La Charlotte de l'Isle has been serving teas and hot chocolates accompanied by homemade cakes and tarts for over thirty years. Be thankful you can only indulge from Thursday through Sunday! My absolutely...

Au Panetier -  of the oldest Paris patisseries, this basic shop with old-fashioned gas-style lamps has tiled walls and frosted glass depicting a rural scene with a church and windmill. Besides the standard croissants,...

Square Barye in the far southeastern corner of Saint Louis Island

À la Mère de Famille, founded in 1761 is an enchanting shop well versed in French regional specialties and old-fashioned bonbons, sugar candy, and more You even still have to pay at the historical...

Au Vieux Molière Passage Molière, 157 rue Saint-Martin, 3e tel 01.42.78.37.87, www.vieuxmoliere.com.. This atmospheric restaurant has French chansons playing softly in the background. There's outdoor...

In this popular district, Le Vieux Belleville, a bistrot that unites traditional food with traditional music every night. Accordeon, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf – you’ll hear everything from the after-war...

Galerie Vivienne  - rue des Petits Champs - is so beautiful, next to the Place des Victoires that I love so much too and if you are in the area, you cannot miss the gardens of the Palais Royal. A stop...

Garden of the prestigious school l'Ecole Normale Supérieure
Another marvellous and unknown place to rest after visiting
 the historical part of Paris. Unfortunately, not opened on
Saturday...

The restaurant Chantairelle – 17 rue Laplace – 75005 (Tel.: 33 1 46 33 18 59) offers Auvergnian food in their Lovely garden (menu at 32 €). After visiting the historical Paris,...

Delightful, unfussy and inexpensive French food in the Marais area and
if you arrive early,
you can choose the farmhouse table, right next to the fireplace
Robert et Louise: 64, rue Vieille-du-Temple. Tel.:...