Gastronomie
L'Aubergeade
17 Rue de ChalignyFrench bistro between modern and traditional French food
Argentinian restaurant. Excellent beef. Former butcher’s shop with vintage 1970s decor
56 locals recommend
Unico
15 Rue Paul BertArgentinian restaurant. Excellent beef. Former butcher’s shop with vintage 1970s decor
Chic Asian bar-restaurant and gig venue whose exotic décor seems inspired by a 1930s Shanghai colonial club
94 locals recommend
China Club
50 Rue de CharentonChic Asian bar-restaurant and gig venue whose exotic décor seems inspired by a 1930s Shanghai colonial club
English owned pub with traditional brunch (excellent) on Sundays. Artists Jane Birkin and Lou Doillon are frequent costumers
89 locals recommend
The Bottle Shop
5 Rue TrousseauEnglish owned pub with traditional brunch (excellent) on Sundays. Artists Jane Birkin and Lou Doillon are frequent costumers
Good cheap option in the hippy neighborhood of Bastille. Very good for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays and nice cosy décor.
274 locals recommend
Café de l'Industrie
16 Rue St SabinGood cheap option in the hippy neighborhood of Bastille. Very good for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays and nice cosy décor.
Mama Jackson Soul Food Paris
12 Rue Claude TillierAfro-American restaurant specialized in fried chicken and soul food
A brilliant little burger joint, which takes the traditional American burger with French regional products (cheese, beef)
355 locals recommend
Big Fernand
55 Rue du Faubourg PoissonnièreA brilliant little burger joint, which takes the traditional American burger with French regional products (cheese, beef)
One of the best Italian trattoria at the moment serving authentic products all imported.
Casual no-reservations policy. Make sure you arrive early to be added on the waiting list (60 to 90 minutes for dinner on weekends, around 15 to 30 minutes otherwise)
10 locals recommend
East mamma
133 Rue du Faubourg Saint-AntoineOne of the best Italian trattoria at the moment serving authentic products all imported.
Casual no-reservations policy. Make sure you arrive early to be added on the waiting list (60 to 90 minutes for dinner on weekends, around 15 to 30 minutes otherwise)
Argentinian restaurant. Excellent beef. Former butcher’s shop with vintage 1970s decor
56 locals recommend
Unico
15 Rue Paul BertArgentinian restaurant. Excellent beef. Former butcher’s shop with vintage 1970s decor
French contemporaty fusion food with Japanese and South-Asian influences
22 locals recommend
Restaurant Will
75 Rue CrozatierFrench contemporaty fusion food with Japanese and South-Asian influences
La Table d'Aligre
11 Pl. d'AligreSober and refined seafood served in a contemporary setting
Centreville
2 Rue KellerFrench bistro in a typical french ambiance
Lieux emblématiques
Ground Control is a multidisciplinary centre with terrace, bars, foodtrucks, concerts and cultural events.
The 6000m² space will be home to restaurants (PNY, Ten Belles, Bob’s Bake Shop), bars (Zabriskie Bar, Bartholdi's, Bikini Atoll), as well as concert areas, barber shops, a garage for bikes, markets and exhibition space. In short, just about everything you could need.
As ever, the space is 100% free - and open long hours (even on Sunday) so you can maximise the good weather and work on your tan.
126 locals recommend
Ground Countrol
81 Rue de RambouilletGround Control is a multidisciplinary centre with terrace, bars, foodtrucks, concerts and cultural events.
The 6000m² space will be home to restaurants (PNY, Ten Belles, Bob’s Bake Shop), bars (Zabriskie Bar, Bartholdi's, Bikini Atoll), as well as concert areas, barber shops, a garage for bikes, markets and exhibition space. In short, just about everything you could need.
As ever, the space is 100% free - and open long hours (even on Sunday) so you can maximise the good weather and work on your tan.
La Petite Ceinture du 15e is a green walk in the east of the district and 15 min walk from the apartment. This pedestrian lane has been fitted out along the line of the ‘Petite Ceinture’, a former railway built around Paris but unused since the seventies.
Petite ceinture du 12e (PC12) - Avenue Daumesnil
21 Rue RottembourgLa Petite Ceinture du 15e is a green walk in the east of the district and 15 min walk from the apartment. This pedestrian lane has been fitted out along the line of the ‘Petite Ceinture’, a former railway built around Paris but unused since the seventies.
Relocated to Frank Gehry's striking, spacious cubist building, the Cinémathèque Française now boasts four screens, a bookshop, a restaurant, exhibition space and the superb Musée du Cinéma. In the spirit of its founder Henri Langlois, the Cinémathèque hosts retrospectives, cult movies, classics, experimental cinema and Q&A sessions.
182 locals recommend
Les 400 Coups @ La Cinémathèque française
51 Rue de BercyRelocated to Frank Gehry's striking, spacious cubist building, the Cinémathèque Française now boasts four screens, a bookshop, a restaurant, exhibition space and the superb Musée du Cinéma. In the spirit of its founder Henri Langlois, the Cinémathèque hosts retrospectives, cult movies, classics, experimental cinema and Q&A sessions.
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house Inaugurated in 1989. It became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.
Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott.
13 locals recommend
Opéra Bastille
Place de la BastilleThe Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house Inaugurated in 1989. It became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.
Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott.
Rue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street, originally built as workers' housing. The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts.
25 locals recommend
Rue Crémieux
Rue CrémieuxRue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street, originally built as workers' housing. The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts.
Promenade plantée is a 4.7 km (2.9 mi) elevated linear park built on top of obsolete railway infrastructure. Itw as the only elevated park in the world for some years, until the first phase of the High Line in New York
11 locals recommend
Coulée Verte René-Dumont
1 Coulée Verte René-DumontPromenade plantée is a 4.7 km (2.9 mi) elevated linear park built on top of obsolete railway infrastructure. Itw as the only elevated park in the world for some years, until the first phase of the High Line in New York