Combat
Canal Saint-Martin
Female-led cocktail bar with bi-fold windows on the Belleville-Canal axis, zero pretension, real depth.
French-spirits-only cocktail bar in a graffiti-clad doorway, World's 50 Best Bars regular.
Le Syndicat opened in 2014 behind a deliberately scrappy facade plastered in flyers on rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, with one clear rule: every drink uses French-produced spirits only. Cognac, calvados, marc, eau-de-vie, French gin, French rum from the départements, the bar's self-styled 'Organisation de Défense des Spiritueux Français' has spent a decade arguing for the depth of the local cellar. Inside it's gold-embossed, dim, hip-hop-soundtracked. The menu changes around themes; the average cocktail sits around €15. It has been a World's 50 Best Bars regular since the late 2010s. Walk in early; it gets full.
Ignore the front door. The menu rotates around themes, ask the bartender to lead.
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Canal View, Street Scene
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