new places and trends
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new places and trends
2014-2015 From early evening until daybreak, nightlife in Paris offers so much choice: great places for a fun night out, crazy clubbing and original night-time activities. At a time when nightlife in Paris is a subject of political debate and the capital has just elected its ‘mayor of the night’, Parisian nightlife is becoming more and more specialized and demanding, and is developing along the lines of its European neighbours. Proof of this can be seen with successful major events like La Concrète, an evening that lasts almost 20 hours, or new major venues like the Cité de la mode et du design, or the new spaces at the Palais de Tokyo. The nightlife scene is multifaceted and continually on the move with new venues constantly opening, particularly in the east and the 13th arrondissement. These offcentre districts now vie with the Golden Triangle and Left Bank. Events like ‘Night Yourself!’ new clubs and grand new hotels will undoubtedly take Paris partying to dizzy new heights in 2014. NEW PLACES AND TRENDS Paris is an innovative ever-surprising city. Venues open, trends move. A look at what’s new on the busy Paris scene this year. > Paris elects it ‘mayor for nightlife’. For the first time in 2013, Pairisians elected their ‘mayor for nightlife’, a spokesperson to represent the voice of Parisian nightgoers. Inspired by an initiative in Amsterdam, Eric Labbé director of communication for the club Showcase started this project. After a tour of Facebook and then a second tour of fifty or so bars in Paris, it was Clément LéonR., aged 32, who was elected the first ‘mayor for nightlife’ in Paris. > Paris takes up new quarters The East of Paris, formerly a forgotten backwater, now holds the record for new nightlife venues and concepts, and extends as far as Montreuil and Les Lilas. In the Haut-Marais, towards Filles du Calvaire/Saint-Sébastien Froissart, trendy addresses continue to flourish. On the Left Bank, the Seine riverbanks attract flocks of nightbirds, especially the new Berges de Seine in the 7th which has become one of the capital’s trendy festive areas. And, The Docks, which opened in 2012 in the 13th, is always coming up with something new. New in the East South Pigalle (SoPi for those in the know) is popular for its sleazy past, festive local bars, intimate boudoirs and music nights. Sex shops and other hostess bars continue to be replaced by trendy bars and clubs. Amongst these, Orphée Privé, a bar housed in a former libertine sauna, invisible from the street. Mottled mirrors, a bell at the entrance, fine tapestries, white tiles, coloured glass and erotic 1970s posters recall the steamy past of the venue, when it was frequented by such characters as Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais. But the changing rooms have been replaced by a massage parlour, the smoking room has replaced the shower room, and the DJ turntable has replaced the bath towels. The Pigalle country club, a former hostess bar converted into a rock 1 music bar, mixes decadent rock'n'roll and low-key lighting for an English atmosphere. And the trendy club bar Le Pompon, in rue des Petites Ecuries, will soon move to Pigalle. La Spledens Factory, or ‘Bande de la Maison Muller’, continues to expand around Barbès. This artistic community of musicians, photographers and digital artists, which combine their talents to create numerous projects, occupy the Maison Muller in the street of the same name. After the Café Rosie, they created the Blue Club, an alternative venue with a surface area of 200 m² on two levels. Shows, offbeat cabarets, bloggers’ and journalists’ favourites, pop, folk and French chanson concerts, DJ sets and clubbing throughout the week. At the Barbès crossroads, the Louxor cinema reopened last spring. Decorated in neo-Egyptian style, it is popular with bobos in the north-east of Paris, who enjoy its top-floor bar, with its stunning view of Sacré-Coeur. In the heart of the popular 10th, between metros Château d’Eau and Strasbourg SaintDenis, Turkish kebab and grocery shops are rubbing shoulders more and more with trendy addresses, notably thanks to the influence of the Moussié brothers and the agency La Clique, at the head of the majority of hip addresses in the district. After the Point Ephémère, Jeannette, Mauri’7 and Le Napoléon, Le Fantôme, La Quincaillerie and Le Parisien are the latest fashionable addresses. Signed La Clique, renowned for trendy addresses (La Fidélité, Chez Moune, Le Lautrec, etc.), Le Fantôme, with its games arcade and lower-ground floor electro-rock club, is a great hit with geeks and arty types from the neighbouring ad agencies. And the Quincaillerie, lounge bar with lowkey lighting is ideal for enjoying a quiet cocktail in retro-Bohemian decor signed Laura Gonzales. Like other addresses by the Moussié brothers, Le Parisien cultivates a ‘Parisian urchin’ style blended with futuristic touches. Bars with a view contribute to the success of Belleville and Ménilmontant, districts on a hill which now buzz like the lively neighbouring Oberkampf district. Le Perchoir, a roof-top New York-style venue at the top of an industrial building, offers a panoramic view of Paris, to admire with a cocktail and tapas. The paved terrace of O’Paris, on the site of the former Mer à boire, dominates the capital from the heights of the Parc de Belleville. Haut-Marais Bar Demory Paris 62 rue Quincampoix, Paris 3rd – M°Rambuteau – Tel + 33 (0)6 84 12 10 59 NEW! Le Mary Céleste 1 rue des Commines, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire and Saint-Sébastien Froissart - www.lemaryceleste.com NEW! Wood 1 place Thorigny, Paris 3rd – M° Saint-Sébastien-Froissart NEW! Pigalle Orphée privée 7 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle and Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 80 24 38 NEW! Pigalle Country Club 59 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 49 18 - www.pigallecountryclub.com NEW! Le Dandy Club 26 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 29 19 85 www.dandyclub.fr Le Pompon rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle – M° Pigalle NEW! VersFaubourg-Saint-Denis Le Fantôme 36 rue de Paradis, Paris 10th – M° Poissonnière – Tel + 33 (0)9 66 87 11 20 NEW! La Quincaillerie 76 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis – M° Château d’Eau – Tel + 33 (0)9 82 43 29 40 NEW! La Parisien 337 rue Saint-Martin, Paris 10th – M° Strasbourg Saint-Denis – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 72 11 33 NEW! Vers Barbès Le bar du Louxor 170 boulevard de Magenta, Paris 10th – M° Barbès – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 63 96 96 2 www.cinemalouxor.fr Le Blue Club 14 rue Muller, Paris 18th – M° Château Rouge- www.leblueclub.com NEW! Ménilmontant Le Perchoir 14 rue Crespin-du-Gast, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 06 18 48 – www.leperchoir.fr NEW! O’Paris 1 rue des Envierges, Paris 20th – M° Pyrénées and Belleville - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 66 38 54 www.le-o-paris.com NEW! Les docks On quai d’Austerlitz, Les docks - cité de la mode et du design, opened in 2012, continues to attract restaurants, shops, bars and hype clubs. Newly-arrived from New York, the terrace restaurant M.O.B. offers burgers and other American specialities in vegetarian versions, in a space envisioned by Cyril Aiouzerate, co-founder of Mama Shelter. The Wanderlust, created by the Savoir Faire group – recognized for their experience in producing artists – and its two Parisian clubs (Social Club and Silencio), comprises a terrace by the Seine offering a raft of activities (yoga, cooking, etc.), an indoor and outdoor restaurant and a 386 m² club. Also here is the roof-top club Nüba, created by La Clique (Le Baron, Chez Moune, etc.), with a large ‘beach-inspired’ terrace with loungers and DJ hut, and a programme of concerts every evening between electro sets. Finally, the Moon Roof offers a huge heated terrace where customers can smoke hookah and see live shows and stand-up comedies. Les docks Cité de la mode et du design 34 quai d'Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare – Tel + 33 (0)1 76 77 25 30 www.citemodedesign.fr M.O.B www.mob-usa.com/fr Wanderlust 32 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare www.wanderlustparis.com Nuba 36 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare - Tel + 33 (0)1 76 77 34 85 - www.nuba-paris.fr Moon Roof 34 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 24 39 34 and + 33 (0)6 23 04 08 81- www.moonroof.fr The Berges The new trendy district for going out on the water is to be found between Port de Solférino and Port du Gros Caillou, including Port des Invalides. Named ‘Les Berges’ (‘Banks’), this stretch bordering the Seine has food trucks, bars, restaurants and a host of fun, creative and sporting activities. Rosa Bonheur, the famous guinguette at ButtesChaumont, will open a Left Bank Rosa Bonheur sur Seine version on a barge below the Pont Alexandre III. The Showcase, located under the same bridge for three years has a new neighbour, the Faust, a 2,100 m² restaurant, bar and performance space in the left abutment of the edifice with an outdoor heated terrace. This 650 m² cafe will host concerts and other cultural activities. Les Berges www.lesberges.paris.fr Rosa bonheur sur Seine Port des Invalides – M° Invalides - www.rosabonheur.fr NEW! Faust Under Pont Alexandre III Paris 7th – www.faustparis.fr NEW! > All-day clubbing Created in 2013 and the only regular afterwork event, ‘La Concrète’, has revolutionized the world of clubbing in Paris and has been elevated to the rank of an institution. It is a party venue on the model of Berlin underground evenings, with events lasting from 6am in the morning on Sunday to 2am in the morning on Monday. Organized approximately two Sundays per month, these events bring together the best of European DJs on a boat that sways to electro, techno and house rhythms. 3 La Concrète 69 Port de la Rapée, Paris 12th – M° Gare de Lyon and Gare d’Austerlitz www.concreteparis.fr > New at the Palais de Tokyo Since its redesign in 2012, the Palais de Tokyo, a landmark site for contemporary art in Paris, has unveiled two new experimental rooms to the public. The YOYO club is housed on the lower ground floor of the restaurant Monsieur Bleu, on the site of the legendary Cinémathèque. This concrete 900 m² space, which can be converted into a cinema auditorium and conference room, is used for rock and electro concerts, and dancing, but is specifically devoted to private hire events ‘fashion shows, film screenings, etc.). Situated on level 1, Le Point Perché, is a 200 m² stage devoted to the upcoming international scene that hosts talks, performance, concerts and screenings. Palais de Tokyo 13 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 16th – M° Iéna – www.palaisdetokyo.com YOYO www.palaisdetokyo.com/fr/lifestyle/yoyo NEW! Le point perché www.lepointperche.com NEW! > Bars and evenings full of fun One of the year’s major trends is the Parisian craze for places to play games at, in the vein of Titty Twister. Le Fantôme, designed by La Clique has a very large room with pinball machines, old game consoles, table football and other arcade games in a retrodecor setting and attracts a large crowd. The Gossima Ping Pong bar follows a new wave of table-tennis bars that has already visited New York and Berlin, and boasts eight table-tennis tables, a stage and two bars over two floors. For more fun, karaoke is back in fashion. After monthly live ‘kararockés’ by Nicolas Ullmann at the Bus palladium, and ‘Kara-Okay’ evenings every two months by the bloggers of the magazine Retard at the Espace B, there is now karaoke at Orphée Privé on Thursday and at Pigalle Country Club on Tuesday. Game bars Le Fantôme 36 rue de Paradis, Paris 10th – M° Poissonnière – Tel + 33 (0)9 66 87 11 20 NEW! Gossima Ping Pong Bar 4 rue Victor Gelez, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant, Rue Saint-Maur and Père Lachaise - Tel + 33 (0)9 67 29 75 79 - www.gossima.fr NEW! Karaoke evenings L’enchanteur 15 rue Michel-le-Comte, Paris 3rd – M° Rambuteau – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 04 02 38 NEW! « Ullmann Kararocké » live at the Bus Palladium 6 rue Pierre Fontaine, Paris 9th M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 26 80 35 - www.lebuspalladium.com NEW! « Kara-Okay » at Espace B 16 rue Barbanègre, Paris 19th– M° Corentin Cariou Tel + 33 (0)1 40 37 30 29 – www.espaceb.net NEW! Karaoke evenings at Orphée privée 7 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle and Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 80 24 38 NEW! Karaoke evenings at the Pigalle Country Club 59 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 49 18 - www.pigallecountryclub.com NEW! WHERE TO HAVE A DRINK IN PARIS There are lots of great places to have a drink in Paris, to suit everyone. > Quiet and relaxing For a relaxing drink, here is a selection of chic addresses with plush decor and subdued lighting, for a quiet drink. There’s a trend for ‘hotel bars without hotel’ like the recent 4 THB (Très Honoré Bar); the Carmen with its opulent decor, housed in a former private mansion house of Georges Bizet; the Compagnie des vins surnaturels, with grand crus wines to sip by the fireside, or the new version of Andy Wahloo with its exotic decoration … so much choice for enjoying a quiet drink. Le Café Marly 93 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st – M° Palais-Royal – Tel +33 (0)1 49 26 06 60 – www.beaumarly.com Le Fumoir 6 rue de l’Amiral-de-Coligny, Paris 1st – M° Louvre-Rivoli, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel +33 (0)1 42 92 00 24 – www.lefumoir.com Le Très Honoré Bar 35 place du Marché Saint-Honoré, Paris 1st – M° Pyramides – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 86 97 97 - www.treshonore.com NEW! Le Jeffrey’s 14 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Étienne-Marcel – Tel +33 (0)1 42 33 60 77 Andy Wahloo 69 rue des Gravilliers, Paris 3rd – M° Arts and Métiers – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 71 20 38 www.andywahloo-bar.com NEW! La Compagnie des vins surnaturels 17 rue Lobineau, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon – Tel +33 (0)9 54 90 20 20 - www.compagniedesvinssurnaturels.com Bar de Lapérouse 51 quai des Grands Augustins, Paris 6th - M° Saint-Michel - Tel + 33 (0)1 56 79 24 31 – www.laperouse.com Le Schmuck 43 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule – Tel 33 (0)1 43 59 13 37 and 1 rue de Condé, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21 www.schmuckrestaurant.com La Quincaillerie 76 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis – M° Château d’Eau – Tel + 33 (0)9 82 43 29 40 NEW! > At the time of Prohibition Venues evoking the time of American Prohibition are in fashion. Clients enjoy the anonymous facades of these ‘hidden’ establishments (no sign outside and curtains drawn). La Candelaria is a delightful fine tucked away behind an ordinary tacos snack bar; the Dandy is behind a library and to get to the Moonshiner, you have to cross the cold storage room of a pizzeria. The decor has a 1920s look with candlelight, large leather sofas, and a secretive and exclusive atmosphere, ideal for enjoying special cocktails made from unusual alcohols. Le Ballroom du Beef club 52 rue Jean-Jacques- Rousseau, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles - Tel +33 (0)9 52 52 89 34 - www.eccbeefclub.com Le Club du cercle 6 rue Etienne Marcel, Paris 2nd – M° Etienne Marcel – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 98 57 - www.leclubducercle.fr L’expérimental cocktail club 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Sentier or Réaumur Sébastopol – Tel + 33 (0) 145 08 88 09 – www.facebook.com/pages/Experimental-CocktailClub/129531980432588 La Conserverie 37 rue du Sentier, Paris 2nd - M° Bonne Nouvelle and Grands Boulevards - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 26 14 94 - www.laconserveriebar.com Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33(0)1 44 07 12 47 – www.curioparlor.com Le Prescription Cocktail Club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 34 67 73 www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com Le Dandy 26 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Blanche - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 56 43 - www.dandyclub.fr Moonshiner 5 rue Sedaine, Paris 11th – M° Bréguet-Sabin – Tel + 33 (0)9 50 73 12 99 NEW! > Trendy bars Simple little establishments that have become big hits thanks to the expertise of the Moussié brothers, at the head of some ten hotspots for Parisian hipsters, (Chez Jeanette, the Floréal, the Sans Souci, the Mansart, the Bellerive, Chez Justine, etc.) or places that were born to be trendy, like the Costes venues (Café Georges, Etienne Marcel, etc.), or the Clique (Le Baron, Nuba, Le Lautrec, Chez Moune, Hôtel Amour, La Vue, etc.). Numerous trendy bars are to be found all over Paris. 5 Right Bank bars towards Pigalle, the Faubourg Saint-Denis, the Haut-Marais, Oberkampf and the banks of the Ourcq and Saint-Martin attract a cool crowd, whilst arty types hang out on the Left Bank, and jetsetters head to the Champs-Elysées. Each to their own to see and be seen. Amongst the latest addresses Left Bank Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33(0)1 44 07 12 47 – www.curioparlor.com Le Bar du Marché 75 rue de Seine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 55 15 La Palette 43 rue de Seine, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon or Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 68 15 www.cafelapaletteparis.com Mezzanine de l’Alcazar 62 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 53 10 19 99 - www.alcazar.fr Prescription cocktail club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33(0)1 46 34 67 73 – www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com Le Schmuck 1 rue de Condé, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21 www.schmuckrestaurant.com La Compagnie des vins surnaturels 17 rue Lobineau, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon – Tel +33 (0)9 54 90 20 20 – Le fourbi 25 bis rue Duvivier, Paris 7th – M° Ecole-Militaire – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 50 11 03 – NEW! From Les Halles to Concorde Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33(0)1 44 07 12 47 – www.curioparlor.com Le Bar du Marché 75 rue de Seine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 55 15 La Palette 43 rue de Seine, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon or Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 68 15 www.cafelapaletteparis.com Mezzanine de l’Alcazar 62 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 53 10 19 99 - www.alcazar.fr Prescription cocktail club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33(0)1 46 34 67 73 – www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com Le Schmuck 1 rue de Condé, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21 www.schmuckrestaurant.com La Compagnie des vins surnaturels 17 rue Lobineau, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon – Tel +33 (0)9 54 90 20 20 – Le fourbi 25 bis rue Duvivier, Paris 7th – M° Ecole-Militaire – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 50 11 03 – NEW! Marais and Haut-Marais La Perle 78 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris 3rd – M° Saint-Paul, RER Châtelet-Les Halles Tel +33 (0)1 42 72 69 93 – www.cafelaperle.com Café Charlot 38 rue de Bretagne, Paris 3rd – M° Temple – Tel +33 (0)1 44 54 03 30 – www.cafecharlotparis.com Café rouge 32 rue de Picardie, Paris 3rd - M° Filles du Calvaire - Tel +33 (0)1 44 54 20 60 www.lecaferouge.fr Le Progrès 1 rue de Bretagne, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire – Tel +33 (0)1 42 72 01 44 La Candelaria 52 rue de Saintonge, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire - www.candelariaparis.com Bar Demory Paris 62 rue Quincampoix, Paris 3rd – M°Rambuteau – Tel + 33 (0)6 84 12 10 59 NEW! Le Mary Céleste 1 rue des Commines, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire and Saint-Sébastien Froissart - www.lemaryceleste.com NEW! Wood 1 place Thorigny, Paris 3rd – M° Saint-Sébastien-Froissart NEW! Pigalle Le Sans-souci 65 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle - Tel +33 (0)1 53 16 17 04 Le Mansart 1 rue Mansart, Paris 9th – M° Blanche – Tel +33 (0)1 56 92 05 99 6 Le Lautrec 63 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 56 92 28 79 – www.pigallelautrec.tumblr.com Café Carmen 34 rue Duperré Paris 9th – M° Blanche and Pigalle - Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 50 00 www.le-carmen.fr Glass 7 rue Frochot, Paris 9th - M° Pigalle - Tel+ 33 (0)9 80 72 98 83 – www.glassparis.com Bar de l’Hôtel Amour 8 rue Navarin, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle or Saint-Georges - Tel + (33) 01 48 78 31 80 - www.hotelamourparis.fr Orphée privée 7 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle and Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 80 24 38 NEW! La fourmi 74 rue Martyrs, Paris 18th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 42 64 70 35 L’embuscade 47 rue de la Rochefoucault, Paris 9th - M° Pigalle - Tel +33 (0)1 42 80 19 50 Around rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis Bus Palladium 6 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle - Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 80 35 www.lebuspalladium.com La Fidélité 12 rue de la Fidélité, Paris 10th – M° Gare-de-l’Est – www.lafidelite.com Chez Jeannette 47 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris 10th – M° Château d’Eau, RER Gare du Nord – Tel +33 (0)1 47 70 30 89 Mauri7 46 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris 10th – M° Château d’eau - Tel +33 (0)1 44 79 06 42 www.lemauri7.com La Napoléon 73 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris 10th – M° Château d’eau – Tel + 33 (0) 1 47 70 21 36 – www.facebook.com/napoleon.page Le Floréal - 73 rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 10th – M° Goncourt, République and Belleville Tel +33 1 40 18 46 79 - www.lefloreal.fr La Quincaillerie 76 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris 10th – M° Château d’eau – Tel + 33 (0)9 82 43 29 40 NEW! L’inconnu 17-19 rue de Mazagran, Paris 10th - M° Bonne-Nouvelle – Tel + 33 (0)145 23 95 37 www.inconnu-bar.com Bronco 39 rue des Petites Ecuries, Paris 10th – M° Château d’eau or Bonne Nouvelle – Tel +33 (0)1 42 47 86 11 – www.bronco.fr La Parisien 337 rue Saint-Martin, Paris 10th – M° Strasbourg Saint-Denis – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 72 11 33 NEW! Oberkampf, République and Canal Saint-Martin Chez Prune 71 quai de Valmy, Paris 10th – M° Jacques-Bonsergent – Tel +33 (0)1 42 41 30 47 Le Café Charbon 109 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)1 43 57 55 13 Chez Justine 96 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier and Rue Saint-Maur - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 57 44 03 Moonshiner 5 rue Sedaine, Paris 11th – M° Bréguet-Sabin – Tel + 33 (0)9 50 73 12 99 NEW! Le Tiki Lounge 26 bis rue de la Fontaine aux rois, Paris 11th – M° République, Goncourt and Parmentier – Tel + 33 (0)1 55 28 57 72 – www.tiki-lounge.fr Belleville and Canal de l’Ourq Le Perchoir 14 rue Crespin-du-Gast, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 06 18 48 – www.leperchoir.fr NEW! Café Chéri(e) 44 boulevard de la Villette, Paris 19th – M° Belleville – Tel +33 (0)1 42 02 02 05 www.cafecherie.blogspot.com Le Bellerive 71 quai de la Seine, Paris 19th – M° Riquet - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 36 56 77 Towards the Champs-Elysées Le Schmuck 43 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule – Tel 33 (0)1 43 59 13 37 www.schmuckrestaurant.com Buddha bar 8/12 rue Boissy d’Anglas Paris 8th - M° Concorde - Tel +33 (0)1 53 05 90 00 www.buddha-bar.com Le Qu4tre 4 rue d'Anjou, Paris 8th – M° Madeleine Tel + 33 (0)1 83 96 88 60 - www.buddhabarhotelparis.com NEW! 7 > Bars and retro clubs The retro movement is in vogue in Paris and takes many forms. Tiny bars and clubs in the style of those of the American 1920s prohibition years, former cabarets and hostess bars, establishments that are intimate, dark, cosy, or candle-lit are more and more numerous in all districts of the capital, as is evident in the number of venues recently decorated by well-known designers: Dorothée Meilichzon (Ballroom du Beef Club, Compagnie des vins surnaturels, Prescription cocktail club, etc.) and Laura Gonzalez (Schmuck, Regine, La Belle Epoque, etc.). Some are retro in style with decoration, ‘like at granny’s house’ with yellowing posters and pans (Le Béguin, Marlusse et Lapin, Le Cinquante, etc.), whilst others celebrate past eras, like the Kremlin and its ex-USSR decor, the atmosphere of 1930s China, or the Petite Taverne, a tribute to Pigalle and the grande époque with its references to Mesrine, its cheeky frescoes, etc … Finally, for fans of nostalgia, there are ‘authentic’ bars that have retained their character of popular districts, like the legendary Folies de Belleville, Divette de Montmartre or Zorba. La Candelaria 52 rue de Saintonge, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire – www.candelariaparis.com Le Sherry Butt 20 rue Beautreillis, Paris 4th - M° Bastille, Saint-Paul and Sully-Morland - Tel + 33 (0)9 83 38 47 80 - www.sherrybuttparis.com L’Experimental Cocktail Club 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Sentier, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 08 88 09 - www.facebook.com/pages/Experimental-CocktailClub/129531980432588 Nano Club 12 rue Sainte-Anne, Paris 2nd – M° Pyramides - www.lenanoclub.com Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité, RER Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 44 07 12 47 - www.curioparlor.com Prescription cocktail club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33(0)1 46 34 67 73 – www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com Le Schmuck 43 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° George-V – Tel +33 (0)1 43 59 13 37 and 1, rue de Condé, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21 - www.schmuckrestaurant.com Le Rouge 77 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Blanche and Abbesses - www.rpigalle.com Le Dandy 26 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Blanche - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 56 43 - www.dandyclub.fr Le Béguin 2 rue du Cardinal Mercier, Paris 9th – M° Liège or Place de Clichy – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 58 20 – www.lebeguin.com La petite taverne 53 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)6 22 48 68 13 – www.lapetitetaverne.fr - NEW! Orphée privée 7 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle and Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 80 24 38 NEW! L’Entrée des Artistes 8 rue de Crussol, Paris 10th – M° Oberkampf – Tel +33 (0)9 50 99 67 11 Le Cinquante 50 rue de Lancry, Paris 10th – M°Jacques Bonsergent – Tel +33 (0)1 42 02 36 83 www.lecinquante.fr Le Coq 12 rue du château d'eau, Paris 10th – M° Jacques-Bonsergent and République – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 40 85 68 – www.barlecoq.com Le Zorba 137 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 10th – M° Belleville – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 39 68 68 Moonshiner 5 rue Sedaine, Paris 11th – M° Bréguet-Sabin – Tel + 33 (0)9 50 73 12 99 NEW! L’Autobus 1 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Filles-du-Calvaire – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 00 64 33 Le China 50 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 08 09 www.lechina.eu Le Calbar 82 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin - Tel +33 (0) 1 84 06 18 90 – www.lecalbarcocktail.com Marlusse et lapin 14 rue Germain Pilon, Paris 18th – M° Pigalle and Abbesses – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 59 17 97 Le Kremlin 6 rue André Antoine, Paris 18th – M° Pigalle Tel + 33 (0)6 09 81 93 59 Aux Folies 8 rue de Belleville, Paris 20th – M° Belleville – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 36 65 98 > Hotel bars Hotel bars are becoming more and more the places to be and offer a whole range of scenes and ambience: trendy like at the Streets hotel, Pershing Hall, the Hôtel Amour or Mama Shelter, English club atmosphere like at the Duke’s Bar at the hotel Westminster, the bar of the Saint-James Paris or the Buckingham at the Hôtel EtatsUnis Opéra. With panoramic views, piano bar, concerts and even clubbing, upscale 8 establishments go to great lengths to attract another type of clientele. New venues include the Qu4tre, bar of the recent and trendy Buddha-Bar Hotel, with its neo-Asian decor (glass Chinese lanterns, wall lamps, black Chinese lacqueur on the ceiling) and music evenings. Also, the Hôtel du temps which welcomes night goers and VIP artists at its mini club in the cellar. Bar at the Hotel Costes 239 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1st – M° Concorde and Tuileries - Tel +33 (0)1 42 44 50 00 - www.hotelcostes.com Le Bar 8 at the Mandarin Oriental 251 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1st – M° Tuileries – Tel +33 (0)1 70 98 78 88 - www.mandarinoriental.com Bar 228 at Le Meurice 228 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st – M° Tuileries - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 58 10 10 www.meuricehotel.fr Duke’s Bar at the Hôtel Westminster 13 rue de la Paix, Paris 2nd – M° Opéra – Tel +33 (0)1 42 61 57 46 – www.warwickwestminsteropera.com Bar Tuileries The Westin Paris Vendôme 3 rue de Castiglione, Paris 1st – M° Pyramides - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 77 10 47 - www.thewestinparis.fr/bar-tuileries Buckingham Bar Hôtel Etats-Unis Opéra 32 rue Saint-Augustin, Paris 2nd – M° Quatre-Septembre, Opéra and Pyramides - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 65 93 77 - www.hoteletatsunisopera.com Streets Hotel 13 boulevard du Temple, Paris 3rd – M° Filles-du-Calvaire – Tel +33 (0)1 42 71 20 00 – www.muranoresort.com Jules et Jim 11 rue des Gravilliers, Paris 3rd – M° Temple – Tel + 33 1 44 54 13 13 www.hoteljulesetjim.com Hôtel Lutetia 45 boulevard Raspail, Paris 6th – M° Sèvres-Babylone – Tel +33 (0) 1 49 54 46 46 www.lutetia.concorde-hotels.fr Bar de l’Hôtel 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 41 99 00 - www.l-hotel.com La Maison Champs Elysées 8 rue Jean Goujon, Paris 8th – M° Champs-Elysées Clémenceau - Tel+ 33 (0)1 40 74 64 65 - www.lamaisonchampselysees.com Pershing Hall 49 rue Pierre Charon, Paris 8th – M° George-V – Tel + 33 (0)1 58 36 58 00 www.pershinghall.com Le Qu4tre 4 rue d'Anjou, Paris 8th – M° Madeleine - Tel + 33 (0)1 83 96 88 60 www.buddhabarhotelparis.com NEW! Le Bar Hôtel Four Seasons Hotel George V 31 avenue George-V, Paris 8th - Tel + 33 (0)1 49 52 70 00 – M° George V - www.1.fourseasons.com Hôtel Lancaster 7 rue de Berri, Paris 8th – M° George V - Tel +33 1 40 76 40 76 - www.hotellancaster.com Bristol 112 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8th – M° Miromesnil - Tel+ 33 (0)1 53 43 42 41 www.lebristolparis.com L’Hôtel du Temps 11 rue de Montholon, Paris 9th – M° Poissonnière – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 70 37 16 – www.hotel-du-temps.fr NEW! Bar at the Hôtel Amour 8 rue Navarin, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle or Saint-Georges - Tel + (33) 01 48 78 31 80 - www.hotelamourparis.fr Hôtel W Paris-Opéra 4 rue Meyerbeer, Paris 9th – M° Opéra – Tel +33 (0)1 77 48 94 94 www.wparisopera.fr Le Bar Shangri-La Hotel 10 avenue d’Iéna, Paris 16th – M° Iéna – Tel +33 (0)1 53 67 19 93 – www.shangri-la.com Hôtel Saint-James Paris 43 avenue Bugeaud, Paris 16th M° Porte Dauphine – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 05 81 81 - www.saint-james-paris.com Le Bar Long Royal Monceau-Raffles 37 avenue Hoche, Paris 17th – M° Ternes – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 99 88 00 - www.leroyalmonceau.com Noham café Hôtel Champs-Élysées Mac Mahon 3 avenue Mac-Mahon, Paris 17th – M° Charles-deGaulle-Étoile – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 80 23 00 - www.hotel-champs-elysees-mac-mahon.com Bar the Ice Kube at the Kube Hôtel (bar de glace) 1-5 passage Ruelle, Paris 18th – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 05 20 00 - www.muranoresort.co Mama Shelter 109 rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Porte-de-Bagnolet – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 48 48 www.mamashelter.com 9 > With a view Roof-top bars with a panoramic view of Paris, elevated terraces, new bars by the Seine … bars with a view are springing up on the Right Bank and on the Left Bank, for romantic or festive evenings amidst the city lights. 43 up the roof, bar-terrasse du Holiday Inn Paris Notre-Dame 4 rue Danton, Paris 6th - M° Saint-Michel and Odéon - Tel+ 33 (0)1 81 69 00 60 - www.holidayinn.com Le Ciel de Paris, panoramic bar at the Tour Montparnasse 33 avenue du Maine, Paris 15th – M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe – www.cieldeparis.com Le Perchoir 14 rue Crespin-du-Gast, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 06 18 48 – www.leperchoir.fr Nuba 36 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare - Tel + 33 (0)1 76 77 34 85 - www.nuba-paris.fr Moon Roof 34 quai d’Austerlitz, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz and Quai de la Gare - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 24 39 34 and + 33 (0)6 23 04 08 81- www.moonroof.fr La Vue, panoramic bar at the hotel Concorde-Lafayette 3 place du Général-Koenig, Paris 17th – M° Porte-Maillot, RER Porte-Maillot – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 68 51 31 - www.concorde-lafayette.com The 7th, bar at the Terrass Hotel 12-14 rue Joseph de Maistre, Paris 18th – M° LamarckCaulaincourt - Tel +33 (0)1 46 06 72 85 - www.terrass-hotel.com O’Paris 1 rue des Envierges, Paris 20th – M° Pyrénées and Belleville - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 66 38 54 www.le-o-paris.com La terrasse du Raphaël 17 avenue Kleber, Paris 16th – M° Kléber - Tel + 33 (0)1 53 64 32 00 www.raphael-hotel.com > Cocktail bars Cocktail bars are undoubtedly one of the hottest trends on the Paris nightlife scene. The art of mixology has long been part of the scene in top hotel bars, but it is now a specialism of many bars in Paris, as in New York and London. Without being exclusive, these bars have a chic look along with their bartenders, and often, have another concept too. The new Lockwood, for example mixes the idea of a coffee shop during the daytime with a cocktail cellar in the evening. At the Sherry Butt, the barmen take into account the state of mind and even the palate of their client to concoct a bespoke cocktail. At the Calbar, as its name indicates, the waiters wear boxer shorts, and the Art Room offers artistic experiences such as the sound broadcasting of works by writers, philosophers and psychoanalysts in the toilets. Le Ballroom du Beef club 52 rue Jean-Jacques- Rousseau, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles - Tel +33 (0)9 52 52 89 34 - www.eccbeefclub.com Why 60 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paris 1st – M° Etienne-Marcel and les Halles - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 26 47 63 - www.whyparis.fr Le Magnifique 25 rue de Richelieu, Paris 1st– M° Palais-Royal-Musée-du-Louvre – www.lemagnifique.fr Experimental Cocktail Club 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Sentier – www.facebook.com/pages/Experimental-Cocktail-Club/129531980432588 Le Jeffrey’s 14 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Étienne-Marcel – Tel +33 (0)1 42 33 60 77 Pin’Up 13 rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2nd – M° Étienne-Marcel, RER Châtelet-Les Halles La Conserverie 37 rue du Sentier, Paris 2nd - M° Bonne Nouvelle and Grands Boulevards - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 26 14 94 - www.laconserveriebar.com The Art Room 13 rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2nd - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 33 04 86 Lockwood 73 rue d’Aboukir, Paris 2nd – M° Sentier - NEW! L’Acte III 94 rue Quincampoix, Paris 3rd – M° Etienne Marcel and Rambuteau – Tel + 33 (0) 1 44 61 29 69 La Candelaria 52 rue de Saintonge, Paris 3rd – M° Filles du Calvaire – www.candelariaparis.com 10 Little red door 60 rue Charlot, Paris 3rd - M° Filles du Calvaire Tel + 33 (0)1 42 71 19 32 www.facebook.com/lrdparis Le Sherry Butt 20 rue Beautreillis, Paris 4th - M° Bastille, Saint-Paul and Sully-Morland - Tel + 33 (0)9 83 38 47 80 - www.sherrybuttparis.com Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33(0)1 44 07 12 47 – www.curioparlor.com Le Prescription Cocktail Club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 34 67 73 www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com Café Carmen 34 rue Duperré, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 26 50 00 - www.lecarmen.fr The Club 24 rue Surcouf, Paris 7th – M° La Tour-Maubourg – Tel + 33 (0) 1 45 50 31 54 – www.theclub.fr L’Eclair 32 rue Clerc, Paris 7th – M° Ecole-Militaire – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 18 09 04 www.leclairparis.com Le Schmuck 43 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° George-V – Tel +33 (0)1 43 59 13 37 and 1 rue de Condé, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21 - www.schmuckrestaurant.com Le Forum 4 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris 8th – M° Madeleine - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 65 37 86 www.bar-le-forum.com Glass 7 rue Frochot, Paris 9th - M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)9 80 72 98 83 – www.glassparis.com Martini Bar Palais Garnier place Jacques-Rouché, Paris 9th – M° Opéra - Tel +33 (0)1 42 68 86 80 - www.opera-restaurant.fr L’Entrée des Artistes 8 rue de Crussol, Paris 10th – M° Oberkampf – Tel +33 (0)9 50 99 67 11 Le Coq 12 rue du château d'eau, Paris 10th – M° Jacques-Bonsergent and République - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 40 85 68 – www.barlecoq.com Le Calbar 82 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin - Tel +33 (0) 1 84 06 18 90 – www.lecalbarcocktail.com Le Ice Bar du Kube 1/5 passage Ruelle, Paris 18th – M° La Chapelle – Tel +33 (0) 1 42 05 20 00 www.muranoresort.com Les Heures, bar of the hotel Prince de Galles 33 avenue George V, Paris 8th – Tel +33 (0) 1 53 23 78 52 > Champagne bars Champagne bars are becoming more and more numerous in Paris. With the boudoir atmosphere of the little Flûte Bar, the brother of its New York namesake, the alcove in the shape of a rose petal dedicated to the Veuve Cliquot brand at the Hôtel Sezz, or the ultra-chic bar at the Dokhan’s Hotel, champagne fans have lots to choose from. Those who love unforgettable moments can even treat themselves to a glass of champagne above the rooftops of Paris, at the Eiffel Tower’s champagne bar! A special festive touch that will add some extra fizz to the panoramic view and wonderful memories of Paris. Bar à champagnes on the 3rd floor of the Eiffel Tower Champ-de-Mars, Paris 7th – M° BirHakeim, RER Champ-de-Mars-Tour-Eiffel – Tel +33 (0)1 44 11 23 23 - www.restaurantstoureiffel.com La grande dame at the Hôtel Sezz 6 avenue Frémiet, Paris 16th – M° Passy - Tel +33 (0)1 56 75 26 26- www.hotelsezz-paris.com Bar Flute 19 rue de l'Étoile, Paris 17th – M° Ternes - Tel +33 (0)1 45 72 10 14 - www.flutebar.com Le Dokhan’s at the Radisson Blu Le Dokhan’s Hotel 117 rue Lauriston, Paris 16th – M° Boissière – Tel +33(0)1 53 65 66 99 - www.radissonblu.fr > Restaurants-bars-clubs rolled into one Places where you can dine, have a drink and listen to DJ sets or concerts and dance. Once such place is the new Badaboum, at Bastille. This lively venue with its retro and industrial decor is a restaurant cum cocktail bar serving street food. What’s more it has 11 an upstairs secret room. It also has a programme of live pop and rock concerts and techno clubbing. Chacha 47 rue Berger, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 13 12 12 - www.chachaclub.fr Le 1979 49 rue Berger, Paris 1st - M° Louvre-Rivoli – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 41 08 78 – www.milleneufcentsoixantedixneuf.fr La Favela chic 18 rue du Faubourg du Temple, Paris 3rd – M° République – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 21 38 14 - www.favelachic.com Mood 114 avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris 8th – M° George V - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 89 98 89 www.mood-paris.fr La Belle Epoque 25 avenue Pierre de Serbie, Paris 8th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 84 60 – www.belleepoqueparis.com Miss Kô 49-51 avenue George-V, Paris 8th – M° George-V – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 67 84 60 - www.missko.com NEW! Bus Palladium 6 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 80 35 www.lebuspalladium.com La Fidélité 12 rue de la Fidélité, Paris 10th – M° Gare-de-l’Est – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 70 19 34 www.lafidelite.com Le Badaboum 2 bis rue des Taillandiers, Paris 11th – M° Ledru-Rollin - www.badaboum-paris.com NEW! Le Réservoir 16 rue de la Forge Royale, Paris 11th – M° Faidherbe-Chaligny – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 56 39 60 - www.reservoirclub.com Havanita café 11 rue de Lappe, Paris 11th – M° Bastille – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 55 96 42 www.havanitacafe.com Khao Suay 20 rue de Lappe, Paris 11th – M° Bastille – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 38 20 20 - www.khaosuay.com L’atelier des artistes 4 rue Rampon, Paris 11th – M° République – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 00 55 71 – www.atelierdesartistes.net NEW! Barrio Latino 46 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel + 33 (0)1 55 78 84 75 – www.barrio-latino.com Le China 50 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 08 09 www.lechina.eu Petit bain 7 port de la gare, Paris 13th – M° Quai de la gare - Tel +33 (0)1 80 48 49 81www.petitbain.org Le Batofar 11 quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13th – M° Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand, RER Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand – Tel + 33 (0)9 71 25 50 61 - www.batofar.org La Pena Festayre 32 avenue Corentin Cariou, Paris 19th – M° Porte de la Villette – Tel + 33 (0)6 50 18 51 86 - www.festayre.com Cabaret sauvage 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19th – M° Port de Pantin - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 09 03 09 - www.cabaretsauvage.com La Bellevilloise 19-21 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta and Ménilmontant – Tel + 33(0)1 46 36 07 07 - www.labellevilloise.com Mama Shelter 109 rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Porte-de-Bagnolet – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 48 48 www.mamashelter.com La Maroquinerie 23 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 33 35 05 www.lamaroquinerie.fr WHERE TO DANCE IN PARIS Whether it is for the nostalgia of the musette in Montmartre or evenings at trendy spots in the capital, there is always somewhere for a last dance in Paris. > VIP evenings Although admission is highly selective at these places, the Baron, the envy of London and New York, and the legendary Régine’s Club, revamped by interior decorator Laura Gonzalez in 2011 are some of the places that have given Paris nightlife its great reputation. At Saint-Germain-des-Prés, one of the favourite districts of evening 12 socialites, the new club the Saints-Pères, has just opened. This club was previously frequented by Serge Gainsbourg when it was tucked away in the Don Camilo cabaret. A selection of the most select clubs in the capital. For those who like sequins and stars and want to play at being a VIP for an evening. Le Magnifique 25 rue Richelieu Paris 1st – M° Pyramides - Tel +33 (0)1 42 60 70 80 www.lemagnifique.fr VIP Room 188 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st - M° Palais-Royal - Tel +33 (0)1 58 36 46 00 – www.viproom.fr Silencio Club 142-144 rue Montmartre, Paris 2nd - Tel +33(0)1 53 65 65 58 – www.silencioclub.com Castel 15 rue Princesse, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon – Tel +33 (0)1 40 51 52 80 Le Montana 28 rue Saint-Benoît, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés – Tel +33 (0)1 44 39 71 00 Les Saint-Pères 10 rue des Saints-Pères – M° Saint-Germain des Prés - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 60 51 47 NEW! Le Baron 6 avenue Marceau, Paris 8th – M°Alma-Marceau – Tel +33 (0)1 47 20 04 01 www.clublebaron.com La Maison Blanche 15 avenue Montaigne, Paris 8th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 55 99 - www.maison-blanche.fr La Belle Epoque 25 avenue Pierre 1st de Serbie, Paris 8th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 84 60 - www.belleeepoqueparis.com Club Matignon 3 avenue Matignon Paris 8th - M° Franklin D. Roosevelt - Tel +33 (0)1 42 89 64 72 www.beaumarly.com Le Mathis bar 3 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-Roosevelt – Tel +33 (0)1 53 76 39 55 – www.paris-hotel-mathis.com Maxim’s 3 rue Royale, Paris 8th – M° Concorde – Tel +33 (0)1 42 65 27 94 - www.maxims-deparis.com Le Milliardaire 68 rue Pierre-Charron, Paris 8th – M° George-V, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – Tel +33 (0)1 42 89 44 14 New Régine’s Club 49 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° George-V, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – Tel +33 (0)1 40 39 08 08 Raspoutine 58 rue de Bassano, Paris 8th – M° George V - Tel +33 (0)1 47 20 04 31www.raspoutine.org > Bars and clubs with an intimate feel These ultra-hip, edgy and hidden away clubs, are more than select, they represent the latest trends in clubbing and have a very intimate feel. Small confidential club bars for partying can be found all over Paris and offer special moments, far from the crowd. Near to the Arc de Triomphe, Miou-Miou features elegant decor of the 1960s and 70s interspersed with iconic portraits of female cinema stars. Cocktails and retro French songs contribute to the exclusive atmosphere of this establishment. Housed in the lower ground floor of the eponymous restaurant, the Très Honoré is decorated in speakeasy style by designer Alexis Mabille and attracts white-collar workers from the Marché Saint-Honoré district and customers from Castel and Régine. On the Left Bank, the Don Camilo cabaret is home to the exclusive Don-K night salon. The Hôtel du temps, renovated in a retro style by the designer Alix Thomsen, is the new stamping ground for night owls — artists, musicians, actors, who hold impromptu parties and concerts on the lower-ground floor. With a piano, sofas and a small dance floor, it is like a mini club in an apartment. At La petite Taverne, a former hostess bar at Pigalle, taken over by an ex-associate of the Social Club, the decor remains the same. The bar offers an eclectic programme to dance to on its small dance floor. Le Chacha 47 rue Berger, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – www.chachaclub.fr Le 1979 49 rue Berger, Paris 1st - M° Louvre-Rivoli – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 41 08 78 – www.milleneufcentsoixantedixneuf.fr ParisParis 5 avenue de l’Opéra, Paris 1st – M° Pyramides, RER Auber – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 60 64 45 www.lescopclub.com Le Ballroom du Beef club 52 rue Jean-Jacques- Rousseau, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles - Tel +33 (0)9 13 52 52 89 34 - www.eccbeefclub.com L’Expérimental cocktail club 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2nd – M° Sentier or Réaumur Sébastopol – Tel + 33 (0)145 08 88 09 - www.facebook.com/pages/Experimental-CocktailClub/129531980432588 Nano Club 12 rue Sainte-Anne, Paris 2nd – M° Pyramides - www.lenanoclub.com Le Club du cercle 6 rue Etienne Marcel, Paris 2nd – M° Etienne Marcel – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 98 57 - www.leclubducercle.fr Curio Parlor 16 rue des Bernardins, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33(0)1 44 07 12 47 – www.curioparlor.com Prescription cocktail club 23 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33(0)1 46 34 67 73 – www.prescriptioncocktailclub.com La Mezzanine de l’Alcazar 62 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 10 19 99 - www.alcazar.fr Le Don-K 10 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Germain des Prés - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 60 51 47 NEW! BC Black Calavados 40 avenue Pierre-1er-de-Serbie, Paris 8th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel +33 (0)1 47 20 77 77 Le Dandy 26 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Blanche - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 56 43 - www.dandyclub.fr Le Rouge 77 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Blanche and Abbesses - www.rpigalle.com Café Carmen 34 rue Duperré, Paris 9th – M° Blanche and Pigalle - Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 50 00 www.le-carmen.fr Orphée privée 7 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle and Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 80 24 38 NEW! L’Hôtel du Temps 11 rue de Montholon, Paris 9th – M° Poissonnière – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 70 37 16 – www.hotel-du-temps.fr NEW! La petite taverne 53 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)6 22 48 68 13 – www.lapetitetaverne.fr - NEW! Le Pompon rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle – M° Pigalle NEW! La Fidélité 12 rue de la Fidélité, Paris 10th – M° Gare de l’Est – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 70 19 34 www.lafidelite.com Le China 50 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 08 09 www.lechina.eu Le Speakeasy 25 rue Jean Giraudoux, Paris 16th – M° Kleber – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 47 22 www.lespeakeasy.com Bazaar Bar 25 avenue Pierre 1st-de-Serbie, Paris 16th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 84 60 – www.bazaar-paris.com NEW! Le Miou-Miou 24 rue de Tilsitt, Paris 17th – M° Argentine - Tel + 33 (0)9 83 45 13 66 – NEW! Le Blue Club 14 rue Muller, Paris 18th – M° Château Rouge- www.leblueclub.com NEW! > Evenings on a barge Those with sea legs, who wish to party will enjoy a night out at one of the bars and clubs on the water for a drink or to see a concert. Below the BNF, around the quai François Mauriac and quai de la Gare, there is a multitude of barges for having a drink, clubbing, dining out or going to a concert. Another option is the new ‘Berges de Seine’ riverbanks between the Assemblée Nationale and Pont de l’Alma, interspersed with numerous restaurants, bars and activities. For clubbing, the Showcase, under Pont Alexandre III, and the Faust are popular choices. And for a fun night out on the water, there is La Nouvelle Seine, a bar-restaurant-theatre on a barge which programmes comedy shows and acoustic concerts, and offers a magnificent view of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Mellow Bar Péniche Batostar Port de L’Hôtel de Ville, below Pont Marie, voie (road) Georges Pompidou, Paris 4th – M° Pont Marie – Tel + 33 (0)6 79 87 61 74 - www.batostar.com/mellow-bar/ NEW! La Nouvelle Seine barge opposite 3 quai de Montebello, Paris 5th – M° and RER Saint-Michel, M° Maubert-Mutualité – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 54 08 08 – www.lanouvelleseine.com NEW! La Balle au bond quai Malaquais, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés, RER Saint-Michel – www.laballeaubond.fr Bateau Concorde Atlantique port de Solférino, opposite 8 quai Anatole-France, Paris 7th – M° Solférino – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 56 02 82 - www.bateauconcordeatlantique.com 14 Petit bain 7 port de la gare, Paris 13th – M° Quai de la gare - Tel +33 (0)1 80 48 49 81www.petitbain.org Le Batofar 11 quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13th – M° Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand, RER Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand – Tel + 33 (0)9 71 25 50 61 - www.batofar.org La Dame de Canton 11 quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13th – M° Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand, RER Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 61 08 49 - www.damedecanton.com Les Berges www.lesberges.paris.fr Rosa bonheur sur Seine Port des Invalides – M° Invalides - www.rosabonheur.fr NEW! Faust Pont Alexandre-III Rive gauche, Paris 7th – www.faustparis.fr NEW! Le Showcase Pont Alexandre-III Rive Droite, Paris 8th – M° Champs-Élysées-Clémenceau – www.showcase.com > Mainstream clubs and discotheques All kinds of clubs, all kinds of music, and all kinds of styles for dancing the night away in the biggest clubs in Paris. New venues: the impressive Aquarium with its dance floor at the foot of an 8-metre-high aquarium. Also, the YOYO, which occupies the former site of the famous Cinémathèque at the Palais de Tokyo. This 900 m² space hosts party evenings, cocktail evenings, concerts and events, day and night. Le Rex Club 5 boulevard Poissonnière, Paris 2nd - M° Bonne Nouvelle and Grands Boulevards - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 10 96 - www.rexclub.com L’Alcazar 62 rue Mazarine, Paris 6th – M° Odéon, RER Saint-Michel – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 10 19 99 www.alcazar.fr Le Showcase Pont Alexandre-III Rive Droite, Paris 8th – M° Champs-Élysées-Clémenceau – www.showcase.com Les Planches 40 rue du Colisée, Paris 8th - M° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 25 11 68 Le Queen 102 avenue des Champs Élysées, Paris 8th - M° George V – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 89 08 90 – www.queen.fr Globo 8 boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris 10th – M° Strasbourg-Saint-Denis and Château d’eau – www.globodega.com Le Djoon 22 boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Paris 13th – M° Quai-de-la-Gare – www.djoon.fr Le Mix Club 24 rue de l’Arrivée, Paris 15th – M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe – www.mixclub.fr Le Duplex 2 bis avenue Foch, Paris 16th - M° Charles de Gaulle – Etoile – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 00 45 00 - www.leduplex.com Red Light 34 rue du Départ, Paris 15th – M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe - Tel + (0)1 42 79 94 94 – www.leredlight.com Le Back up 18 rue de la Croix Nivert, Paris 15th - M° Cambronne – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 83 26 17 www.backup-paris.com L’aquarium 5 avenue Albert-de-Mun, Paris 16th – M° Iéna – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 69 23 53 NEW! La Machine du Moulin Rouge 90 boulevard de Clichy, Paris 18th – M° Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 41 88 89 - www.lamachinedumoulinrouge.com Yoyo Palais de Tokyo 13 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 16th – Iéna – Tel +33 (0) 1 81 97 35 88 > Electro clubs and partying Some night spots specialize in electro music. There are lots of places that are great for dancing to the sound of electro music mixed by a DJ. Electro nights are organized at the Grand Palais and the Palais de Tokyo and also at clubs in the capital for some highly colourful evenings. From 6 to 9 June 2014, the second edition of the Weather Festival will take place; a three-day three-night marathon of electro music. Recently, the Gaîté Lyrique, a temple of digital culture, has started featuring electro music with ‘Nuits de la Gaîté’ once a month. At Badaboum, a new concert-bar-club venue in the Bastille district, pop-rock-electro nights are hosted in an industrial but cosy decor. New venue Malibu, a former African restaurant, has transformed into a pizzeria and houses a club in its cellar which is entirely dedicated to all types of electro music. At the Zigzag, 15 which has replaced the Pavillon Champs-Elysées, the line-up is managed by the former artistic directors of the Showcase. Le Rex Club 5 boulevard Poissonnière, Paris 2nd – M° Bonne-Nouvelle – www.rexclub.com Le Social Club 142 rue Montmartre, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse, RER Auber – www.parissocialclub.com Le Malibu 44 rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2nd – M° Etienne Marcel - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 62 70 - www.lemalibu.fr NEW! Les « Nuits de la Gaîté » at the Gaîté lyrique 3 bis rue Papin, Paris 3rd - M° Réaumur-Sébastopol – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 01 52 00 – www.gaite-lyrique.net NEW! Le Régine 49-51 rue de Ponthieu, Paris 8th – M° George-V, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – www.regine-paris.com Le Showcase Pont Alexandre-III Rive Droite, Paris 8th – M° Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau – www.showcase.com Zigzag 32 rue Marbeuf, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-D.-Roosevelt www.facebook.com/ZigZagClubParis NEW! Le Badaboum 2 bis rue des Taillandiers, Paris 11th – M° Ledru-Rollin - www.badaboum-paris.com NEW! Le Mix Club 24 rue de l’Arrivée, Paris 15th – M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe – www.mixclub.fr Palais de Tokyo 13 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 16th – M° Iéna – www.palaisdetokyo.com La Flèche d’or 102 bis rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Alexandre-Dumas, RER Nation – www.flechedor.fr Soirées Weather www.facebook.com/weatherparis Weather Festival www.weatherfestival.fr NEW! www.weloveart.net Die nacht www.die-nacht.fr Bon esprit www.snatch-mag.com NEW! > Bars for dancing Some of the capital’s bars allow you to dance there in a relaxed atmosphere — so there is no need to go to a club. Some have a dance floor or a lower ground floor club. In others, tables and chairs are gaily pushed to the sides of the room and people begin to dance when the DJ has arrived. Le Tigre by l’Alternative 5 rue Molière, Paris 1st – M° Pyramides, RER Auber – Tel +33 (0)1 42 96 33 27 – www.tigrebylalternative.fr Le N’importe quoi 16 rue du Roule, Paris 1st - M° Châtelet-Les Halles - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 26 29 71 www.nimportequoi.fr Le Pin’Up 13 rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2nd – M° Étienne-Marcel, RER Châtelet-Les Halles Le Truskel 12 rue Feydeau, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse, RER Auber – Tel +33 (0)1 40 26 59 97 – www.truskel.com L’Antidote 45 rue Descartes, Paris 5th – M° Cardinal Lemoine and Place Monge – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 54 69 78 - www.lantidote-paris.com Le Melocoton 10 rue Descartes, Paris 5th - M° Cardinal Lemoine – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 33 10 99 Café Carmen 34 rue Duperré, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 50 00 - www.lecarmen.fr L’inconnu 17-19 rue de Mazagran, Paris 10th - M° Bonne-Nouvelle – Tel + 33 (0)145 23 95 37 www.inconnu-bar.com Bonnie and Clyde 12 rue Frochot, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle NEW! B.58 58 rue Richer, Paris 10th – M°Peletier and Cadet – Tel + 33 (0)9 83 64 33 02 – NEW! Le Fantôme 36 rue de Paradis, Paris 10th – M° Poissonnière – Tel + 33 (0)9 66 87 11 20 NEW! Bronco 39 rue des Petites Ecuries, Paris 10th – M° Château d’Eau or Bonne Nouvelle – Tel +33 (0)1 42 47 86 11 – www.bronco.fr NEW! Le Bottleshop 5 rue Trousseau, Paris 11th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 14 28 04 – www.cheapblonde.com/bottleshop Les Disquaires 6 rue des Taillandiers, Paris 11th – M° Bastille – www.lesdisquaires.com L’Alimentation générale 64 rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)1 43 55 42 50 – www.alimentation-generale.net 16 L’international 5/7 rue Moret, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel + 33 (0)1 49 29 76 45 www.linternational.fr La Caravane 35 rue de la Fontaine au Roi, Paris 11th - M° Goncourt - Tel + 33 01 49 23 01 86 www.lacaravane.eu Le Downtown café 46 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris 11th - M° Parmentier - Tel + 33 01 43 14 29 66 - www.downtowncafe.fr La Gouttière 96 avenue Parmentier, Paris 11th - M° Parmentier – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 55 46 42 Le Trucmush 5 passage Thiéré, Paris 11th - M° Bastille - Tel + 33 01 48 07 11 91 www.letrucmush.fr Le Café de la plage 59 rue de Charonne, Paris 11th - M° Ledru-Rollin - Tel + 33 01 43 38 48 19 www.laplage-lecafe.com Le 114 114 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)9 82 33 62 39 - www.le114.fr Le Merle Moqueur 11 rue de la Butte aux Cailles, Paris 13th - M° Corvisart La Favela Chic 18 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 11th – M° République – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 21 38 14 - www.favelachic.com Rosa Bonheur parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris 19th – M° Botzaris – www.rosabonheur.fr Café Chéri(e) 44 boulevard de la Villette, Paris 19th – M° Belleville – Tel +33 (0)1 42 02 02 05 – www.cafecherie.blogspot.com Café Oz 4 addresses at www.cafe-oz.com > Gay evenings A selection of gay and lesbian bars to dance at in the famous Marais district and in other parts of the capital. On the events scene, Room Service evenings take place almost monthly. These sexy gay parties from London bring together festive house music, fashion designers, clubbers and performances during fashion weeks. Not-to-bemissed venues for fashion fiends. Club 18 18 rue de Beaujolais, Paris 1st – M° Palais-Royal – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 97 52 13 www.club18.fr Kat’s club 11 rue Danielle-Casanova, Paris 2nd – M° Opéra – Tel + 33 (0)6 22 44 05 99 www.facebook.com/katsclubparis NEW! Banana Café 13 rue de la Ferronnerie, Paris 1st – M° Châtelet - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 33 35 31www.bananacafeparis.com Raymond Club 13 rue Dussoubs, Paris 2nd – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 28 95 11 Le Tango (La boite à frissons) 13 rue au Maire, Paris 3rd – M° Arts-et-Métiers – Tel +33 (0)1 42 72 17 78 – www.boite-a-frissons.fr L’oiseau bariolé 16 rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, Paris 4th – M° Hôtel de Ville – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 72 37 12 Rosa bonheur sur Seine Port des Invalides – M° Invalides - www.rosabonheur.frNEW! Le Queen 102 avenue des Champs–Élysées, Paris 8th – M° George-V, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – www.queen.fr Rosa Bonheur parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris 19th – M° Botzaris – www.rosabonheur.fr Fox Club 9 rue Frochot, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 09 23 www.facebook.com/Pigalle.Paris NEW! Soirées room service www.clubroomservice.com NEW! > Retro clubs and dancing events Fans of dancing in a couple can now enjoy an increasing number of live orchestras (swing music at the Machine du Moulin Rouge or at the Cabaret Sauvage, ‘village atmosphere’ at the Centquatre, 60s pop music at Surpat’ evenings, etc.). Paris also has several dance spots and retro clubs for dancing in a couple. Le Tango (La boîte à frissons) (gay and lesbian) 13 rue au Maire Paris 3rd - M° Arts and Métiers Tel + 33 (0)1 42 72 17 78 - www.boite-a-frissons.fr Rétro Dancing 23 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 10th – M° République – Tel +33 (0)1 42 08 54 06 - www.retrodancing.fr 17 Le Memphis 3 impasse Bonne Nouvelle, Paris 10th – M°Bonne Nouvelle - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 23 34 47 - www.le-memphis.fr La Java 105 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 10th - M° Belleville and Goncourt - Tel +33 (0)1 42 02 20 52 - www.la-java.fr Le Balajo 9 rue de Lappe, Paris 11th - M° Bastille - Tel + 33 (0)1 47 00 07 87 - www.balajo.fr Chalet du lac de Saint-Mandé Orée du bois de Vincennes, Paris 12th – M° Saint-Mandé – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 28 09 89 - www.chaletdulac.fr Le dancing de la coupole 102 boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 14th - M° Vavin - Tel +33 (0)1 43 20 14 20 - www.lacoupole-paris.com Le Bal de la Machine at La Machine du Moulin Rouge 90 boulevard de Clichy, Paris 18th – M° Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 41 88 89 - www.lamachinedumoulinrouge.com Le Colectivo 46 rue des Rigoles, Paris 20th – M° Jourdain – www.colectivo-tango.com Le Bal Pop’ du Centquatre 5 rue Curial, Paris 19th – M° Riquet – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 35 50 01 www.104.fr Le Bal des Martine www.lesmartine.free.fr/lebal/ Soirées Surpat’ www.surpat.fr > After Parties Where can you go to dance when everything starts to close? A number of Parisian venues are open for exciting ‘after’ parties so that you can party all night long! Le Zorba 137 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 10th – M° Belleville – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 39 68 68 Chez Carmen 34 rue Dupeyré, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 26 36 00 Babylon 8 rue des Anglais, Paris 5th – M° Maubert-Mutualité - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 07 26 79 www.babylonclubsecret.com CONCERTS AND CABARETS Music is for listening to but also for playing. Enjoy watching musicians play live music! Every musical style is a show. > Concerts and clubbing At these establishments, the evening begins with a concert and is followed by clubbing, with varied styles of music depending on the night. Concerts and clubbing Chacha 47 rue Berger, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 13 12 12 - www.chachaclub.fr Le Social Club 142 rue Montmartre, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse – www.parissocialclub.com Le Showcase Pont Alexandre-III Rive Droite, Paris 8th – M° Champs-Élysées-Clémenceau – ww.showcase.com Bus Palladium 6 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 45 26 80 35 www.lebuspalladium.com Le Point éphémère 200 quai de Valmy, Paris 10th – M° Jaurès, RER Gare-du-Nord – www.pointephemere.org Le New Morning 7-9 rue des Petites-Écuries, Paris 10th – M° Château-d’Eau – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 23 51 41 - www.newmorning.com Le Badaboum 2 bis rue des Taillandiers, Paris 11th – M° Ledru-Rollin - www.badaboum-paris.com NEW! L’Alimentation générale 64 rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)1 43 55 42 50 – www.alimentation-generale.net L’international 5/7 rue Moret, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel + 33 (0)1 49 29 76 45 www.linternational.fr Le réservoir 16 rue de la Forge Royale, Paris 11th – M° Faidherbe-Chaligny – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 56 39 60 - www.reservoirclub.com Bataclan 50 boulevard Voltaire, Paris 11th – M° Oberkampf – Tel +33 (0)1 43 14 00 30 – www.bataclan.fr Nouveau Casino 109 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)1 43 57 57 40 www.nouveaucasino.net 18 Le China 50 rue de Charenton, Paris 12th – M° Ledru-Rollin – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 08 09 www.lechina.eu Le Divan du Monde 75 rue des Martyrs, Paris 18th – M° Pigalle – Tel +33 (0)1 40 05 06 99 www.divandumonde.com Elysée Montmartre 72 boulevard de Rochechouart, Paris 18th – M°Anvers – Tel +33 (0)1 55 07 06 03 - www.elyseemontmartre.com Glazart 7 avenue de la Porte-de-la-Villette, Paris 19th – M° Porte-de-la-Villette – www.glazart.com La Bellevilloise 19-21 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta – Tel + 33(0)1 46 36 07 07 www.labellevilloise.com La Flèche d’or 102 bis rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Alexandre-Dumas, RER Nation – www.flechedor.fr Le Trabendo Parc de la Villette 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19th – M° Porte de Pantin – Tel + 33(0)1 42 06 05 52 - www.letrabendo.net La Machine du Moulin Rouge 90 boulevard de Clichy, Paris 18th – M° Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 41 88 89 - www.lamachinedumoulinrouge.com Cabaret sauvage 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19th – M° Port de Pantin - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 09 03 09 - www.cabaretsauvage.com > Rock Numerous places can rightly proclaim themselves to be rock venues, covering all the varied and wonderful spectrum of the genre. Every possible style of rock, indie, punk, new wave and metal is played at numerous bars and clubs in Paris which offer concerts every evening or every week, and sometimes an area to dance. Big favourites are Le Tigre, La Féline and the Motel. New venue Bonnie and Clyde, tucked away on the lower ground floor of electro club La Foule, and the Pigalle Country Club, mixing decadence and an English boudoir style, attract a constant stream of Parisians who want to listen to rock music until the early hours of the morning. Le Tigre by l’Alternative 5 rue Molière, Paris 1st – M° Pyramides, RER Auber – Tel +33 (0)1 42 96 33 27 – www.tigrebylalternative.fr La Grosse caisse 160 rue Montmartre, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse and Grands Boulevards – Tel + 33(0) 1 40 41 05 56 Le Truskel 12 rue Feydeau, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse and Grands Boulevards – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 26 59 97 - www.truskel.com Who’s Bar 13 rue du Petit-Pont, Paris 5th – M° Saint-Michel - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 54 80 71 Chez Moune 54 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 26 64 64 Bonnie and Clyde (on the lower ground floor of La Foule) 12 rue Frochot, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle NEW! Pigalle Country Club 59 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Paris 9th – M° Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 81 49 18 - www.pigallecountryclub.com NEW! Le Gibus 18 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, Paris 11th – M° République – Tel +33 (0)1 47 00 78 88 – www.gibus.fr Le Motel 8 passage Josset, 11th – M° Ledru-Rollin and Bastille – Tel + 33 (0)1 58 30 88 52 www.lemotel.fr Les Furieux 74 rue de la Roquette, Paris 11th – M° Bastille – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 00 78 44 www.lesfurieux.fr Le Pop in 105 rue Amelot, Paris 11th – M° Saint-Sébastien-Froissart – Tel +33 (0)1 48 05 56 11 – www.popin.fr L’U.F.O 49 rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)6 28 35 06 85 L’OPA 9 rue Biscornet, Paris 12th – M° Bastille – Tel +33 (0)1 46 28 12 90 - www.opa-paris.com La Féline 6 rue Victor Letalle, Paris 19th – M°Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 33 08 66 La Flèche d’or 102 bis rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Alexandre-Dumas, RER Nation – www.flechedor.fr > Alternative scenes Although alternative music is often played at mainstream Paris venues like the Point Ephemère, the Flèche d’Or or the Nouveau Casino, some places like the Boule Noire are 19 known for their particular alternative rock identity. The Voûtes, in the 13th arrondissement is a favourite venue for experimental rock and hosts the well-known Sonic Protest Festival. Finally, the La Villette Sonique Festival, held at the end of May at the Parc de la Villette is venerated by the most demanding of alternative music fans. Le Point éphémère 200 quai de Valmy, Paris 10th – M° Jaurès, RER Gare-du-Nord – Tel +33 (0)1 40 34 02 48 – www.pointephemere.org Le Nouveau Casino 109 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier – Tel +33 (0)1 43 57 57 40 www.nouveaucasino.net La Loge 77 rue de Charonne, Paris 11th – M° Charonne – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 09 70 40 www.lalogeparis.fr Les Voutes 19 rue des Frigos, Paris 13th – M° Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand – www.lesvoutes.org La boule noire 120 boulevard Rochechouart, Paris 18th – M° Anvers and Pigalle – Tel + 33 (0)1 49 25 81 75 - www.laboule-noire.fr La Villette Sonique Parc de la Villette, Paris 19th – M° Porte-de-Pantin – www.villettesonique.com La Flèche d’Or 102 bis rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Alexandre-Dumas – Tel +33 (0)1 44 64 01 02 - www.flechedor.fr La Maroquinerie 23 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta – www.lamaroquinerie.fr Festival Sonic Protest www.sonicprotest.com > Jazz Paris is a historic centre for jazz, with a huge number of places to listen to jazz music: landmark clubs like Le Petit Journal, Le Caveau de la huchette or Le Duc des Lombards, iconic café-concerts like Café Laurent, the centre of life in Saint-Germain-des-prés in the 50s where Boris Vian used to play; restaurants with live music, like the Bellevilloise and its famous Sunday jazz brunch or the River Café and its floating concerts on the Seine, historic cultural centres, hotels … so much to choose from for jazz enthusiasts! Le Baiser Salé 58 rue des Lombards, Paris 1st – M° Châtelet – Tel + 33(0)1 42 33 37 71www.lebaisersale.com Rivoli jazz Wednesday at the Cercle suédois 242 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st - M° Concorde - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 60 76 67 - www.cercle-suedois.com/RivoliMercrediJazz/ Duc des Lombards 21 boulevard de Sébastopol, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles – Tel + 33(0)1 42 33 22 88 - www.ducdeslombards.com Sunset & Sunside 60 rue des Lombards, Paris 1st – M° Châtelet – Tel +33 (0)1 40 26 46 60 www.sunset-sunside.com Le Ragueneau 202 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1st – M° Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre - Tel +33 (0)1 42 60 29 20 - www.ragueneau.fr La Cave du 38Riv’ 38 rue de Rivoli, Paris 4th - M° Pont Marie - Tel +33 (0)1 48 87 56 30 www.38riv.com Le Caveau de la Huchette 5 rue de la Huchette, Paris 5th – M° Saint-Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 65 05 - www.caveaudelahuchette.fr Le Caveau des oubliettes 52 rue Galande, Paris 5th – M° Saint Michel – Tel +33 (0)1 46 34 23 09 www.caveaudesoubliettes.fr La maison du Duke In residence at the Collège des Bernardins 20 rue de Poissy, Paris 5th - M° Cardinal Lemoine, Maubert-Mutualité and Jussieu – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 10 74 44 www.maison-du-duke.com - www.collegedesbernardins.fr Le Café Laurent at the Hôtel d’Aubusson 33 rue Dauphine, Paris 6th - M° Odéon Tel +33 (0) 1 43 29 43 43- www.hoteldaubusson.com Paris-Prague Jazz Club Centre Tchèque de Paris 18 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Sulpice Tel + 33 (0)1 53 73 00 22 – www.paris.czechcentres.cz Le New Morning 7-9 rue des Petites-Écuries, Paris 10th – M° Château-d’Eau – Tel +33 (0)1 45 23 51 41 - www.newmorning.com Les disquaires 4-6 rue de Taillandiers, Paris 11th – M° Bastille, Breguet Sabin and Ledru Rollin – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 21 94 60 – www.lesdisquaires.com Atelier Charonne 21 rue de Charonne, Paris 11th – M°Bastille and Ledru Rollin – Tel + 33 (0)1 40 21 83 35 - www.ateliercharonne.com 20 Le Petit Journal 13 rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte, Paris 14th – M° Gaité - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 21 56 70 - www.petitjournalmontparnasse.com and 71 boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris 5th – RER Luxembourg and M° Cluny la Sorbonne – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 26 28 59 Jazz club Lionel Hampton hôtel Le Méridien Étoile 81 boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Paris 17th – M° Porte Maillot – Tel +33 (0)1 40 68 30 42 - www.jazzclub-paris.com Autour de Midi 11 rue Lepic, Paris 18th M° Blanche - Tel + 33 (0)1 55 79 16 48 www.autourdemidi.fr Le clairon des chasseurs 3 place du Tertre, Paris 18th – M° Lamarck-Caulaincourt – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 62 40 08 - www.clairondeschasseurs.com Aux petits joueurs 59 rue de la Mouzaia, Paris 19th - M° Pré Saint-Gervais and Place des fêtes – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 41 23 80 - www.auxpetitsjoueurs.com La Bellevilloise (jazz brunch on Sunday) 19-21 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta and Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 36 07 07 - www.labellevilloise.com Le River café 146 quai Stalingrad, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux – RER and Tram Issy-Val de Seine Tel +33 (0)1 40 93 50 20 – www.rivercafe.fr Addresses and calendar on www.parisjazzclub.net > Cabarets and revues Cabarets and music-hall shows and revues with dance, song, humour, magic and colourful costumes are quintessentially Parisian. The legendary French cancan continues to liven up Parisian nights in the city’s internationally-renowned cabarets. But that is not all; cabarets and music halls also stage other types of shows: transformist shows and performances by different types of artistes (magicians, chansonniers, comedians, etc.), also on the programme at many smaller venues in the capital. Recently, fashion designer Thierry Mugler, also the creative mind behind many shows, has transformed Le Comédia to welcome his modern cabaret revue, Mugler Follies. Le Paradis Latin 28 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris 5th - M° - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 25 28 28 www.paradislatin.com La Belle Époque 36 rue des Petits Champs, Paris 2nd – M° - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 96 33 33 www.belleepoqueparis.com Crazy Horse 12 avenue George-V, Paris 8th – M° Alma-Marceau – Tel + 33 (0)1 47 23 32 32 www.lecrazyhorseparis.com Le Lido 116 bis avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8th – M° George-V, RER Charles-de-GaulleÉtoile - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 76 56 10 – www.lido.fr La Nouvelle Ève 25 rue Pierre Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Blanche and Pigalle - Tel + 33 (0)1 48 74 69 25 - www.lanouvelleeveparis.com Les Folies Bergères 32 rue Richer, Paris 9th – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 79 98 60 - M° Cadet www.foliesbergere.com Le Carrousel de Paris (cabaret, revue, dinner-show) 40 rue Fontaine, Paris 9th – M° Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 82 09 16 - www.carrouseldeparis.fr Mugler Follies 4 boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris 10th – M° Strasbourg-Saint-Denis – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 85 81 26 – www.muglerfollies.com NEW! Le cabaret du Village russe 1-2 place Augusta-Holmes, Paris 13th – M° Gare d’Austerlitz – Tel + 33 (0)6 65 92 45 29 - www.villagerusse.com Brasil Tropical 36 rue du Départ, Paris 15th – M° Montparnasse – Bienvenüe – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 79 94 94 - www.brasiltropical.com Cesar Palace 23 avenue du Maine, Paris 15th – M° Duroc or Montparnasse-Bienvenüe – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 44 46 20 - www.cesar-palace-paris.com Cabaret Michou (transformism) 80 rue des Martyrs, Paris 18th – M° - Tel + 33 (0)1 46 06 16 04 www.michou.com Cabaret Chez Ma Cousine (cabaret and music-hall) 12 rue Norvins, Paris 18th – M° Anvers – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 06 49 35 - www.cabaretchezmacousine.com Le Lapin agile (singing, comedy and poetry) 22 rue des Saules, Paris 18th – M° LamarckCaulaincourt – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 06 85 87 - www.au-lapin-agile.com Le Moulin-Rouge 82 boulevard de Clichy, Paris 18th – M° Blanche – Tel + 33 (0)1 46 06 60 00 www.moulinrouge.fr 21 Burlesque evenings Chacha Club 47 rue Berger, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel + 33 (0)140 13 12 12 - www.chachaclub.fr La Manufacture 42 rue de Rochechouart, Paris 9th – M° Anvers and Cadet – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 78 31 86 Cabaret sauvage 211 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris 19è – M° Port de Pantin - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 09 03 09 - www.cabaretsauvage.com UNUSUAL EVENINGS OUT IN PARIS Looking for an evening out with a difference, something surprising? Like to try something new? Spotlight on the most original trends of the moment. > Atypical venues and events Night owls are partying at more and more unusual venues, with more and more offbeat activities! During the ‘On Ice’ evenings at the Espace Pailleron, party people skate to the rhythm of edgy DJ sets. At the Roger le Gall swimming pool, with the Association des Naturistes de Paris, wearing a swimsuit is not obligatory three nights a week. And at the Catherin Lagatu swimming pool, scuba diving lessons are available. To meet new people whilst having fun, there are plenty of different options. Reflex et Vous organizes photography classes at night for groups of 15 singles, which finishes off in a bar. Dating site Meetic organizes evenings in different venues in the city for those who want to go beyond the virtual world of dating. For lovers of cinema, PopCorn Project evenings (film, cocktail dinner and DJ) has recently started to offer members a monthly event, ‘La Bobine’, in a local cinema. After a presentation and screening of a cult film, there are drinks and the opportunity to socialize. Lovers of underground events and original parties keep their eye on evenings inspired by our European neighbours such as London and Berlin, organized by groups like ‘Sonotown’, ‘Die Nacht’, ‘Spirit of Star’, ‘Weather’, ‘Bon Esprit’, and ‘We are the Oracle’, which organize ephemeral artistic events at atypical venues that they have picked out (disused printing house at Asnières, terrace at the Etoiles Lilas cinema, a bunker, chateau, empty swimming pool, gardens, artists’ squat, etc.) Cirque Paradis Club éphémère 34 rue Marbeuf, Paris 8th – M° Franklinwww.facebook.com/CirqueParadis Soirées On Ince à l’Espace Pailleron 32 rue Pailleron, Paris 19th – M° Bolivar www.pailleron19.com Piscine Roger le Gall 34 boulevard Carnot, Paris 12th – M° Porte de Vincennes – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 73 81 12 Subaqua Club de Paris at the piscine Catherine Lagatu 155 avenue Parmentier, Paris 10th – M° Goncourt – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 45 44 28 - Every Fridays from 7.30pm to 10.30pm Réflex et vous www.reflexetvous.com Soirées Meetic www.meetic.fr La Bobine www.popcorn-project.com Die Nacht www.die-nacht.fr Spirit of star www.spiritofstar.com Bon Esprit www.snatch-mag.com NEW! Soirées Weather www.facebook.com/weatherparis We are the oracle www.agence-wato.com Institut Bonheur www.facebook.com/pages/Institut-Bonheur/27288840845 22 > When night becomes day Since La Concrète has turned out to be a huge success (evenings on a barge that start at 6am on Sunday and finish at 2am on Monday), other concepts have adapted this passion for day-time parties that continue into the night. On a sunny day, various organizations hold brunches and festive afternoons outdoors at several places across the capital. La Villette Enchantée invites Parisians to enjoy cocktails and tapas on chaises longues or basking in the sunshine on the grass. At the end of the afternoon, DJ sets provide ‘musical siestas’ with electro-lounge music. La Bellevilleoise offers a range of activities on Sunday during the summer (massages, vide-dressing [exchanging your second-hand clothes], yoga, etc.). In a venue transformed into a prairie, events last all afternoon with multiple live music sets. On Sunday afternoons in the summer, in the heart of Buttes Chaumont, the Pavillon du Lac hosts La Friendly evenings, attracting Paris’s trendiest crowd who like to drink and network whilst enjoying live music and DJ sets. At the bucolic restaurant Chalet des Îles, in the Bois de Boulogne, a group ‘The Island’ organizes copious brunches and offers parents the service of looking after and entertaining their children. Diablo evenings draw fans of electro music on a trendy barge near the Eiffel Tower. Restaurant Le Quai 5 Quai Anatole France, Paris 7th – M° Solferino - Tel + 33 (0)1 44 18 04 39 www.restaurantlequai.com La Concrète 69 Port de la Rapée, Paris 12th – M° Gare de Lyon and Gare d’Austerlitz www.concreteparis.fr Le Chalet des Iles Boulogne Lower lake at Bois de Boulogne Porte de la Muette, Paris 16th – M° La Muette - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 88 04 69 - www.restaurants-terrasses-paris.com La Villette Enchantée 211 avenue Jean-Jaurès, Paris 19th – M° Porte de Pantin - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 35 96 49 - www.lavilletteenchantee.fr Le Pavillon du Lac Parc des Buttes Chaumont - Place Armand Carrel, Paris 19th – M° Buttes Chaumont – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 00 07 21 - www.lepavillondulac.fr La Bellevilloise 19-21 rue Boyer, Paris 20th – M° Gambetta and Ménilmontant - Tel + 33 (0)1 46 36 07 07 - www.labellevilloise.com > At the hotel Hotels are not just for sleeping in. While hotel bars are an established trend, some hotels are going further and making them lively open and dynamic places to socialize and enjoy entertainment. Undoubtedly a pioneer of this trend is Mama Shelter with its huge lobby comprising several bar/restaurant areas and stages for live music. In February 2012, it was joined by the W Opéra, an American establishment intended to bring a bit of New York energy into the Opéra district, and by the arty Jules and Jim, in the Marais. ‘Soirées Paon’ at the Bristol, every Thursday from 11pm to 3am, have become a fashionable place for nightlife. At the Streets Hotel (new name of the Murano), musicians and singers are invited to perform on various evenings of the week, and DJs are invited to the designer bars at the Kube and Pershing Hall. Le Qu4tre, the new bar at the Buddha-Bar Hotel, has a variety of music atmospheres and DJ evenings from Thursday to Saturday. Finally, ‘Suite n°7’, a series of exclusive concerts at palace hotels, is a confidential rendezvous that takes place every month in Paris and the provinces. Jules et Jim 11 rue des Gravilliers, Paris 3rd – M° Temple – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 54 13 13 www.hoteljulesetjim.com Streets Hotel 13 boulevard du Temple, Paris 3rd – M° Filles-du-Calvaire – www.muranoresort.com Soirées Paon au Bristol 112 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8th – M° Miromesnil - Tel+ 33 (0)1 53 43 42 41 - www.lebristolparis.com NEW! 23 Le Qu4tre 4, rue d'Anjou, Paris 8th – M° Madeleine - Tel + 33 (0)1 83 96 88 60 www.buddhabarhotelparis.com Hôtel W Paris-Opéra 4 rue Meyerbeer, Paris 9th – M° Opéra – Tel +33 (0)1 77 48 94 94 www.wparisopera.fr Kube 1/5 passage Ruelle, Paris 18th – M° La Chapelle, RER Gare-du-Nord – Tel +33 (0) 1 42 05 20 00 - www.muranoresort.com Mama Shelter 109 rue de Bagnolet, Paris 20th – M° Alexandre-Dumas, RER Nation – Tel +33 (0)1 43 48 48 48 - www.mamashelter.com Suite n° 7 - www.suiten7.com > Evenings out aboard a bus A bus transformed into a mobile nightclub is the latest trend for revellers in Paris! The Soiree Bus vehicle is available for privatization and offers an unforgettable evening. On board, you will find a DJ turntable, multicoloured strobe and spotlights, disco decor and, optionally, drinks and appetizers. The bus travels around the capital allowing you to stop off at its best monuments. Soirée bus - www.soireebus.fr Sortie bus – www.sortiebus.com Allnightbus – www.allnightbus.com Bus discothèque – www.busdiscotheque.com PRACTICAL INFO ON NIGHTLIFE IN PARIS > Paris Nightlife Created in 2009, parisnightlife.fr is the official nightlife guide offered by the Paris City Council — a website entirely dedicated to nightlife in Paris, in English and in French. Bars, restaurants, night clubs, theatres … all these places are listed with geolocation, comments and practical information like dress code and programmed events. www.parisnightlife.fr > Night Yourself! Every year since 2010 (with the exception of 2012), Paris has staged a festival for live music and clubbing. Formerly known as ‘Nuits capitales’, this event renamed ‘Night yourself!’ in 2013 is a festive week to discover leading music and art venues; lively districts, events in offbeat places … In short, everything to discover the whole vibrant Parisian nightlife scene. A pass, downloadable from the website, gives holders advantages at all the participating partner venues: music venues, as well as hotels, restaurants, tours, etc. The event also brings together professionals linked to the night scene and is a platform for a joint reflexion on the industry at a national and European level. www.nightyourself.com > Night transport Getting around the capital late at night or going back home or to a hotel is now easy thanks to Noctilien the city’s network of night buses. The service operates when the metro and daytime buses stop. The metro in Paris operates until 1.15am from Sunday 24 to Thursday and until 2.15 am (time of arrival at the terminus of the last train) on Fridays, Saturday and the night before public holidays. It starts operating again at 5.30am (departure time from the terminus of the first train). Other options for getting around in complete freedom: the Vélib’ self-service bicycle hire network, 24/24 and 7/7 or the more recent Autolib’, self-service blue car hire scheme 24/24 and 7/7. Taxis are also a comfortable option as are tourism vehicles with driver. The latter can be booked via a number of applications for smartphones. Noctilien – www.noctilien.fr Métro – www.ratp.info Velib’ – www.velib.paris.fr Autolib’ www.autolib.eu Taxis and tourism vehicles with driver www.parisinfo.com > Even better at night What could be better than strolling through the galleries of a museum or a department store when the majority of visitors have returned home for the evening? Or when the swimming pool empties and you take the opportunity to swim a few lengths in the evening? … On the shopping scene, most shops stay open late on the Champs-Elysées, and major department stores open until late on various evenings. The new Beaugrenelle shopping centre, recently-reopened after years of work, also has extended opening hours. Featuring a glass roof and plant roof, the centre houses some one hundred or so shops in a relatively up-scale spirit, as well as eateries, cinema, etc. Museums and monuments open late in the evening List on www.parisinfo.com La nuit des musées – www.nuitdesmusees.culture.fr Other places to visit Visit to Rungis (market) (2nd Friday of month; shuttle bus leaves at 4.30am from Place DenfertRochereau, Paris 14th,return at 10.30am to the same place) - Tel + 33 (0)3 83 50 10 85 www.visiterungis.com Evening outings La Voix des lieux – Tel + 33 (0)6 62 39 37 77 - www.lavoixdeslieux.fr [email protected] Evening double-decker bus tour with commentary - www.francetourisme.fr Guided evening bicycle tour - www.city-discovery.com and www.parisvelosympa.com Guided evening tour of Paris in a 2CV car - www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com Evening urban orienteering with Démasquez Paris - www.demasquezparis.com Evening trip on the Seine in a ‘pootoon-boat’ with Green River - www.greenriver-paris.fr Swimming pools open in the evening Piscine des Halles - Centre sportif Suzanne Berlioux - Porte du Jour, level -3 – 10 place de la Rotonde, Paris 1st - M° Les Halles - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 98 44 - Open Monday and Wednesday until 11pm and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday until 10pm Piscine Saint-Merri 16 rue du Renard, Paris 4th – M° Rambuteau - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 72 83 67 Open Thursday until 10pm Espace sportif Pontoise 19 rue de Pontoise, Paris 5th – M°Maubert-Mutualité - Tel + 33 (0)1 55 42 77 88 - www.carilis.fr/centre/espace-sportif-pontoise - Open from 8.15pm to midnight from Monday to Friday Piscine Saint-Germain 12 rue Lobineau, Paris 6th – M° Mabillon - Tel + 33 (0)1 56 81 25 40 Open Tuesday until 9.30pm Piscine Joséphine Baker Port de la gare, Quai François Mauriac, Paris 13th – M° Quai de la Gare Tel + 33 (0)1 56 61 96 50 - Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday until 9pm, Tuesday and Thursday until 11pm, Saturday and Sunday until 8pm 25 Espace Pailleron 32 rue Pailleron, Paris 19th – M° Bolivar - www.pailleron19.com - Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 10.30pm, Friday and Saturday until midnight www.paris.fr Shopping Clothes/Department stores Le Bon Marché 24 rue de Sèvres, Paris 7th – M° Sèvres-Babylone – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 39 80 00 www.lebonmarche.fr Every Thursday and Friday until 9pm Banana Republic 22 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-D.Roosevelt - Tel + 33 (0)1 53 89 03 92 – www.bananarepublic-france.fr – From Monday to Saturday until 10pm, 9pm Sunday Gap 36 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - M° Franklin-D.Roosevelt - Tel + 33 (0)1 56 88 48 00 – www.gap.eu – 7/7 until 10pm H&M 88 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° George V - Tel + 33 (0)1 53 89 18 00 – www.hm.com/fr - 7/7 until midnight Galeries Lafayette (every Thursday until 9pm) 40 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9th – M° Chausséed’Antin, RER Auber - www.galerieslafayette.com Printemps Haussmann (every Thursday until 10pm) 64 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9th – M° Havre-Caumartin, RER Auber - www.printemps.com Marks & Spencer 100 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° George V - Tel + 33 (0)1 56 69 19 20 – www.marksandspencer.fr – 7/7 until 10pm Zara 44 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-D.Roosevelt - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 61 52 80 – www.zara.com – From Monday to Saturday until 10pm, Sunday until 9pm Citadium 50-56 rue de Caumartin, Paris 9th – M° Havre-Caumartin – Tel + 33 (0)1 55 31 74 00 – www.citadium.com – Open Thursday until 9pm Centre commercial Beaugrenelle 16 rue Linois, Paris 15th – M° Charles-Michels – www.beaugrenelle-paris.com – Shops open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 9pm, 10pm Thursday, restaurants and cinema open 7/7 until midnight. NEW! Bookshops, CD, DVD La Belle Hortense (bookshop and wine merchant) 31 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris 4th – M° Hôtel de Ville - Tel +33 (0)1 48 04 71 60 – www.cafeine.com – 7/7 from 5pm to 2am, in winter from 1pm Shakespeare et Cie (English bookshop) 37 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5th – M°Maubert-Mutualité, Saint-Michel and Cluny la Sorbonne - Tel +33 (0)1 43 25 40 93 – www.shakespeareandcompany.com – From Monday to Friday from 10am to 11pm, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 11pm Boulinier (books, DVD, CD…) 20 boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Michel - Tel +33 (0)1 43 26 90 57 – www.boulinier.com – Monday, Friday and Saturday from 10am to midnight, Sunday from 2.30pm to midnight L’Ecume des pages (bookshop) 174 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Germain-desPrés – Tel +33 (0)1 45 48 54 48 - www.ecumedespages.com – From Monday to Saturday 10am to midnight, Sunday from 11am to 10pm La Hune (bookshop) 16 rue de l’Abbaye, Paris 6th – M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés – Tel +33 (0)1 45 48 35 85 – From Monday to Saturday 10am to 11.45pm, Sunday from 11am to 8pm Taschen Store (books on art) 2 rue de Buci, Paris 6th – M° Odéon - Tel +33 (0)1 40 51 79 22 – www.taschen.com – From Monday to Thursday from 11am to 8pm, 11am to midnight Friday and Saturday Fnac Champs-Elysées (7/7 until 11.45pm) Galerie du Claridge 74 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-Roosevelt - www.fnac.com Publicis Drugstore (7/7 until 2am in the morning) 133 avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8th – M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – www.publicisdrugstore.com L’international records (independent record shop) 12 rue Moret, Paris 11th – M° Ménilmontant – Tel + 33 (0)9 80 57 12 61 – www.linternationalrecords.com – From Monday to Thursday from 12noon to 8pm and Friday and Saturday 12-noon to 10pm) Beauty Séphora Champs-Elysées 70-72 avenue des Champs Élysées, Paris 8th – M° Franklin D. Roosevelt - Tel + 33 (0)1 53 93 22 50 - www.sephora.fr Marionnaud 104 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° George V – Tel + 33 (0)1 53 96 50 00 – www.marionnaud.fr – 26 Miscellaneous Association Pari Roller (rollerblade outing every Friday evening) – www.pari-roller.com Les nuits du Champo au Cinéma Le Champollion (all-night cinema screenings approx. one Saturday each month) 51 rue des Ecoles, Paris 5th – M° Odéon – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 54 51 60 champo.com > Evening art events Events like Nuit Blanche, Fête de la Musique and Nuit des Musées provide an unusual and fun way to explore Paris in a different way – all night long and free of charge – by following a musical or artistic itinerary. Two nights each year, in June and on St Nicholas Day (6 December), the prestigious art galleries near the Élysée Palace and the 123 antique dealers of the Carré du Rive Gauche, between Saint-Germain and the Musée d’Orsay, invite art buffs for a nocturnal stroll in the galleries. www.art-rivedroite.com www.carrerivegauche.com www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr www.nuitdesmusees.culture.fr > Open very late or all night Paris never sleeps ... Should you be in need of medicine, feel like playing poker, or be a little (or very) hungry, everything is possible at night in Paris. Even for more unexpected needs: a computer problem, a cyber cafe to send an email to the other side of the world in the middle of the night, an urgent photocopy, the need to buy flowers for someone, etc. Restaurants Au pied de cochon (24/24) 6 rue Coquillière, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles, RER Châtelet-Les Halles – Tel +33 (0)1 40 13 77 00 - www.pieddecochon.com La Tour de Montlhery – Chez Denise (from 7am to 5am from Monday to Friday, closed at the weekend) 5 rue des Prouvaires, Paris 1st - M° Les Halles and Louvre-Rivoli – Tel +33 (0)1 42 36 21 82 La Poule au pot (open from 7pm to 5am from Tuesday to Sunday) 9 rue Vauvilliers, Paris 1st – M° Les Halles and Louvre-Rivoli - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 36 32 96 - www.lapouleaupot.com Le Tambour (from Monday to Saturday from 8.30am to 6am, Sunday and Monday until 5am) 41 rue Montmartre, Paris 2nd – M° Etienne Marcel or Sentier- Tel + 33 (0)1 42 33 06 90 Pub Saint-Germain (7/7, from 8am to 6am) 17 rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, Paris 6th - M° Odéon – Tel + 33 (0)1 56 81 13 13 - www.lepubparis.com La Maison de l'Aubrac (7/24) 37 rue Marbeuf, Paris 8th- M° Franklin-Roosevelt - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 59 05 14 - www.maison-aubrac.com Le Grand Café des Capucines (7/24) 4 boulevard des Capucines, Paris 9th – M° Opéra, RER Auber – Tel +33 (0)1 43 12 19 00 – www.legrandcafe.com Le Dalou (weekdays until 3am, all night Saturday) 30 place de la Nation, Paris 12th – M° Nation Tel + 33 (0)1 43 43 41 38 Le Verre Bouteille (from Tuesday to Saturday until 4am) 85 avenue des Ternes, Paris 17th – M° Ternes – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 74 01 02 - www.leverrebouteille.com La Bohême du Tertre (Until 1am Fridays, Saturday and Sundays) 2 place du Tertre, Paris 18th – M° Abbesses - Tel + 33 (0)1 46 06 51 69 Food Wine by one (wine bar and wine merchant) 9 rue des Capucines, Paris 1st – M° Madeleine and Opéra – Tel + 33 (0)1 42 60 85 76 – From Tuesday to Thursday from 12-noon to 11pm, Saturday from 3pm to 10pm and Monday from 6pm to 10pm. 27 rue de Marignan, Paris 8th – M° FranklinRoosevelt – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 63 18 98 – From Tuesday du Saturday from 12-noon to 11pm, Saturday 6pm to 10pm - www.winebyone.com Boulangerie Snack Time 97 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6th – M° Odéon and Mabillon - From 5am to 2am at the weekend, from 7am to 2am on weekdays Epicerie de la station-service Avia 6 boulevard Raspail, Paris 7th – M° Rue-du-Bac – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 48 43 12 27 Grocery and wine cellar at Publicis Drugstore 133 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile – Tel + 33 (0)1 44 43 76 31 – From Monday to Thursday from 8am to 2am and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2am. Alimentation BP 8 à 8 151 rue de la Convention, Paris 15th – M° Convention – Open 7/24 Mic Mac (bakery) 123 boulevard Bessières, Paris 17th – M° Porte de Clichy – Daily 24/24, except Tuesday, closed between 7am and 6pm Monoprix: list of shops open until midnight on www.monoprix.fr Bowling alleys, pool and clubs for games Bowling Mouffetard 73 rue Mouffetard, Paris 5th – M° Censier-Daubenton – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 31 09 35 – www.bowlingmouffetard.com Billard club Clichy-Montmartre 84 rue de Clichy, Paris 9th – M° Place de Clichy - Tel + 33 (0)1 48 78 32 85 – www.cerclecm.com Cercle de jeux Cadet 14 rue Cadet, Paris 9th – M° Cadet - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 22 60 80 – www.cerclecadet.com Académie de billards « le 2001 » 9-11 cour Debille, Paris 11th – M° Voltaire - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 48 41 75 – www.le2001.com La quille 111 rue Saint-Maur, Paris 11th – M° Parmentier and Rue Saint-Maur - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 55 87 21 – www.laquille.net Billard club Nation 28 rue du Rendez-Vous, Paris 12th – M° Picpus - Tel + 33 (0)1 43 43 88 00 – www.shootagain.fr Bowling du Front de Seine 15 rue Gaston-de-Caillavet, Paris 15th - M° Charles-Michel - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 79 21 71 – Other addresses on www.bowlingsympas.com Bowling Foch Opposite 8 avenue Foch Paris 16th – M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile - Tel + 33 (0)1 45 00 00 13 – www.bowling-foch.com Bowling Porte de la Chapelle 6 avenue de la Porte de la Chapelle, Paris 18th – M° Porte-de-laChapelle - Tel + 33 (0)1 40 35 07 11 – www.bowlingsympas.com Various services Impressions: NewWorks (24/24 7/7) 111 rue Réaumur, Paris 2nd – M° Bourse, RER Auber – Tel + 33 (0)1 70 37 24 00 - www.newworks.net Web-cafés: (7/24) Milk les Halles 31 boulevard de Sébastopol – M° Les Halles - Tel + 33 (0)1 42 33 68 17 Milk Opéra 28 rue du Quatre-Septembre, Paris 2nd – M° Quatre-Septembre -Tel + 33 (0)1 40 06 00 70 Milk Montparnasse 5 rue d’Odessa, Paris 14th – M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe -Tel + 33 (0)1 43 20 10 37 Late-night chemists: Pharmacie Européenne (24/24) 6 place de Clichy, Paris 9th – M° Place-deClichy – Tel +33 (0)1 48 74 65 18 and list of all-night chemists (approx. 10) on www.paris.fr (enter ‘chemist’ in the search box on the home page). Florists: Fleur de Nuit (7/7 until 9pm) 22 boulevard Richard-Lenoir, Paris 11th – M° Bastille - Tel +33 (0)1 43 55 06 02 ÉlyFleurs (7/24) 82 avenue de Wagram, Paris 17th – M° Wagram – Tel +33 (0)1 47 66 87 19 www.elyfleurs.com La Poste (post office) (11pm/12-midnight, closed between 6am and 7am) - 52 rue du Louvre, Paris 1st - M° Louvre-Rivoli and Etienne Marcel - www.laposte.fr Tabacconist’s: - Tabac du Châtelet 8 rue Saint-Denis, Paris 1st – M° Châtelet – From Tuesday to Saturday until 2am, Sunday and Monday until 1am. - Tabac de la Fontaine 3 boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris 5th – M° Saint-Michel – 7/7 until 2am - Publicis Drugstore 133 avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8th – M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile, RER Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile – www.publicisdrugstore.com - 7/7 until 2am - La Havane 4 place de Clichy, Paris 9th – M° Place de Clichy – 7/7 until 2am - Tabac Bastille 21 rue d’Aval, Paris 11th – M° Bastille – Until 3am From Monday to Thursday and 4am les Thursday and Saturday - Le Murattis 2 rue de Lyon, Paris 12th – M° Gare de Lyon – 7/7 until 10pm Petrol stations: - 10 rue Bailleul, Paris 1st – 7/24 - 34 rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, Paris 5th – 7/24 - 56 avenue du Maine, Paris 14th – 7/24 - 2 avenue de la Porte de Saint-Cloud, Paris 16th – 7/24 - 30 avenue de la Porte de Clignancourt, Paris 18th – 7/24 Newspaper kiosks: - 52 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° Franklin-D.Roosevelt – 7/7 until 9pm - 99 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - M° Franklin-D.Roosevelt – 7/7 until midnight 28 - Publicis Drugstore 133 avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th – M° Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile – 7/7 until 2am 14 boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris 8th – M° Madeleine – 7/7 until midnight 2 boulevard Montmartre, Paris 9th – M° Grands Boulevards – 7/7 until 10pm Various home deliveries Allo Epicerie (7/24, Paris and inner suburbs) – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 67 18 26 - www.alloepicerie.com Allo glaçons (7/24, Paris and inner suburbs) - Tel + 33 (0)1 46 45 05 05 – www.alloglacons.com Allo Hector (7/7 from 6pm to 6am, Paris and inner suburbs) - Tel + 33 (0)143 07 70 70 www.allohector.fr - sandwiches, cooked dishes, Japanese cooking and drinks Aperitissimo (7/7, from 9pm to 4am, 5am at the weekend) - www.aperitissimo.fr – Alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and snacks SoDrinkool (7/7 from 9pm to 6am, Paris and several suburbs) - www.sodrinkool.com - Alcohol and products for aperitifs Happy Drink (7/7 from 8pm to 6am, Paris) – Tel + 33 (0)1 45 55 57 28 - www.happy-drink.fr – Alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, salads and accessories (poker, etc.) Eat n drink (7/7 from 7pm to 2am, 3am Thursday-Saturday, west of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Boulogne) Tel + 33 (0)1 48 42 45 73 – www.eatndrink.fr – Bagels, salads, burgers, sandwiches, etc. Maki night (7/7, from 6pm to 6am, Paris and inner suburbs) – Tel + 33 (0)1 43 41 83 34 – www.maki-night.com – Sushi and drinks Pizza de nuit (7/7 from 11pm to 5am, Paris and inner suburbs) – Tel + 33 (0)1 48 81 00 00 – www.pizzadenuit.fr PRESS CONTACT +33 (0) 1 49 52 53 27 – [email protected] This press file has been produced in collaboration with Maïlys de Seze. 29