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Superbarquette: The street food festival

Take to the streets for Superbarquette – a street food festival hosted at the Wanderlust, April 11-13

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It took them a while to bite, but now Parisians won't let go of their street food. The last couple of years have seen food trucks and pop-up cafés sprout up like mushrooms all over the capital, each catering to the hungry hordes with a different brand of cheap 'n' cheerful meals and snacks. In a city famed for its gastronomic pomposity, it would seem that fast food now reigns supreme.

The concept's phenomenal success reaches new heights with Superbarquette, a festival dedicated to street food. Entry to the festival, which is being held on the outdoor terrace of Wanderlust, is free; once inside, you'll be presented with a range of stands, each plying its cuisine at anywhere between €2 and €7 a dish. Come with a full wallet and an empty stomach – our pick of the very best participants (see below) proves that when it comes to street food, Paris is streets ahead.

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For tacos • Cantine California

  • American
  • 1er arrondissement
  • price 1 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For tacos • Cantine California
For tacos • Cantine California
Paris is gripped by a new trend. All it took was for one Californian to set up a burger van, and before you can say ‘viande hachée’, more and more food trucks are beetling around the crisscrossing streets of the capital. Cantine California, the new van from chef Jordan Feilders, is a gourmet slice of America on four wheels... Read more
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For fish & chips • The Sunken Chip

  • Fish and chips
  • Canal Saint-Martin
  • price 1 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For fish & chips • The Sunken Chip
For fish & chips • The Sunken Chip
The idea of a fish and chip shop in Paris carries with it overtones of the dreaded Irish bar abroad, all stale spilled Guinness and badly dressed tourists out on the lash. Thankfully, The Sunken Chip couldn’t be further from this shudder-filled idea. It is run by expats, and it has set up shop in that crook of the Canal Saint-Martin so popular with... Read more
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For kebabs • Grillé

  • Opéra
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For kebabs • Grillé
For kebabs • Grillé
Burgers, hot dogs and fish ’n’ chips have all had the gourmet treatment in Paris, and now it’s the turn of the humble kebab. Grillé has vowed to turn these greasy late-night embarrassments into something healthy and full of flavour. The décor matches the intent, with a studiedly simple blue and white ceramic look under plain neon lights... Read more
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For burgers • Le Camion qui fume

  • Burgers
  • Canal Saint-Martin
  • price 1 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For burgers • Le Camion qui fume
For burgers • Le Camion qui fume
Fancy one of the best burgers in Paris? Forget your posh napkins, tablecloths and seating, the Camion Qui Fume is Paris’s first American-style burger truck, run by Californian Kristin Frederick; and you only have to look at the long lines of salivating bobos to know that the burgers here are good. The secret lies in the ingredients: baker-made bread... Read more
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For skewers • Peco Peco

  • Japanese
  • Saint-Georges
  • price 1 of 4
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For skewers • Peco Peco
For skewers • Peco Peco
Japanese cuisine seems to be becoming better and better presented in Pigalle; Momoka, Ito and Tsubame all opened in 2013 within a few streets of each other, and now here's Peco Peco. We came at lunchtime to try a donburi (€8.50), balls of rice filled with meat and vegetables – salmon, shiitake mushrooms, egg and peas, for example... Read more
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For ice cream • Grom

  • Shopping
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • price 1 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For ice cream • Grom
For ice cream • Grom
Created by two young Italians in 2003, Grom has grown into an international ice cream chain with boutiques in Europe, the States and Japan. But don’t let that put you off: their caramel ice cream with pink Himalayan salt and cioccolato fondente made from Venezuelan chocolate are still as good as ever. And sorbet lovers won’t... Read more
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For pulled pork sandwiches • Frenchie To Go

  • American
  • Sentier
  • price 2 of 4
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For pulled pork sandwiches • Frenchie To Go
For pulled pork sandwiches • Frenchie To Go
We love this New York deli-style takeaway sandwich bar, all in a simple and soigné décor of stone, wood and metal. It's the latest addition to the Frenchie family by Grégory Marchand and his team, so naturally wildly popular – come early to avoid the queues, and place your order at a large bar loaded with scones, cakes, cookies and muffins... Read more
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For cocktails • Candelaria

  • Cocktail bars
  • Le Marais
  • price 2 of 4
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For cocktails • Candelaria
For cocktails • Candelaria
Has Paris woken up to the temptations of the taco? Apparently so, thanks to this taqueria, with its almost totally expat clientele (English and American rather than Mexican). The tiny white room with its open kitchen, a few stools and communal tables doesn’t give a hint of the hip bar behind, where the neighbourhood’s youth come... Read more
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For more cocktails • Experimental Cocktail Club

  • Cocktail bars
  • Réaumur
  • price 3 of 4
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
For more cocktails • Experimental Cocktail Club
For more cocktails • Experimental Cocktail Club
You can kiss the bog standard bar scene’s endless stream of mojitos and caipirinhas goodbye. After the Experimental Cocktail Club’s mixes, you’ll never go back to the boring drinks that are to cocktail bars what McDonald’s is to Michelin stars. Paris has been slow to host the type of venues that are so fashionable in New York... Read more
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For juice • Bob's Cold Press

  • Organic
  • Saint-Ambroise
  • price 2 of 4
  • Recommended
For juice • Bob's Cold Press
For juice • Bob's Cold Press
If you’ve been overindulging in the caffeine, red wine and nicotine that so often comes with enjoying Paris, head to Bob’s Cold Press when you’re ready for a detox. The younger sibling of Bob’s Kitchen is a miniscule venue in the 11th arrondissement, manned by a couple of fresh-faced young Americans who have charge of... Read more
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