Description

• Café Pinson (coffee/cake/lunch (all organic!). We went to the one in Le Marais, but there is also one in the 10th arrondissement)
• Kunitoraya (we went to the upmarket one at 5 Rue Villedo (exquisite Japanese dishes in a lovely brasserie setting), but at no. 1 there is also a more low-profile udon bar)
• Ten Belles (nice little coffee bar in Belleville; try their Cantal/blue cheese/onion sandwich for lunch!)
• Benoit (traditional bistro, run by the famous Alain Ducasse)
• Angelina (for – supposedly – the best hot chocolate in town!)

Shopping

On the concept department:

• The Broken Arm (Northern Marais, you know the story)
• Merci (again in Northern Marais. We were just in time to see it…. get closed, but the stories about it are good and so was the view from outside ;) )
• Spree (16, rue la Vieuville, Montmartre; plus point: they sell clothes from Christian Wijnants – one of my favorite designers!)
• French Trotters (Le Marais. Nice, although not too special (oops, sorry, but it just seemed like another concept store stacked with plants and Kinfolk magazines… (which I love, so why complain?? I don’t know, perhaps I’m just in for something new?)
• Centre Commercial (especially their KIDS store at 22, rue Yves Toudic)

• Ofr. Galerie (Northern Marais, bookshop & gallery)
• Papier+ (Le Marais, the prettiest notebooks)
• Maison Martin Margiela (25bis, rue de Montpensier)
• Miu Miu (rue Saint-Honoré, way above my budget but what a delight!!!)
• Bonpoint (rue Saint-Honoré, the prettiest kids’ clothes I’ve ever seen)

• Le 104 (I’ve told you about it before)
• just take your Vélib and cycle!