Simplicity and quality are the main ingredients of success for this small restaurant ran by a passionate young owner. Updated traditional French recipes based around seafood and meat (try the 350 gram ribeye for example)  paired with well-selected wines and special attention to presentation and service set what seems to be another corner brasserie way above your expectations.

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 48 06 51 92
Address: 92, Ave Ledru Rollin, 75011
Metro: Ledru Rollin
Restaurant hours: Lunch and Dinner, closed Sunday and Monday
Average price: Lunch menu 13 euros, around 25-30  euros at dinner

A popular cafe, bar, restaurant between Belleville and Menilmontant with a beautifully restored interior of moulding and tile. Great place to get some work done on your own before your friends join you for an originally fashioned burger and a beer. If you have no other plans, stick around for mix sessions every Friday and Saturday nights. Sundays are dedicated to brunch and live music starting at 18h.

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0) 01 49 29 95 59
Address: 93, Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011
Metro: Couronnes, Ménilmontant
Cafe hours: Everyday 8 am – 2 am, from 9 am on weekends
Restaurant hours: Everyday noon-midnight; Brunch from noon-17h on Sundays and holidays
Average price: Cocktails 6 euros, small beer 2 euros, brunch 18 euros
Website: http://www.myspace.com/lecannibalecafe

It is hard to describe but somehow this place is always SUNNY.  Great for first dates, small celebratory meals with friends and family. The menu has traditional hardy dishes for the guys and lighter dishes for the ladies. Great for aperitifs (try absinthe and champagne for example) and deserts, too. It’s better to reserve on busier nights!

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 43 72 31 24
Address: 108, Rue de la Roquette, 75011
Metro: Voltaire, Charonne
Restaurant hours: Monday-Sunday 8:00-02:00
Average price: 1 starter + 1 main course + 1 glass of wine =25 euros

Presentation

Trendy democratic new bar with a lounge and a functioning fumoir. Yeah!!!
The element-themed bar opened in Spring 2009 in Republique giving the neighborhood bobos a new place to party. Bartending wonders shouldn’t be expected here, but one can have just as much fun with a beer when there are live dj’s, chatty sexy patrons, a cellar remodeled into a fumoir,  and the occasional erroneous ass pinch. If that is not enough, the ‘earth element’ lounge toward the back features a massage table and the ‘water element’ bathroom unites the sexes around a communal washing basin. Claustrophobes be ware!

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 00 34 11
Address: 149, Rue Amelot, 75011
Metro: Republique
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 18h-…h
Average price: 4 Euros for draft, 8 Euros for cocktail

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1500 sq meters of eclectic paradise. Proceeds go to a charity organisation for children of Madagascar. From perfumes to toys to designer furniture to flowers… from stellar designers like Stella McCartny and YSL or Azzaro to upcoming new talents this store has something for everyone. As it just opened the crowds on the weekend can be pretty overwhelming so better to go during the week.

33 01 42 77 78 93
111, bd Beaumarchais, 75011
M: Saint-Sebastien-Froissart
Open: Monday-Saturday 10 am – 20 pm

First, a little literary trivia. Vigata is an imaginary Sicilan town in the novels by the great contemporary Italian writer,   Andrea Camilleri. His hero, Inspector Montalbano’s gift for solving the most mysterious of crimes is equal only to his gourmandise. And judging by the polenta appetizer, the stuffed calamar or the cannoli, our Inspector would not be left unsatisfied dining here. And although he’d probably be a regular with a table always ready, others should call and make a reservation as seating is limited.

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 43 56 38 66
Address: 44, rue Léon-Frot, 75011
M: Charonne
Average Price: 30 euros/person; lunch 12 euros
Opening Hours: Dinner: Wednesday-Saturday; Lunch: Saturday and Sunday

This is the quintessential Bastille resto. Open for more than a century now, renovated in 2007, the service is jovial, the crowd is unassuming. Great wine list, most menu items are hardy. Many can’t help but think that the food was better before the renovations but amongst the three restos at that intersection, Le Bistro du Peintre is the one to go for first.

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 00 34 39
Address: 116, Avenue Ledru-Rollin, 75011
M: Ledru Rollin, Voltaire
Opening hours: 7h-02h; Sundays 9h-01h
Average Price: Average 3 course meal 30 euros

Paris Hanoi is one of Paris staples for vietnamese cuisine. Lines form as soon as the doors open because this tiny family restaurant does not take reservations but does offer fairly fast service. Atmosphere inside is relaxed, familial and extremely cosy. The smells from the kitchen take over and suddenly one wants to order everything on the menu. When in doubt, start with spring rolls and then take the beef bobun – the magic mix of fresh veggies, marinated meat, and noodles will not disappoint.

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 00 47 59
Address: 74, Rue de Charonne, 75011
M: Charonne, Ledru-Rollin
Opening hours: Lunch: noon-14h30. Dinner: 20h-22h30. Closed Sunday
Average price: main course 11 euros

33 1 43 38 29 29
114, boulevard Richard Lenoir 75011
http://www.saintlouisbastille.com
94 to 142 euros
M: Oberkampf
27 rooms
Traditional