HEALTH/WELLNESS
English-speaking doctor: Diane Beaulieu d’Ivernois
English-speaking hair salon: Studio Marisol
English-speaking yoga/workout studio: Affordable Yoga Fitness
Favorite cheap pharmacy: CityPharma (address at the top of the page)
Favorite French skincare products: coming soon
Late night/All-night pharmacies: list here
BRUNCHES
Best set menu: PaperBoy
Best pancakes: Holybelly
Best buffet-and-a-show: Le Reservoir
Best avocado toast: Ob-La-Di
Best healthy: Season
Most Instagrammable: Café Mericourt / Café Oberkampf
Best Aussie import: Hardware Société
CAFÉS
Smallest (and cutest!): Boot Café (Marais location)
Best minimalist door: Passager
Most central for sightseeing: Honor
Most Instagrammable: Café Kitsuné
Best hot chocolate: Carette
Best pastries: Broken Biscuits
Coolest cyclist themes: Le Peloton, Steel Cyclewear & Coffeeshop
Best for working: Anticafe, Craft
Most iconic: Shakespeare & Co Café
Cheapest, most central classic French: La Colombe
DINNERS
Well-priced classic French food: Le Bouillon Chartier (3-course meal with wine for less than 30€/person)
Most authentic crêpes/galettes: Breizh Café, Crêperie Suzette
Most fun fondue: Le Refuge des Fondus (not classy, but wine in baby bottles)
Best raclette: Le Chalet Savoyard (address at the bottom)
Best pita: Miznon (try the lamb kebab!!)
Best Vietnamese: Paris-Hanoi
Best Italian: Big Mamma Group (6 restaurants)
DRINKS
Best open mic night: Wednesdays at The Highlander
Best for dancing: Le Comptoir Général
Most creative: Lavomatic
Coolest Americana-meets-Paris: Lulu White
Funkiest: Dirty Dick (best name to freak someone out as well)
Cheapest: Les Anenomes (3€ glasses of wine, happy hour until midnight)
Best bar-behind-a-restaurant: Lockwood, Candelaria, Moonshiner
Best downtown vibes: Jefrey’s
Best American bar: The Red House
SHOPPING
Best vintage: Kiliwatch, FreePStar
Most Instagrammable: Merci
Best selection concept store: Fleux
Most famous English bookstore: Shakespeare & Company
Best hole-in-the-wall English bookstore: The Abbey Bookshop (Owner Brian is Canadian and so helpful!)
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