This little restaurant tucked away in the heart of St Germain holds title of the best Latin American restaurants in Paris. It is full of noise and laughter and singing and the sun shines inside, even on the rainiest of nights. It is a great place to go with friends, share a couple of cheese dips and guacamole bowls to start, then follow by a chicken quesadilla or a burrito. Add a few one-liter margarita pitchers for 10 euros and you still will not come out paying more than 30 euros per person. If you can, save room for the creme caramel at the end. Call ahead to make sure you have a table.

Practical Information

Telephone: 00 33 (0)1 43 54 41 56
Address: 31, rue St Jacques, 75005
Metro: Cluny-La Sorbonne
Opening hours: noon-midnight every day
Average price: lunch: 8 euros/person; dinner: 15-30 euros/person

It can be said that this bar is a victim of its own success but I prefer to just stick with the success part. It can also be said that the crowd is bobo-barf  but I will just call them hot! Andy WAHLOO does happy hour, it serves food ( North African tapas ) has a dj ( playing dance table elctropop ) there is a huge terrace ( the courtyard of a hotel particulier that it is housed in ) and its fun. What else do you need?

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0) 1 42 71 20 38
Address: 69, Rue des Gravilliers, 75003
Metro: Arts et Metiers
Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 16h-02h00
Average price: 12 euros mojito

 

Premiere table dance de France!

A chic strip club and discotheque. Dress smartly, behave and enjoy the show! Keep your bills at home, this club has its own currency -Pink Money! Drinks are around 20 euros, bottles from 200 euros. One table dance is 30 euros. Ladies, if you get inspired, join their Pink School!

Practical Information

Tel: 00 33 (0)1 58 36 19 20
Address: 49-51, rue de Ponthieu, 75008
Metro: George V, FDR, Saint-Phillippe-du-Roule
Entry price: 20 euros
Website: www.pinkparadise.fr

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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As the name suggests this is a great alternative to the big crowded and rowdy night establishments. The sound still competes, the decor is boudoir red, the music is electro, the crowd is  happy and hip. A glass of champagne is 12 euros and a bottle is 200 and up. Its a place to dress up.

33 01 42 96 20 27
5, rue Molière, 75001
M: Palais Royal, Pyramides

www.lalternative.fr

The owners of the all-famous Chez Prune have recently opened this little and happening nightspot with a heavier focus on classic cocktails and electro parties. The ambiance is cozy, friendly and without a defined age bracket. If you find yourself on the canal ( St Martin that is) and dreaming of a real NY-style cosmo’ this is your address.  As a last note, this is one of the few bars where going out alone in Paris could actually turn out to be fun.

00 33 01 40 03 63 27
12 rue Marie et Louise, 75010
M: Republique, Goncourt
Monday – Thursday 19:30 – 02:00
Friday – Saturday 19:30 – 05:00

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Number one reason this bar is great: they lend you petonque balls to play on the canal.
Number two reason: they take care of the canal by offering a free drink to those who fill up a plastic cup full of cig butts ( with the number of cigarettes smoked out there it takes less than 30 seconds.)
Number three:  for the fact that it is cheap.
Number four: for at night its a great place to party with dj sets and concerts.
Number five: for its friendly staff.

00 33 01 42 40 12 26
68, quai de la Loire, 75019
M: Juares, Stalingrad, Laumiere, Ourcq

http://barourcq.free.fr

Closed: Monday and Tuesday
Friday and Saturday 15h-2 am, other nights till midnight

Ed Banger Bunch.

What used to be Tryptique is now Social Club and is the venue for the best electro parties in Paris. The crowd is young and beautiful, face control is light but the wait can be excruciating so better get tickets in advance, not that that will help much. The fumoir is THE place to socialize.

Address: 42 rue Montmartre , 75002

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Great terrasse seating, mojitos, mint tea, dj sets at night, great talkative crowd – young, old, artist, banker, whatever… everyone gets along! Free wifi if you want to bring your laptop and have a coffee.

33 01 42 02 02 05
44, bd de la Villette, 75019
M: Belleville, Colonel Fabien
8 am – 2 am  7/7