Places in Sentier & Bourse

Greg Marchand's 2e bistro that rewrote the neo-bistro template in 2009.

1890 Lyon-bouchon-style bistro, under the Dumant family from 2025, after Ducasse

Alajmo brothers' Paris outpost in an 1834 letterpress, Italian fine dining behind Philippe Starck's restoration.

Tiny natural-wine bar inside the covered Passage des Panoramas, a Paris postcard.

Italian trattoria in a former Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique, Le Fooding 'Best Decor' 2017, still buzzing.

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

The 2007 Sentier speakeasy that built modern Paris cocktail culture, still no reservations

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

Mahogany expat bar from 1911, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, between Opéra and the Place Vendôme

Manoj Sharma's modern Indian on rue de Choiseul, the 2e room that finally read Indian cooking as a chef's cuisine.

Contemporary Lebanese on rue de la Banque, Liza Asseily's Beirut-Paris dialogue

Italian bistrattoria in the 19th-century Passage des Panoramas, Simone Tondo's Michelin-starred room

David Lynch's 2011 members club six floors below rue de Montmartre, non-members welcome after midnight.

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil