Venues similar to Le Procope

The Goncourt Prize restaurant since 1914, Place Gaillon institution under chef Romain Van Thienen

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784, historic monument with a kitchen in transition

The 1932 bistro classique, Ducasse-stewarded since 2013.

1864 Belle Époque brasserie under a stained-glass dome, choucroute, plateaux de fruits de mer, full theatre.

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

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

Mourad Mazouz's Marais Maghreb institution since 1990, tagines and pastilla under 17th-century beams.

Alléno's one-Michelin counter format at Pavillon Ledoyen, the realistic same-week booking.

Alsatian choucroute, landmarked Art Nouveau, the Académiciens' lunch.

1895 Saint-Lazare brasserie, Niermans mosaics, listed since 1989.

1919 Place des Ternes brasserie, Laura Gonzalez interior, three-time MOF écailler.

1883 Belle Époque seafood brasserie, Rostang family, daily-port-sourced fish.

One Michelin star inside Place des Vosges' most discreet pavilion, Marais gastronomy without the spectacle.

The bistronomy capital of Paris, on the Carrefour de l'Odéon.

Eric Trochon's industrial bistronomy on rue de Seine.

The tiny bistro between Saint-Sulpice and Luxembourg, Fooding-prize winner.

1906 Art Nouveau room on the Left Bank, Chartier's brother house, listed.

Bertrand Grébaut's 11e neo-bistro that reset the gravitational centre east in 2011.