The 'Grocery Store' is rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud's answer to La Mercerie: it, too, is a big old space filled with junk. Cupboards of kitsch china and lampshades made from kitchen...
64 rue Jean-Pierre-TimbaudLate opening and Eric Perier's diverse range of nightly entertainment - DJs (weekends), videos, live acts (Tuesday to Thursdays) and the odd open mic event - are the...
9 rue BiscornetOpposite the landmark Charbon and infinitely more grungy, the spacious Mercerie has bare walls (bare everything, in fact) and room for the usual Oberkampf shenanigans of...
98 rue OberkampfLe Café des Sports' fine and eclectic music programme ranges from electro (Saturdays), to pop or chanson (Tuesdays and Thursdays) to world dub. Beer and wine are fabulously...
94 rue de MénilmontantLe Motel is the latest addition to the city's growing indie scene. It has a simple formula: cheap drinks and excellent music. During happy hour (6pm to 9pm) a pint of blonde...
8 passage JossetDuring the week, the Wax - clad in 1970s psychedelic orange - is a funky bar where DJs play groove until 2am. But at weekends it becomes a (tiny) nightclub that keeps a...
15 rue Daval