St-Germain & Les Invalides
If ever there was a cafe that summed up St-Germain des Prés’ early-20th-century literary scene, it’s this former hang-out of anyone who was anyone. You'll…
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St-Germain & Les Invalides
The Parisian coffee revolution is thanks in no small part to Coutume, artisanal roaster of premium beans for scores of establishments around town. Its…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Grab a table in the evening light at this wonderfully authentic wine bar or head to the quintessential bistro interior, with original zinc bar, tightly…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Sake-based craft cocktails and tantalising shared plates (from €20) by a Japanese chef create buzz at the chic cocktail-bar arm of Cyril Lignac's foodie…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
In keeping with Paris' penchant for stylish museum eateries, its 18th-century mint sports a super-stylish cafe–cocktail bar with a designer interior and…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Put the kick back in your shopping stride with a coffee break at Noglu, a pretty-in-pink, mirrored cafe and salon de thé (tearoom) with – drumroll –…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
For a serious noisette, cortado or double crème made from coffee beans roasted in Berlin by 5 Elephant, duck into the Left Bank offspring of Le Marais's…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Named for former regular, entertainer and French Resistance activist Josephine Baker, glamorous Bar Joséphine is within the grand 1910-built Hôtel Lutetia…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
With bowler and flat-top hats as lampshades and a 1930s speakeasy New York air to the place, this cocktail club – run by the same mega-successful team as…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
In the heart of gallery land, this timeless fin-de-siècle cafe and erstwhile stomping ground of Paul Cézanne and Georges Braque attracts a grown-up set of…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
The red upholstered benches, mirrors and marble walls at this art deco landmark haven’t changed much since the days when Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
'Roasted with goodness' is the strapline of this specialist coffee roaster whose pocket-sized coffee shop on ave de la Bourdonnais is the perfect bolthole…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Stroll past the many upmarket art galleries on rue Guénégaud to uncover this sharp cocktail club with steel-grey façade and glitzy bar decorated in gold…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
'Le Dix’ has been a student favourite since 1955, not least for its cheap sangria and grog. Its grungy interior, complete with marble-topped bistro tables…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Vivid indigo-coloured wicker chairs line the terrace of this hip drinking spot, while inside the chrome-and-laminex bar resembles a 1950s Airstream…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
'Oh my cod!' screams the turquoise-neon 'tag' on the wall, and indeed, this Japanese-inspired cocktail and tapas bar with eggshell-blue and exposed-stone…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Smoked Bloody Mary, Like a Porn Star, Diamond, Rich Boy and Zelda Negroni (named after American writer F Scott Fitzgerald's wife) are among the…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Suspended bare-bulb lights and fretted timber make this split-level space a stylish spot for specialist gins (130 varieties), including a devilish…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
A wine-taster's fantasy, this upmarket and convivial cave à manger (wine shop where you can drink and dine) features a great variety of references, with…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Discreetly signed, this superb underground cocktail bar has an intimate English gentleman's club–style upstairs bar with vintage wall lamps and slinky,…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
At street level The Club has New York–warehouse brickwork and big timber cabinets, but the lounge-like basement, strewn with red and black sofas, is even…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Yes, the waiters are dressed like titis parisiens (hat and overalls) in this busy place in the heart of the 6e. Far from being a tourist trap, this…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
At a prime address in the 6e, Augustin is a trendy lair for chilled-out drinking. Enjoy the decor – dim lighting, stone walls and beamed ceilings – and…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
This elegant cocktail bar has an intimate vibe upstairs with wood panels, vintage wall lamps and comfy armchairs. It's even more inviting downstairs in…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Part of the Frog family that includes several Parisian microbreweries, this good-time pub on one of the Left Bank's liveliest drinking streets is popular…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Bar stools at this lively wine bar and shop are fashioned from wine barrels, but on summer evenings most of the action spills onto the tiny street out…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
For decadent-and-then-some hot chocolate (€8.20) and delicious dining, head to this excellent tearoom-cafe-restaurant adjoining the Musée du Luxembourg.
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Les Éditeurs is a hybrid cafe, library (there are more than 5000 books on hand), bar, salon de thé (tearoom) and restaurant, with floor-to-ceiling windows…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Plastered with old advertising posters from the bouquiniste (second-hand booksellers) stalls opposite, this hybrid bistro-bar manages to remain authentic…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
A post-work crowd sinks into leather armchairs beneath oil paintings of daily life in Cuba for a huge range of Cuban cocktails made with Havana rum, plus…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Overlooking the sleek restaurant Alcazar, this hip white-and-glass mezzanine bar is narcissistic but alluring, with fancy cocktails and a fashionable…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Paris’ first microbrewery was opened by a French restaurateur and French brewer over two decades ago, and still brews four fabulous beers (blond, amber,…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Grab a quick coffee and croissant, snack or light bite to eat at this urban-slick cafe, on the ground floor of the Musée d'Orsay. Limited bar-stool…
