Restaurants and Bars

The croissant quest never ends in Paris. We’re talking croissants that crackle when you squeeze them. Layers so delicate they scatter across your lap. Butter content so high your fingers…

What’s New at Peppe’s Eighth Location Giuseppe Cutraro isn’t slowing down. The world champion pizzaiolo just opened his eighth address, and Peppe Pizzeria Charonne feels like a confident evolution rather…

Walk into Lapérouse and you’re stepping into 259 years of scandal, romance, and literary legend. The private salons upstairs bear mirror scratches where 19th-century mistresses tested if their diamond gifts…

We walked into Le Meurice expecting palace hotel pretension. Crystal chandeliers, gilded ceilings, tourists photographing gold plates. A place where money buys access, but not necessarily magic. Three hours later,…

Let’s get one thing straight: Café de Flore is a tourist magnet. Instagram fans clutch oversized coffee cups while posing next to red banquettes. Tour groups shuffle past every five…

Welcome to 119 rue Saint-Lazare, home to what might be the world’s most historically significant McDonald’s – and definitely Paris’s most architecturally surprising fast-food restaurant. When History Meets Happy Meals…

Picture this: It’s 9:59 am Paris time, and you’re clutching your phone like it holds the secret to eternal happiness. Because in a way, it does. At exactly 10am, Septime…

The Line at 10 pm Tells the Real Story Thank god we booked ahead. Saturday night in summer, 10 pm sharp, and there’s still a line snaking around Place Saint-Blaise….

After five years of living in Paris full-time, we’ve discovered something remarkable: this city has quietly become a very decent pizza destination. From world championship-winning pizzaiolos to tiny neighborhood spots…

Picture this: you stride confidently into that charming bistro you’ve been eyeing all week, only to be met with raised eyebrows and a waiter who seems less than thrilled about…

Try explaining this to your friends: You’re planning to eat at a Michelin-selected restaurant inside BHV department store, hidden behind the lingerie section, run by a Bocuse d’Or winner, where…

Imagine explaining to someone that Paris’s most spectacular restaurant sits inside a train station. Not adjacent to one—literally inside Gare de Lyon, above the tracks where actual trains depart for…

Picture this: You’re sitting in red velvet banquettes under a blue trompe-l’œil ceiling painted with fluffy clouds, eating calf’s head with ravigote sauce while tourists walk past outside, completely unaware…