Bouillon Julien
Canal Saint-Martin
1906 Art Nouveau bouillon, Mucha-style nymphs, listed monument, Édith Piaf's table.
The 1896 original, Belle Époque listed dining room, twelve euros for blanquette.
Frédéric and Camille Chartier opened this rue du Faubourg Montmartre dining room in 1896 to feed the new industrial city, fast, cheap, French, and the formula and the room are both still here. The Art Nouveau interior is a registered historic monument; the menu still runs around fifteen euros for a main; the waiters still write the bill on the paper tablecloth. Listed in every serious history of Paris dining (Le Monde's century-of-restaurants series, the Sortir guide), this is the cult institution that survived. Skip the modern bouillon imitators; for the original Belle Époque template, Faubourg Montmartre is the address.
Cult-institution exception applies (1896, listed monument, 130 years continuous). No reservations.
At a Glance
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Street Scene, Paris Rooftops
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Good
Sunset
*** (3/5)
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