Andy Whaloo, created by the people behind its neighbour 404 and London's Momo and Sketch, is Arabic for 'I have nothing'. Bijou? This place brings new meaning to the word. The...

Owned by the people behind Momo and Sketch in London, Andy Whaloo serves sumptuous snack food and is tastefully decorated with Moroccan artifacts. The seating is made from...

Clean lines and streamlining are the guiding aesthetic for Anikalena's collections of sporty, sexy day and evening dresses and separates, with the occasional wow piece like the...

Some of the capital's venerated jazz spots, like Le Bilboquet, have lost the fight for survival in recent years. But this one has endured, and attracts a high class of performer.

Up and running since the revolutionary days of 1968, the most famous fringe theatre in Paris has 300 stage-hugging seats and hosts quality French stand-up and raucous,...

The primary colours, exposed pipes and air ducts make this one of the best-known sights in Paris. The then-unknown Italo-British architectural duo of Renzo Piano and Richard...

By noon on a Sunday a queue forms outside every felafel shop along rue des Rosiers. Long-established L'As du Fallafel a little further up the street still reigns supreme,...

The once-fashionable Omar doesn't take reservations, and the queue can stretch the length of the zinc bar and through the door. Everyone is waiting for the same thing:...

For years, Claude Berri was best known as one of France's most successful film directors and producers, but the 74-year-old is now making a name for himself in another field:...

This sunken-level health club has Technogym fitness machines, a sauna and some of the best classes in the city, particularly for step and spinning; the classes cost extra.

Somewhere between a gallery and a shop, this two-level experimental space accommodates contemporary artists and designers who produce exciting and original products for the home.

The last of the Bastille galleries has now moved to the Marais. Gutharc talent-spots young French artists, often giving them a first gallery show, and also presents an annual...

Chez Valentin is a gallery at the experimental cutting edge, and shows here tend to be radically conceptual but often fun: look for pseudo-documentaries by video-maker Laurent...

Fiat is part of a dynamic new generation of galleries. Shows have included the word games and art world parodies by novelist and artist Thomas Lélu (who renamed the gallery...