The Morrisons in Paris

December 4, 2025

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🟡 Abstract Bistrot Paris
2nd: open Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–6 · open Dec 31 (NYE drinks) · closed Dec 22–25 (included) + Jan 1 · closed Wed as usual

Abstract is a cocktail bar first, run by Rémy Savage, built by people who care about what goes in the glass — precise cocktails, house infusions, good spirits, and a room that stays warm without trying too hard. It looks like a “bistrot” from the name, but the format is pure bar: counter, stools, a few plates if you need them, and a team that knows what they’re pouring. It pulls a mixed crowd — neighborhood, industry, curious drinkers — with a calm, steady rhythm early and more heat later in the night. Think: serious cocktails without the theatre, a bar you’d happily walk into alone, a place that doesn’t shout its identity.

Lane: Cocktail bar · House infusions · Neighborhood crowd · Industry-friendly · Late-night · Small plates if needed

🟡 Arcane 17
3rd: open Dec 22–23 · open Dec 26 (lunch)–30 · closed Dec 24–25 + Dec 31–Jan 1
Regular hours: Tue–Sat lunch & dinner · Sun lunch

Pablo Escriva’s spot on Rue Charlot with chef Sophie Léger (ex-Livingston, ex-Tuba Marseille) on a charcoal grill — Catalan/Basque plates, fish, vegetables, things cooked fast over coals. Counter up front, small tables behind, designed interior (wood, marquetry, warm light), open grill you can smell the second you walk in. Wine leans natural, cocktails are simple and direct. Tapas format, plates drop fast, works best 2–3 people, bookable for meals but you can usually walk in early at the counter.

Lane: 3ᵉ · Charcoal grill · Catalan/Basque plates · Fish-forward · Counter + small tables · Wine & cocktails

🟡 Attache (L’)
11th: open Dec 22–23 + Dec 26–31 (NYE) · closed Dec 21–25 + Jan 1

Natural-wine bar on rue Basfroi run by Mathieu — short but serious list, deep bottles, and his contagious laugh carrying the room. Long round bar, à-la-carte plates, and a rotation of guest chefs doing precise, clean cooking behind the counter. Lively, loud, and built for people who actually drink wine. Reservations online; bar seats for walk-ins when they’re free.

Lane: 11ᵉ · Natural wine · Chef residencies · À-la-carte plates · Long bar · Evening only · Online booking

🟡 Aux Des Amis
11th: open Dec 23 (Noël “Des Amis”) + Dec 27–29 · closed Mon–Tue as usual except Tue Dec 23 · closed Dec 24–25
David Loyola’s legendary retro natural wine-tapas bar on Rue Oberkampf stays packed without trying — humble, no-frills, with animated regulars like international industry friends shoulder-to-shoulder catching up over killer unicorn bottles. The chalk-pen menu is written on the bar mirror every night. Lunch runs on calmer energy plus bistro plates: endive blue cheese salad with dijon vinaigrette, braised beef cheeks, duck with buttery potatoes. At night it shifts into loud, fast tapas — charcuterie plates with hazelnuts, clams with chorizo etc. dropping quick, everyone squeezed along the bar, tables, terrace, talking over one another, glasses moving, music up. I’ve been going for years; best when you want noise, heat, and a tight room that folds you in once you’re through the door. You’ll know if David is there — his laugh is contagious and unmistakable.
Lane: Industry hangout · Solo-friendly if you’re comfortable · Late-night · Chef night off · Standing room only · Open late · Closed Monday & Sunday

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🟡 Bar Nouveau
2nd: open Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–6 · open Dec 31 (NYE drinks) · closed Dec 22–25 (included) + Jan 1 · closed Wed as usual

Art Nouveau cocktail bar from Rémy Savage on a small Marais side street — 16m² walk-in space built around the bar, no tables, no reservations. Cocktails are precision builds split by era, using vintage spirits from different decades, poured clean with no garnish. You talk directly to bartenders, not servers. Crowd is cocktail people, bartenders, and friends of the program: quiet early, loud late. Warm period-room décor, sharp drinks, open 15:00–01:00.

Lane: Cocktail bar · Vintage spirits by decade · Walk-in · Counter/stand-up · Cocktail industry crowd ·

🟡 Bar Omi
1st: closed Dec 24–25 · open Dec 26–31 · closed Jan 1–8

Arthur & Laetitia Cohen’s Saint-Honoré sushi + natural wine bar — a long faïence counter (10 seats), cinematic lacquered room, retro-Japanese ceiling by Derrusie, and a serious cellar run by sommelier Jérémy (Known locally as Shampi), sushi is cut by Yuji (Taku), Fuji, and their team: nigiri, sashimi, maki, caviar hits, DIY handrolls, and a signature soy you brush on yourself. It’s a tight hybrid — purist sushi, deep wine and sake list, and a bar built for counter dining. Reservations recommended; counter seats best.

Lane: Sushi & wine bar · Counter dining · Date Night · Purist sushi · Deep wine/sake cellar · Retro-Japanese design

🟡 Bistrot Paul Bert
11th: open 22–23 & 24 (lunch) & 26–28 · closed Mon–Tue as usual + Dec 24 (dinner) + Dec 25

Even after 28 years, this is still a packed, favorite neighborhood bistro — everyday, local, and a masterclass in classical and regional French cooking. People love the filet, but the deeper hits are where the fun is: poached eggs with truffles, rough country terrine, foie gras on hot buttered toast, grilled sausage with purée, enormous sole meunière with grilled potatoes, and vegetables coming straight from their farm in Normandy. Owner Bertrand is on the floor shaking hands — he’s known everyone here for decades. The room is loud and joyful, tables close, plates moving fast, locals and guests shoulder-to-shoulder. Deep natural-wine list, generous pours, and the kind of service energy that makes the whole place feel alive. Save room for dessert: the Paris-Brest, the Grand Marnier soufflé, and the massive cheese trolley. Don’t miss their brand new book in English – either purchased if they have a copy or online.

Lane: Classic French · Regional cooking · Natural wine · Loud & joyful · Neighborhood bistro · Packed tables

🟡 Butcher of Paris
3rd: open Dec 23 & 27–28 · closed Mon as usual + Dec 25–26 for holidays
No one’s in a hurry to leave one of my favorite hangouts, and for good reason. The eat-in butcher counter inside Marché des Enfants-Rouges is a serious natural-wine hub with counter tables where you stand in line, wait your turn, pick your cut — steak, rabbit, duck, pigeon, lamb chops — grilled with winter vegetables. I always get the MONSTER croque monsieur. Magnums, big plates, chefs, rappers, locals — great energy. It’s freezing in winter; do what the locals do: layer, layer, layer and stay all day. Takeaway is excellent if you’re in an apartment: terrine de campagne, jars of beef fat, and their own merguez. Daytime only: service starts at 12; go before 5 because the kitchen wraps and tables clear at 6.

Lane: Daytime · Industry hangout · Solo-friendly at the counter · Standing room only · Open Sundays · Natural wine · Casual

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🟡 Le Cadoret
19th: closed Dec 22–Jan 1 · last service Dec 21 (dinner) · reopens Jan 2 (lunch)
Regular hours: 8:30–01:00 · kitchen 12:15–14:15 + 19:30–22:30 · closed Sun–Mon

Léa and Louis-Marie passed it on after eight years; the Buttes wine Snack Bar crew up the street — Clément, Pierre, and Benoît — took the keys and kept everything exactly as it was. Alice Neman is in the kitchen, and Emily Boucher handles the wines. It’s a Belleville corner bistro that runs from early morning into late night, serving locals different things at different times: coffee and croissants in the morning, set-menu lunch, apéro snacks (gougères with Comté cream and jalapeños), then full à la carte dinners — onion soup with crispy duck, whole grilled scallops with mushrooms and cream, slow-cooked beef-shoulder ragù with fraise de veau, roast duck with pumpkin and kale, half-chicken with grilled mushrooms, and sticky-toffee madeleines.

Lane: All-day corner bistro · Morning-to-late · Set lunch · A la carte dinner · Apero & Natural wine · Local anchor

🟡 Café du Coin
11th: open Dec 22–23 + Dec 26–30 · closed Dec 24–25 + Dec 31–Jan 3 · open from Jan 4
Regular service: continuous 12:15–23:00 · reservations only at lunch (Tue–Sun)

Café du Coin — coin meaning corner in French, and also the sound a duck makes (French for quack)— is one of those rare Paris corner cafés that serve a purpose for the neighborhood at different Tims throughout the day. Florent Ciccoli is the one keeping these anchors alive; he also runs Recoin and L’Orillon, both corner cafés. Long formica counter, bistro tables, big mirror, morning coffee straight into lunch, apéro, and dinner without breaking stride. The pizzette are a local legend — dough made in the moment when you order, toppings changing, flying out all day. Pure bistrot food (24€ lunches are insanely delicious and affordable) and natural wine at working-person prices, steady neighborhood energy, and a space that feels like it’s been part of the street forever.

Lane: All-day café → bistro · Natural wine · Neighborhood crowd · Pizzette made to order · Formica counter · Continuous service

🟡 Cale (La)
20: open Dec 28–30 + open Dec 31 (tasting dinner) + open Jan 1 (bar mode) · closed Dec 22–27 + Jan 2–5 · closed Mon as usual

Matthieu Lév’s natural-wine bottle shop and bar on rue de Belleville — you’d walk right past it without realizing it’s packed with local regulars. Small room, standing space plus a communal table, strong neighborhood energy. Built around a long list of bottles (about 140 references), poured by the glass or with a small corkage if you take a bottle off the shelf. Walk-ins only. Plates are simple and direct: tarama, olives, carpaccio of scallops, citrus-dressed white fish, bruschetta with peppers and chèvre, confit lamb with yogurt and fig, and a chocolate mousse. Perfect for apéro snacks before dinner elsewhere, stand-alone date night, or after-dinner apéro. Pop-up Sundays are the best thing they do — always different. Plenty of regulars mixing glasses across the table.

Lane: Natural-wine bar · Bottle shop · Walk-in · Small plates · Communal table · Late-night · Belleville

🟡 Candelaria
3rd: open Dec 22–23 · closed Dec 24–25 · open Dec 26–30 · closed Dec 31–Jan 1 · open Jan 2–6 · open daily as usual

The pink tacos neon is the front taqueria — tortillas pressed to order, carnitas, guac, frozen margaritas, counter seats, people lined up in the door. The room you’re actually here for is behind the kitchen door: the mezcal bar. Low lights, pillows, candle glow, bartenders who’ve done real time in agave, and a menu that shifts constantly but always keeps La Guepe Verte (agave, jalapeño, cucumber). Guest bartenders show up, the crowd is bartenders, industry, and people who already know where they’re going. Still walk-in only. Sister bar is Le Mary Celeste a few streets away.

Lane: Agave bar · Back-room speakeasy · Industry-heavy · Taqueria in front · Walk-in · Late

🟡 Casimir Bistrot
11th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 24–25
Pierre Mouquet and chef Eduardo González run this warm, unpretentious neighborhood bistrot just behind the church on Rue de Belzunce — the bells go off and you forget your steps from Gare du Nord. Morning coffee, lunch, apéro, late dinner: it works at every hour, with 20–40-year-old neighborhood energy, friends dropping in, couples, solo regulars, nobody performing. Plates are big — charcuterie, seasonal vegetables, bistro classics, plus half-grilled lobster spaghetti and beef Wellington. Natural wine from small producers, a few cocktails, and staff who act like you’ve been coming for years.
Lane: Neighborhood hang · Come-as-you-are · All-day café → late bistro · Natural wine · Groups or solo · Generous plates · Friendly service

🟢 Chez Eugène
18th: open every day · no holiday closures
In the most famously avoided tourist spot in Paris, Chez Eugène is where restaurant-industry people actually go to feel like they’re in Paris — all day into late night, elbow-to-elbow with peers, wine flowing, everyone relaxed and eating well. Terrace packed with locals, chefs, winemakers; mussels with gorgonzola, steak frites, roasted chicken. Deep natural-wine list — ask for the big book.
Lane: Industry hangout · All-day · Open every day · Natural wine · Group-friendly · Locals + chefs · Terrace seating

🟡 Chop Chop Love
10th: open Dec 16–27 + Jan 2–6 · closed Dec 28–Jan 1 · closed Mon as usual

This stretch of Faubourg-Saint-Martin is pure New-Orleans-after-midnight energy, and Chop Chop Love runs on that pulse: natural-wine producers, rappers, musicians, streetwear crews, friends dropping in from New York and Berlin, hot chefs jumping on the pass, plates flying, bottles opening fast, regulars sliding in and out like it’s home base. Walk-in only, always someone you know or someone you’re about to know. Ismaël and Ramy keep the room tight, high-energy, personality packed into one space, walk-ins only, a great groove start to finish. Tip: It sits in the same run as Le Syndicat, a World’s 50 Best cocktail bar also in this list.

Lane: Natural wine · Chef guest passes · Musicians/rappers/producers · Neighborhood regulars · Late · Walk-in · High-energy room

🟡 Clamato
11th: open Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–6 · open Dec 31 (NYE dinner) · closed Dec 24–25 + Jan 1

Septime’s sister seafood and natural-wine bar next door — small, lively room with bar and table seating, walk-ins only, a queue at the door that moves fast. Daily-changing plates built on day-boat sourcing: sardines with smoked cream, palourdes with curry leaf, ceviche with heat, merlu with aioli, the cult Clamatarte that never leaves the board. Incredible Bloody Marys. Best hangover lunch in the neighborhood, and an easy date-night spot if you want buzz without effort. Natural wine runs deep, service moves quick, great playlist. Tip: Hit their natural wine shop/bar across the street before/after dinner service.

Lane: Seafood · Natural wine · Day-boat sourcing · Bar + tables · Walk-in · Fast energy · Next to Septime/Cave

🟡 Comptoir Sur Mer
10th: open Dec 24 + 27–29 + open Dec 31 (take-away) + open Jan 1 · closed Dec 25–26

Olive Davoux’s tiny counter on rue Lancry is the neighborhood’s seafood stop — the one you duck into for oysters, a plateau, or a quick carpaccio. Day-boat fresh seafood with bottles of natural wine: Normandy oysters, Camargue palourdes, uni, langoustines, plus whatever comes off the boats that morning sliced, dressed, or barely touched. Walk-ins only, bar seats and a couple tables. Tip: Her much larger space is around the corner – this is seriously intimate (date night too- the other is built for groups.

Lane: Seafood counter · Day-boat product · Shellfish plates · Natural wine · Walk-ins · Small room

🟡 Coyote Paris
3rd: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Mon as usual + Dec 24–25
Marine Gora turned the old Gramme into a wild-hearted café/wine-bar/bar-restaurant in the Marais. Daytime calm → night flips into low lights, music, natural wine, cocktails, small plates, queer warmth, late-night energy. A place for presence and people.
Lane: Marais · Night-forward · Natural wine & cocktails · Small plates · Late-night energy · Inclusive culture · All-day café → evening bar

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🟡  Dauphin (Le)
closed Dec 22–29 · open Dec 30 · open Dec 31 (set menu €60, excluding wine) · closed Jan 1 · open Jan 2–6

🟡 Delicatessen Cave & Place
11th: open 7/7 · 17h–22h · closed Dec 25 & Jan 1
Grab a bottle in the wine shop, carry it next door to the former shoe-repair space turned standing-room bar. Packed daily — locals balancing plates on crates/barrels, pop-up chefs cooking chalkboard plates on induction: anchovies, mussels, handmade pasta, oysters. Tiny, social, great alone or 1–4 max.
Lane: Apéro · Standing-room · Natural wine · Solo-friendly · Pop-ups · Neighborhood crowd

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🟡 Écailler du Paul Bert (L’)
11th: open Dec 23 lunch & dinner · open Dec 24 lunch + all-day takeaway · closed Dec 25 · open Dec 30 lunch & dinner · open Dec 31 lunch + all-day takeaway · closed Jan 1 lunch · open Jan 1 dinner

🟡 ÈME Restaurant
4th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 24–25
Nazareno Mayol Curti (ex-Mirazur, David Toutain) and Mara Ballester run this fine-dining tasting-menu spot in the Marais. Creative, textural, seasonal. Deep natural wine list. Intimate room, respected chef.
Lane: Marais · Fine dining · Tasting menus · Natural wine · Lunch & dinner · Intimate · Date-night · Respected chef

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🟢 Hotel Particulier Montmartre
18th: open daily throughout the season
Paris’s smallest boutique hotel, old Hermès-family mansion. Garden, winding pathways, illuminated house. Inside: Le Très Particulier cocktail bar — velvet, foliage, glass roof, hidden corners, intimate. Evening drinks, date-night perfection.
Lane: Montmartre · Hotel hideaway · Craft cocktail bar · Intimate · Design-driven · Hidden corners · Date-night · Evening energy

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🟡 Joie (La)
11th: open through Dec 23 evening · closed Dec 24–Jan 1 · open Jan 2–6 · open daily as usual
We are closed Dec 24 to Jan 2 lunch, we open 2nd Jan for dinner.

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🟡 Kamo
10th: open Dec 22–23 · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 24–31
Neo-bistro in the 10th, chef Nicolas Ricouard (ex–Mary Celeste). Lunch and dinner bowls, noodles, fried chicken, panang-leaning broths. At night: natural wines, cocktails, neighborhood hang, tight room, direct food.
Lane: 10ᵉ · Neo-Bistro · Bowls, noodles, fried chicken, panang broths · Lunch & dinner · Natural wine & cocktails · Neighborhood energy · Tight, no-frills

🟢 Kiss Proof Belleville
19th: open daily except Dec 24–25
Beirut → Belleville cocktail bar with small plates and high energy. Award-winning, neon dive vibe, Levantine-influenced cocktails, blowtorch burgers, smoked-mayo chips with caviar. Runs to 2 AM.
Lane: Belleville · Craft cocktail bar · Absinthe & creative cocktails · Late-night · Share plates · Neon dive energy

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🟡 Lissit
11th: open Dec 23 · closed Dec 24–Jan 1 · open Jan 2–4 · closed Sun–Mon as usual

🟡 Lolo Cave à Manger
10th: open Dec 22–23 + Dec 26–30 · closed Dec 24–25 + Dec 31–Jan 1

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🟡 Magnolia Pigalle
9th: open Dec 22 + Dec 28–30 + open Dec 31 (NYE) + open Jan 2–6 · closed Dec 23–27 + Jan 1

🟡 Maison Sota
11th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Mon–Tue as usual + Dec 24–25
Chef Sota (ex-Vivant, Clown Bar) built relaxed fine dining inside a former wine warehouse. Open kitchen, communal table, skylights, mezzanine. Seasonal, precise food; natural wine; refined, grounded room.
Lane: 11ᵉ · Seasonal cuisine · Lunch & dinner · Open kitchen · Communal table · Natural wines · Intimate, grounded energy · Great date-night spot

🟡 Mary Celeste (Le)
3rd: open Dec 22–24 lunch · closed Dec 24 soir + Dec 25 · open Dec 26–31 lunch · closed Dec 31 soir + Jan 1 · open Jan 2–6

🟡 Mehmet
18th: open Dec 29–Jan 6 · closed Dec 22–28

🟢 Mistinguett
9th: open Dec 22–Jan 6 · open Dec 24 + 25 + 31 (NYE) + Jan 1

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🟡 Œillets (Les Œillets)
11th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 24–25
Ex-Chambre Noire space. Natural wine, chef residencies, packed room, red neon, loud, social, short menus from rotating chefs. Walk-in only.
Lane: 11ᵉ · Natural wine · Chef residencies · Industry crowd · Tight, loud room · Solo-friendly

🟡 Osteria Paradiso
10th: open Dec 22–23 · closed Sun as usual + Dec 24–28
Brand-new Italian counter in the former Candide space — natural light, handmade pasta, carbonara/ragù/seasonal plates, viral tiramisu, buzzing room.
Lane: 10ᵉ · Fresh pasta · Brand new · Viral tiramisu · Bright, buzzing room

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🟡 PanoPano
11th: open Dec 22–23 & Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–4 · open Dec 31 (NYE dinner) · closed Dec 24–25 + Jan 1 · closed Sun–Mon as usual

🟡 Paulownia
19th: open Dec 23–24 · closed Dec 25 · open Dec 26–27 · closed Dec 28–29 (Sun–Mon as usual) · open Dec 30–31 (NYE carte-blanche dinner) · closed Jan 1–19 · reopens Jan 20
For Christmas and New Year:
Unique “Carte Blanche” menu on December 24 and December 31 at €175 (drinks not included).
Always around ten courses using very beautiful products (caviar, lobster, etc. depending on what their producers deliver).
A tasting menu of around ten courses that changes every day, at €115 per person.
They also always offer the regular Paulownia à-la-carte menu, which also changes every day.
Always organic, ultra-fresh, as local as possible, only beautiful products, and lots of love in the kitchen.

🟡 Praesens
10th: open Dec 22–23 · closed Dec 24–Jan 1 · open Jan 2–6

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🟡 Renaissance (A La)
11th: closed Dec 24–25 + Dec 31 + Jan 1 · closed Tue–Wed as usual

🟡 Le Repaire de Cartouche
11th: closed Dec 24 soir + Dec 25 · closed Dec 31 soir + Jan 1 · open daily as usual

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🟡 Le Saint Sebastien
open Dec 22–23 · closed Dec 24–25 · open Dec 26–30 · open Dec 31 (NYE dinner) · closed Sun as usual · closed Jan 1 · closed Jan 2–11

🟡 Sensation Paris
11th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 25
Chinese neo-bistrot from Chef Lee Sam — crisp, precise cooking, Cantonese roots, bright room, tight technique.
Lane: 11ᵉ · Cantonese · Neo-bistrot · Small plates · Bright room

🟡 Septime
11th: open Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–6 · open Dec 31 (NYE dinner) · closed Dec 24–25 + Jan 1

🟡 Septime (La Cave)
11th: open Dec 26–30 + Jan 2–6 · open Dec 31 (until 19:00) · closed Dec 24–25 + Jan 1

🟡 Superfine Bar
11th: open Dec 23 & 26–28 · closed Mon as usual + Dec 24–25
Old Motel space reworked into a stainless-counter craft-cocktail bar with sharp drinks and US-leaning bar food.
Lane: 11ᵉ · Craft cocktails · Stainless counter · Super Dog · Puff Pizza · Early/late

🟡 Sur Mer
10th: open Dec 24 + open Dec 31 (lunch + set menu dinner) · closed Dec 25–28 + Jan 1

🟡 Syndicat (Le)
10th: open all week · closed Dec 25 & Jan 1
French-spirits cocktail bar with hip-hop energy, heavy technique, deep French-ingredient list. Packed nightly.
Lane: 10ᵉ · Cocktails · French spirits · Hip-hop energy · World’s 50 Best

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🟡 Tarantula Paris
11th: open all December except Dec 24–25 · open Dec 31 · closed Jan 1 · closed Sun–Mon as usual

🟡 TRAM 130
open Dec 23 · closed Dec 24–25 · open Dec 26–30 · open Dec 31 (7-course tasting menu) · closed Jan 1 · closed Sun as usual

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🟡 Vantre
11th: open Dec 23 only · closed Sun–Mon as usual + Dec 24–28
Marco’s old-school neo-bistrot with a deep cellar — global bottles, rare pulls, sharp cooking from Satria, pigeon/foie gras tourte. World’s 50 Best Discovery.
Lane: 11ᵉ · Neo-bistrot · Deep cellar · Natural + classic · Date-night

🟢 Verre Volé (Le)
open 7/7 · closed Dec 24 dinner + Dec 25 · open Dec 26–31 · open Jan 1–6

 

27th: Left Bank Options open in St Germain:

Two cocktail Bars and 1 wine bar – you can do all three easy drinks, bar food and sharing plates. You can reserve on the links but I think you are safe to walking up in during your first afternoon in Paris

Cravan

6th · open daily 

Killer multi-story hideout Cravan’s craft-cocktail Rizzoli bookstore/library space.
The “new” Cravan is the last remaining historic 17th-century building on the boulevard, blending with the urban landscape across four levels and anchored by three cocktail bars.
Founder Franck Audoux brings deep mixology history (he wrote French Moderne: Cocktails from the Twenties and Thirties) and the drinks reflect it: Royal cocktails with Champagne, Mad Collins with gin/ginger/sparkling water, Isadora (tequila + sour cherries), French 75s, Old-Fashioneds, etc.
Snacks run from gilda to anchovies to a lobster roll with bisque mayo.

Lane: Cocktail bar · Multi-level · Classic + contemporary cocktails
165 blvd St-Germain, 6e

Prescription Cocktail Bar

6th · open nightly 

BEAUTIFUL speakeasy – stepping inside feels like entering a tiny stage set — jewel-tone velvet, plush furniture, extravagant fixtures, upholstered walls, intimate room settings.
Run by Experimental Cocktail Group, early founders of the Paris craft-cocktail scene, PCC still reads like young Dalí, Grace Kelly, or Sean Connery settling into a hotel-bar salon.
Order classics or their custom Naked Gaga (Plymouth gin, Cocchi Americano, Aperol, citron syrup, verjuice, lemon bitters) or karl (Tequila Ocho la Estancia, lime, spinach cordial, lemon-ginger mousse, celery bitters).

Lane: Cocktail bar · Experimental Group · Plush/intimate
23 rue Mazarine, 6e

Augustin Marchand d’Vins

6th · open 5-10pm Tue–Sat · closed Sun–Mon

Left-bank natural-wine bar between the Seine and Blvd Saint-Germain. Red neon sign, friendly local vibe, fun bottles, and good food.
Not just wine — also eating gorgeous sharing plates. 
Plates are stronger than a typical charcuterie board: chou farci, baked pumpkins stuffed with Mont d’Or + black truffle, garden vegetables, meats.
You should also buy bottles to go for a stash in the hotel:)

Lane: Natural wine · Neighborhood · Strong food program
26 rue des Grands-Augustins, 6e

28th: Right Bank Option open near Louvre/Tuileries:

Bar Omi
1st: closed Dec 24–25 · open Dec 26–31 · closed Jan 1–8 (Lunch & Dinner) Reserve directly on site

Arthur & Laetitia Cohen’s Saint-Honoré sushi + natural wine bar — a long faïence counter (10 seats), cinematic lacquered room, retro-Japanese ceiling by Derrusie, and a serious cellar run by sommelier Jérémy (Known locally as Shampi), sushi is cut by Yuji (Taku), Fuji, and their team: nigiri, sashimi, maki, caviar hits, DIY handrolls, and a signature soy you brush on yourself. It’s a tight hybrid — purist sushi, deep wine and sake list, and a bar built for counter dining. Reservations recommended; counter seats best.

Lane: Sushi & wine bar · Counter dining · Date Night · Purist sushi · Deep wine/sake cellar · Retro-Japanese design

29th: Option open on Montmartre

Chez Eugène
18th: open every day · no holiday closures (reserve directly on site)

In the most famously avoided tourist spot in Paris, Chez Eugène is where restaurant-industry people actually go to feel like they’re in Paris — all day into late night, elbow-to-elbow with peers, wine flowing, everyone relaxed and eating well. Terrace packed with locals, chefs, winemakers; mussels with gorgonzola, steak frites, roasted chicken. Deep natural-wine list — ask for the big book.
Lane: Industry hangout · All-day · Open every day · Natural wine · Group-friendly · Locals + chefs · Terrace seating

Option Left Bank on the 30th/31st: (also same as 27th if you don’t go to those)

🟡 Quinsou

6th · open as usual (Tue–Sat lunch & dinner) · closed Sun–Mont
Open the 30th (direct reservation link in their IG if you can’t to grab this for that day)

Beautiful Restaurant – also one of AT (restaurant AT’s favourites) On a tranquil street across from the Ferrandi cooking school, Michelin chef Antonin Bonnet’s elegant yet understated Quinsou is the go-to splurge for brilliant small-plate menus paired with natural wines in the Saint-Germain neighborhood. The no-frills neo-bistrot features soft lighting, cream stone walls, blonde wood tables, buttery leather banquettes, and oversized mirrors. Antonin’s motto — work hard and be nice to people — shows up in the staff, the cooking, and the sourcing (day-boat seafood, ethical meat, organic produce). Seasons dictate the set menus — maybe marinated maquereaux with sweet peppers and wasabi sour cream, or “blonde” Aquitaine beef on cauliflower purée with nutmeg, hazelnuts, and kombu-infused beef jus.
If dessert’s on, don’t miss the biscuit + cardamom chocolate cream with chai mousse.

Lane: Michelin · Natural wine · Seasonal tasting menu
33 rue de l’Abbé Grégoire, 6e

Dec 31: AT dinner reserved

🟡 A.T. (Restaurant)
5th: open Dec 24–25 + Dec 31 + Jan 1–5 · closed Sun–Mon as usual
Regular service: lunch Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat · dinner Tue–Sat

Atsushi Tanaka  runs a personal fine-dining room built on Nordic influence, French technique, and Japanese clarity — handmade ceramics, precise plates, quiet pacing. Lunch is a tighter format, dinner is the full progression. Small room, controlled service, everything stripped to essentials.

Lane: 5ᵉ · Fine dining · Tasting menu · Nordic/Japanese influence · Modern plating · Online booking

Jan 1 (New Year’s Day)
20h BISTROT PAUL BERT dinner