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...

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...