Lou Pascalou hosts a short film night on the first Wednesday of each month, a poetry slam on second Tuesdays, art exhibitions on its walls, and live music on weekends (especially Sundays). But it's also a great space to just meet up [more...]

At the heart of Parisian counterculture on the rue Oberkampf, the large, industrial Café Charbon and adjacent Nouveau Casino club get crowded on weekend nights, when it's open until dawn. Live rock concerts are until 1, then DJ's play [more...]

If you've never wandered around the Batignolles neighborhood, make it the destination for your next evening out. Batignolles - the area west of avenue de Clichy and boulevard des Batignolles, is quite trendy amongst the locals and is [more...]

The fashionistas of the hippest neighborhood in Paris flock to La Perle for drinks at any time of the evening. It's the only cafe for blocks and conveniently located to many fashion-industry offices, which must explain the hipsters' [more...]

Converted old boutiques and artsy dive bars characterize the lively and funky scene that attracts the 20-30-something Parisians to rue Oberkampf. Get out of the metro at Parmentier and wander along Oberkampf until you find your own [more...]

Not too far off Montmartre's tourist-beaten path stands a dark and funky café filled with hip characters of all sorts. Artists, musicians, or maybe some off-duty dancers? La Fourmi café is where the real locals hang in one of the [more...]

Off the beaten path of the Marais neighborhood's polished, trendy hang-outs is a tiny little bar serving dirt-cheap beers on tap with plenty of anti-establishment attitude.

The Politburo is a kitschy space reminiscent of the [more...]

In the heart of the Marais neighborhood, near the eastern end of the Rue des Rosiers sits a funky tearoom filled with mismatched chairs, wooden tables, and an eclectic mix of posters and other adornments collected here and there. Le [more...]

This bar is hip and happening, in the center of Paris's fashion district, but its beauty lies in the juxtaposition of old and new with C17 paintings by Claude Lorrain on the walls, a sculpted glass bar that lights up when you put your [more...]

Le Point Ephémère looks and feels a lot like a squat, but it’s really a bar-restaurant that’s taken over an old warehouse on the Canal Saint Martin. Still, the spirit is there. Tons of concerts (indie music, electro…) take place [more...]

Bad taste and proud of it? Try Le Kitch, a bar/snack diner with hands-down the most horrendous decoration around. It’s truly a museum of the French “ringard” (meaning out of fashion), featuring formica tables covered in plastic [more...]

The neighborhood of Montorgueil is perfect for an afternoon stroll of window-shopping (lots of hip new designers), lunch and exploring. Check out the gorgeous all-wooden Passage du Grand Cerf or the Eglise St Eustache.

If you read French, you’re lucky – you can take advantage of France’s huge world of comics, which here is free of the nerdy teenager associations of American comics. There’s more than Tintin and Asterix, though, so take your [more...]

The Place St Marthe feels like a little village square plopped in the middle of Paris, and yet it’s also hip (though not to be confused with chic) and festive – perfect for a lively dinner or drinks. Try Le Galopin for an old-France [more...]

For an unusual evening out, meet your date at Space Hair beauty parlor for a "relooking" or just a normal hair cut in a place that seems more like a night club than a hair dresser's, with blue sparkly paint on the walls and ceiling, [more...]

This bright-red barge on the Seine, topped by a mini-lighthouse, is the best rendezvous for an electronic-music-lovers’ date. Drum & bass, house, techno, jungle, even some hip hop and jazz… And not just any old DJs, either, but [more...]