The Bellevilloise is the latest incarnation of a building that once housed the capital's very first workers' co-operative. Now it competently multi-tasks as a bar, restaurant,...

The Flèche, housed in a disused station hall, straddles the abandoned petite ceinture railway that encircles Paris. Closer in style to urban venues in Berlin and New York, it...

Far enough (five minutes) from rue Oberkampf to feel off the beaten track, the Gutter is not out-and-out libertine, but you're on the right lines. Certainly, a come-what-may...

Set inside a former bordello, the Jungle runs a programme of live afro-jazz on Wednesdays and Fridays (€2 extra on drinks), DJs on Saturdays, and jazz and blues on Sundays....

Just down from the Canal St-Martin, the bare brick, Formica and framed '50s ads of this funky venue attract an inner circle of regulars. These days it's established enough to...

The formula is quite simple at this pub-cum-disco - an excellent selection of beers slakes your thirst while an extensive repertoire of Britpop (sometimes live) assaults your...