Venues similar to Patrick Roger, Madeleine

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

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

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

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

The Saint-Germain sourdough institution since 1932.

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony, zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.