Venues similar to Chez Janou

1924 corner bistro with an open kitchen, and Paris's most decorated bœuf bourguignon.

1902 Art Nouveau brasserie on Ledru-Rollin, Mucha frescoes, listed interior, honest cooking.

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution, 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles.

Vegan French on rue Saint-Paul, twenty-plus years reinterpreting French classics without animal product.

The no-reservations rue du Nil counter from Gregory Marchand's group, natural wine and small plates

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

Half-punk, half-precise, the natural-wine small-plates bistro that rewrote the 11e in 2011.

Mok and Omar's lunch counter and bakery, Lebanese-Japanese-American detail in a 25-seat room.

Charles Compagnon's open-plan neo-bistro, Asian-inflected cooking, no reservations, all-day kitchen.

Counter-seat Korean, chef Kim Kwang-Loc's mandu and tartares, fashion-week regulars on stools.