8 Spots Where You'll Find All the It Girls in Paris

By day, this mazelike venue hidden down an alley near the Canal Saint-Martin is a coffee shop, gallery, and vintage store. By night, it’s a tiki bar with DJs spinning West African tunes to a packed dance floor.

80 quai de Jemmapes, 331-4488-2448; lecomptoirgeneral.com

The new age food craze is thriving at this Upper Marais café, where plants dangle from the ceiling and laptop-toting creative types linger over açaï bowls, organic cold-pressed juices, and frothy matcha lattes.

55 rue Charlot, 339-5180-2233; wildandthemoon.com

Some call the menu Australian, some American. But everyone agrees that the creamy flat whites, horseradish-spiked Bloody Marys, and bacon-topped pancakes with house-made bourbon butter at this subway-tiled brekkie spot are the best hangover cure in town.

19 rue Lucien Sampaix, no phone; holybel.ly

You’ll be dreaming of tarte au citron for months to come after just one visit to this corner pâtisserie, where an industrial, open-air design allows a behindthe-scenes peek at famed pastry chef Benoît Castel doing his thing.

150 rue de Ménilmontant, 331-4636-1382; libertepatisserieboulangerie.com

If you tire of bubbly and Bordeaux, head to this Brooklyn-esque bar in the trendsetting Pigalle area for thoughtful craft cocktails.

4 rue Bochart de Saron, 331-4874-6538; artisan-bar.fr

This new addition to Michelin-starred chef Bertrand Grébaut’s string of buzzy dining destinations in the 11th arrondissement has all the makings of a memorable date spot: low lighting, intimate seating, and seafood-centric small plates meant to be shared. 

80 rue de Charonne, 331-4372-7453; septime-charonne.fr

Sure, the name is cheeky, but the refined, veg-friendly menu is anything but lowbrow. Arrive early, order the asparagus risotto and lamb balls with yogurt sauce, then watch as the Instagram-friendly white room fills up.

47 rue Saint-Maur, 339-5138-7489; ballsrestaurant.com

The team behind hipster mainstay Le Mary Celeste opened this photogenic Korean-style restaurant last year, and its steamed pork buns and fried chicken slathered in chili sauce have kept the plaid-walled dining room packed ever since.

289 rue Saint-Denis, no phone; quixotic-projects.com/venue/hero