Venues similar to Café Verlet

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

Best Baguette de Paris 2024 winner, sourdough, charcoal-black tradition, and weekend croissant programme

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru.

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.