Tuesday 15 November 2011

bars in paris


more drinks, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

The North-east

The Kitch Bar
10, rue Oberkampf, 75011
metro: Oberkampf
My favourite bar in Paris, this lounge-room sized bar is a place where if you don’t know everyone’s names on arrival, you will before too long. This goes for English speakers too, I have had many a bilingual conversation here. It’s specialities are cocktails and it is worth trying out the Shrek (think mint slurpey), the nesbite (an long island iced tea, plus two alcohols), or the choufleur (a whipped cream caramel shot). Not a place to come for standard American-style cocktails though (stay away from the bloody mary).


Ethnika cafe
127 Rue Saint-Maur, 75011
Metro : parmentier
3.50 – 4.50 euro cocktails and flavoured rum shots (where the rum has been sitting in huge glasses with figs, honey, carob, for 12 hours) are the draw cards to this crowded bar, though the downstairs area often has djs. The entire stretch of bars around this one offer a range of cheap drinks and fun places to try out. Oh, and remember to check out the toilet here..


Le Lèche-vin
13, rue Daval, 75011
metro : bastille
A bar full of catholic iconography, coupled with the most obscene toilets on earth. The pope will never bless this place.


Ave Maria
1, Rue Jacquard , 75011 Paris
metro: parmentier or oberkampf
Similiar to the Lèche-vin, this is a bar/restaurant with a religious feel, though this one embraces all faiths. The food is great, though pricey, with some interesting “fusion” dishes. Further up the hill, past parmentier (and around the Ethnika café) there are hundreds of small bars for you to also try out.


Le 50
50 Rue de Lancry , 75011
Metro : jacques bonsergent
A bit in the same style as the Kitch, but this place also has good wine, cheese plates, ginger flavoured beer and a series of rooms at the back for when it gets busy. It draws in a very diverse crowd (from 18 to 80) and each different barman has different taste in music.


The Marais

The Lizard Lounge
18 rue Bourg Tibourg 75004
metro: hotel de ville or St Paul
Owned by some English speakers, this one does tend to be a bit of an ex-pat or tourist haunt, but it has a nice vibe, has a mezzanine with board games, a downstairs bar, and some good standard cocktails.


Les étages
35 rue Vieille du Temple, 75004
metro: hotel de ville or St Paul
The barmen and women of this establishment stepped straight out of a world war II French resistance movie and spend more time posing than actually serving drinks, but that’s ok. Famous for strawberry mojitos.


L'Art Brut Bistrot ‎
78 Rue Quincampoix
metro: chatelet or rambuteau
One of my favourite wine bars in the centre of paris. It’s got a good selection and is always bustling.

Le Connétable ‎
55 Rue Archives
75003 Paris, France
metro: rambuteau or arts et metiers
It is a bar that never shuts, slowly collecting the dregs and remains of the night, usually a swarm of desperate, smoking men. It is part tavern, part someone’s home, you can smoke on the top floor, and the owners dogs are usually sitting around.

Le Duplex ‎
25 Rue Michel le Comte
75003 Paris, France
metro: rambuteau or arts et metiers
The gay version of the Connétable, it also shuts late (around 5am), and is designed to give you very strong cocktails, then set you up on the one long table where someone will come and say hi to you within a few minutes.

Les Souffleurs ‎
7 Rue Verrerie
75004 Paris, France
My new favourite gay bar, with friendly bar men, good music and a downstairs with strange video projections and djs. A slightly alternative crowd, the type of people who will end up at the Duplex at 2am (if they haven’t picked up).

More to come soon!

1 comment:

  1. An additional restaurant:

    Le restaurant des Poetes
    12 Passage Moliere 75003 Paris
    Metro Rambuteau

    Very friendy, great food, amazing Rosé (and I hate rosé).

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