If you're a stroller-pusher, you may be feeling like the narrow and crowded streets here mean Paris is just not for you. Not so! This baby-, toddler-, and kid-friendly café is a welcome respite for parents who are tired of apologizing [more...]

A new addition to the charming la Butte aux Cailles neighborhood is a cozy little tearoom, L'Oisive Thé. The name is a play on words: oisiveté means "idleness," which also means that this is the place to pass the afternoon away. Come [more...]

Fondue is always a fun and interactive dinner-time activity, but this restaurant adds to the wacky experience by serving wine in baby bottles. The menus are only around 15€, and it's a great place for a group of friends to celebrate a [more...]

Used books from floor to ceiling greet you as you enter this charming bookshop and tearoom. The delicious tea is served in the cheerful room in the back, decorated with English accents and chintz fabric. Be sure to get a side order of [more...]

Ever wonder how bakers get those croissants so golden? Or what a jeweler's workshop looks like behind the display case? Or how to build a violin? Since 2005, the Meeting the French age [more...]

Just north of the Tuileries Gardens, Au Grand Richelieu bakery has been serving baguettes since before Waterloo. Stop in for the traditional bread, or treat yourself to a pastry. There is plenty to choose from: not only croissants, but [more...]

For a quick and freshly-made crepe while wandering through the Latin quarter, stop by the little stand on rue de la Harpe and boulevard Saint Germain. The panini are not bad, either, and for just 3€, are the cheapest snack in the [more...]

The Maison Fouquet has been in operation at the same rue Lafitte location since 1852. Since 1928, a second location in the 8th has meant that chocolate lovers have twice the pleasure and twice the temptation. Originally a jam shop, [more...]

Au Chat Bleu is a famous chocolaterie in Lille, but Parisians are lucky to have a second location here. Tempt yourself with darling little pieces of chocolate decorated with the signature cheerful cat head drawn on each one. As [more...]

Make it an evening of board games with friends at Apparemment Café, where comfortable couches make this café a cozy living room away from home. There are also rows of books ready for the borrowing, so feel free to drop by for an [more...]

You know the French take food and their provincial roots seriously, but did you know that each year thousands of farm animals and local food products from throughout France travel to Paris for a giant exposition? For just a few euros, [more...]

Roses are red, pink, orange, yellow, and so many other colors at the beautiful and fragrant Au Nom de la Rose boutiques. Located in virtually every arrondissement (delivery also available), this is the place to go to find your Valentine [more...]

Opened as the city's first workers' cooperative in 1877, La Bellevilloise is still a center for creative expression in a festive atmosphere. Reestablished in 2005 with a fresh new face-lift, this 3-story, multi-purpose venue with lots [more...]

It's pool tables as far as the eye can see in this huge billiard hall. For 5-12€/hour, you can test your skills on one of the 8 American billiard tables, 5 French, 2 pool, or the snooker table.

The Clichy Montmartre pool hall [more...]

Formerly the Church of Sainte Genviève, the Revolutionary leaders and subsequent regimes made this Neo-Classical holy place into a Pantheon dedicated to the "great men" of the nation. It is the final resting place of these secular [more...]

This Old Regime building is as much a part of the French History Museum as the artifacts and documents held inside. The 15th-century Hôtel de Soubise was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries and has housed the National Archives [more...]

Twelve beers on tap and about 150 different bottled beers do indeed make for a prestigious Beer Academy. This Latin quarter pub has been an institution since 1960 and still serves a jovial crowd of students and beer [more...]

The best collection of impressionist art is at the Musée d'Orsay. But if you'd rather skip the crammed galleries of Monet and Van Gogh, there are many other great works that are less-visited. Gauguin, Redon, Courbet, Manet...paintings [more...]

Gérard Mulot is famed to sell the most mouth-watering croissants in Paris, but there is so much more: sandwiches, chocolate, desserts...even the baguette is worth a try. Stop in for a snack or a quick lunch if you're wandering around [more...]

The collection at the Centre Pompidou is sure to please: from Post-Impressionism to Pop Art, the modern and contemporary works are well-displayed and in a building that is itself a work of contemporary art, with exposed pipes and [more...]