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.

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

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

The soufflé restaurant of the 7e, behind Le Bon Marché.

1900 Bois de Boulogne pavilion, Michelin star since 1965, Empire and Belle Époque rotunda.

Basque auberge on Quai Saint-Exupéry, Pierre Oteiza Kintoa pork, pintxos, the Trinquet Village Seine-edge terrace.

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

The Marais corner where natural wine, oysters and serious cocktails collapse into one room.

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.

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.