Bourgeois locals crowd the terrace tables at lunch, eating club sandwiches with knives and forks as anxious waiters frown at couples with pushchairs or single diners occupying...
172 bd St-GermainBelonging to a dying breed of cave-bars associated with the Latin Quarter, Chez Georges is beloved of students, professionals and neighbourhood eccentrics. Regulars pop in...
11 rue des CanettesAs its name suggests, J'Go (pronounced gigot) is all about lamb - well, meat actually: a buzzing Toulouse-style wine bar in the Marché St-Germain by day, it becomes a...
Rue ClémentThe stylish, Conran-owned Mezzanine is the upstairs posher sister of the Wagg, which is intended to be a clubbier venue. Naturally, both have become well-heeled hangouts, but...
62 rue MazarineLa Palette is the café-bar of choice for the very beau Beaux-Arts students who study at the venerable institution around the corner, and young couples who steal kisses in the...
43 rue de SeineLe Bar is one of those places that you only ever visit when it's very, very late and you're very, very drunk. It's almost completely dark, has a shrine-type affair at the back...
27 rue de CondéGenerations of students have glugged back jugs of the celebrated home-made sangría (€3 a glass in happy hour) while squeezed into the cramped upper bar, tattily authentic with...
10 rue de l'OdéonThe market in question is the Cours des Halles, the bar a convivial corner café opening on to the pleasing bustle of St-Germain-des-Prés. Simple dishes like a ham omelette or a...
75 rue de SeineThree theatres, three cinemas, a restaurant and a bar make up this versatile cultural centre. Theatre-wise, Molière and other classic playwrights get a good thrashing, but so...
53 rue Notre-Dame-des-ChampsLe Rostand has a truly wonderful view of the Jardin du Luxembourg from its classy interior, decked out with oriental paintings, a long mahogany bar and wall-length mirrors....
6 pl Edmond-Rostand