Carette Trocadéro Cafe Cafe Compare Patisserie 1927 Tea Room Carette Trocadéro Trocadéro & Passy $$$ 1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower. Same category
Café de Flore Cafe Cafe Compare Literary Historic People Watching Café de Flore Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887. Same category
Les Deux Magots Cafe Cafe Compare Literary Historic Terrace Les Deux Magots Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church. Same category
Hugues Pouget Cafe Cafe Compare Chef Led Precision Left Bank Hugues Pouget Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$$ Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name, 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique Same category
Lenôtre, Courcelles Cafe Cafe Compare 1957 Institution Flagship Lineage Lenôtre, Courcelles Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$$ Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs Same category
Angelina Cafe Cafe Compare Belle Epoque 1903 Institution Salon De The Angelina Saint-Honoré & Palais-Royal $$$ Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades Same category
Coutume Café Cafe Cafe Compare Specialty Coffee Third Wave Roastery Coutume Café Tour Eiffel & Invalides $ The 7e roastery that started Paris's specialty-coffee third wave in 2011. Same category
Stohrer Cafe Cafe Compare 1730 Institution Listed Interior Baba Au Rhum Origin Stohrer Sentier & Bourse $$ Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil Same category
Ladurée Paris Royale Cafe Cafe Compare Tea Salon Institution Macaron Ladurée Paris Royale Champs-Élysées & Madeleine $$ The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé. Same category
Marché des Enfants Rouges Cafe Cafe Compare Historic Communal Casual Marché des Enfants Rouges Le Marais $ Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block. Same category
Chez Alain Miam Miam Cafe Cafe Compare Cult Queue Sandwich Chez Alain Miam Miam Le Marais $ The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges, 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies. Same category
Pierre Hermé, Bonaparte Cafe Cafe Compare Patisserie Macarons Luxury Pierre Hermé, Bonaparte Saint-Germain & Saint-Sulpice $$ The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase. Same category