This list will be periodically updated due to new discoveries/openings/closings, but this is the place to find all of my favorite spots and best recommendations for Paris!
HEALTH/WELLNESS
English-speaking doctor: Diane Beaulieu d’Ivernois (25€ per appointment without carte vitale, cash only)
English-speaking hair salon: Studio Marisol
English-speaking fitness studio: Workouts in Paris
Favorite cheap pharmacies: CityPharma, Pharmacie Monge (3 locations in Paris)
Favorite French skincare products: coming soon
Late night/All-night pharmacies: list here
BRUNCH/LUNCH
For a set menu: PaperBoy
For pancakes: Holybelly
For a buffet-and-a-show: Le Reservoir
For avocado toast: Ob-La-Di, Fragments, Neighbours
For healthy: Season, Wild & the Moon
For Instagrammable: Café Mericourt / Café Oberkampf (for food and for interior)
For classic Aussie brunch: Hardware Société
CAFÉS
Smallest (and cutest!): Boot Café
For minimalist decor: Passager
Most central for sightseeing: Honor
Most Instagrammable: Café Kitsuné
For hot chocolate: Carette
For pastries: Broken Biscuits
For cyclist themes: Le Peloton, Steel Cyclewear & Coffeeshop
For coworking: Anticafe, Craft, Hubsy
Most iconic: Shakespeare & Co Café
For coffee and flowers: Peonies, Désirée
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 and a lively atmosphere)
Best raclette: Le Chalet Savoyard
Best pita: Miznon (try the lamb kebab!!)
Best Vietnamese: Paris-Hanoi
Best Italian: Big Mamma Group (6 restaurants)
DRINKS
Best open mic night: Mondays at the Galway, Wednesdays at The Highlander , Sundays at Le Klein
Fun for dancing: Le Comptoir Général
Most creative: Bisou
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, La Mezcaleria
Best downtown vibes: Jefrey’s
Best American bar: The Red House
SHOPPING
For 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!)