Montmartre just paces away, Corcoran’s is a great place to stop off on your way to/from paying obeisance to Zola or Stendhal. And it’s at the start of a quiet cul-de-sac.
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Little Temple Bar
Sports fans pile in to this Irish bar, where football and rugby matches are screened live. It can get heated depending on who’s playing/winning, and the place practically vibrates with noise. But that’s all part of the vibe. Happy hour (5pm to 8pm, Monday to Friday) whittles a pint down to €5.
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Bottle Shop
A popular lunch café by day, this great little local has a lively pub feeling in the evenings. There’s a welcoming mix of regular expats and travellers – at least half the friendly banter going on is in English. Happy hour is 5pm to 8pm.
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Le Pub St-Hilaire
Generous happy hours, pool tables, board games, music and various gimmicks to rev up the party crowd (a metre of cocktails, ‘be your own barman’, etc) pack out this student favourite.
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