Monocle 25/25 Paris France

Monocle 25/25
Paris
France
Once the home of cuttingedge art, then accused
by some of resting on its
laurels, Paris has recently
been reasserting its cultural
authority with the reopening
of the Palais de Tokyo and
Musée Picasso and the
emergence of a raft of new
restaurants and producerdriven food outlets. It
almost makes you forget the
frustration of dealing with the
city’s public institutions.
Essentials
01Be
polite. Even though
Parisians might seem rude
at times, a little bonjour, s’il
vous plaît and merci goes a
long way.
02Rooftop and open-air bars
are as popular as ever. Try
Pavillon Puebla in Le Parc
des Buttes Chaumont, Le
Perchoir on BHV roof,
Rosa Bonheur on the river
or Le Très Particulier
in Montmartre.
03 Get a perfect old-school
hammam at the Mosquée
de Paris, rue Geoffrey
Saint-Hilaire.
04 After une coupe de
champagne at Café de
Flore, dance all night at
Le Montana, re-opened in
Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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Guide/Info
Hotels
Luxury
Le Royal Monceau
Raffles Paris
37 avenue Hoche
133 (0)1 4299 8800
leroyalmonceau.com
Dependable chain
Le Pigalle Paris
9 rue Frochot
133 (0)1 4878 3714
lepigalle.paris
Premium
Le Bristol
112 rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honoré
1 33 (0)1 5343 4300
lebristolparis.com
Dining
Fast breakfast
Du Pain et Des Idées
34 rue Yves Toudic
1 33 (0)1 5343 4300
dupainetdesidees.com
Business breakfast
Claus
14 rue Jean Jacques
Rousseau
133 (0)1 4233 5510
claus-paris.net
Mid-morning coffee
Télescope
5 rue Villedo
+33 (0)1 4886 6123
telescopecafe.com
Working lunch with
collegues
Ober Mamma
107 boulevard Richard
Lenoir
+33 (0)1 5830 6278
bigmammagroup.com
Need-to-impress-clients
lunch
Heimat
37 rue de Montpensier
+33 (0)1 4026 7825
heimatparis.com
Lunch on your own
L’avant Comptoir
3 carrefour de l’Odéon
133 (0)1 4427 0750
Afternoon tea/drink
Café de Flore
172 boulevard SaintGermain
133 (0)1 4548 5526
Dinner on your own
Clamato
80 rue de Charonne
133 (0)1 4372 7453
Dinner with colleagues
Soma
13 rue de Saintonge
133 (0)9 8182 5351
Private dinner
Frenchie
5 rue du Nil
133 (0)1 4039 9619
frenchie-restaurant.com
Big dinner with
partner/clients
yam’Tcha
121 rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honoré
133 (0)1 4026 0807
yamtcha.com
Drink after dinner
Castel
15 rue Princesse
133 (0)1 4051 5280
castelparis.com
Late Drinks
Silencio
142 rue Montmartre
silencio-club.com
Late Bite
La Maison de l’Aubrac
37 rue Marbeuf
133 (0)1 4359 0514
maison-aubrac.com
On the tiles
Mechica
10 rue Papillon
133 (0)6 4689 5194
Reading
Bookshop
Ofr.
20 rue du Petit-Thouars
133 (0)1 4245 7288
ofrsystem.com
Thank yous
Chocolates
Patrick Roger
108 boulevard
Saint-Germain
133 (0)1 4229 3842
patrickroger.com
Shopping
Luxury scents
Etat Libre d’Orange
69 rue des Archives
133 (0)1 4278 3009
etatlibredorange.com
Something for the kids
Miniature wooden cooking
utensils and clothes from
BonTon
5 boulevard des Filles
du Calvaire
133 (0)1 4272 3469
bonton.fr
Something for everyone
Paper, laptop bags,
fashion, furniture and food
from Merci
111 boulevard
Beaumarchais
133 (0)1 4277 0033
merci-merci.com
Something for yourself
Shoes from French
Trotters
128 rue Vieille du Temple
133 (0)1 4461 0014
frenchtrotters.f
Two-hour tour
01 Musée Picasso
5 rue de Thorigny
+33 (0)1 85 56 00 36
02 Cité de L’Architecture et
du Patrimoine
1 place du Trocadéro
citechaillot.fr
03 Musée Nissim de
Camondo
63 rue de Monceau +33 (0)1 5389 0650
lesartsdecoratifs.fr
Transport
Limousine/ Car
Chabé limousines
133 (0)1 4120 9510
chabe-limousines.com
Rent a bike
Vélib’
Avoid traffic congestion
and hop on a hire bike
velib.paris.fr
Fitness
Good gym
L’Usine
16-20 Rue Quincampoix 133 (0)1 4461 3131
usineopera.com
Good running route
Start from the Eiffel Tower
and run along the Seine
towards Les Invalides,
cross over Pont Alexandre
III and head to theLouvre.
Run around Ile Saint
Louis and Jardin des
Plantes, then head back
to the Left Bank past the
Musée d’Orsay.