L’Heure Gourmande

Tucked away inside the quiet passage Dauphine in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés L’Heure Gourmande serves up its traditional hot chocolate the old-fashioned way, in a chocolatière.

Here’s what the Boston Globe says about the hot chocolate served here:

“Although it… Read the rest

Les Deux Magots

Today frequented mainly by tourists, this legendary café is the former haunt of intellectuals and writers such as Paul Verlaine, Oscar Wilde, Guillaume Apollinaire, Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, to name only a few.

The café takes… Read the rest

Le Café Martini

Conveniently located just steps away from the Place des Vosges, Café Martini is a small and friendly café with a neighborhood feel.

A tranquil place by day it comes alive at night with live jazz, notably on Thursday evenings.

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Carette

Founder Jean Carette opened his tearoom on the place du Trocadéro in 1927.  His establishment rapidly gained a reputation as one of the most fashionable places in Paris to go for tea and pastries.

That popularity still holds true today.… Read the rest

Angelina

Founded in 1903 by the Austrian Antoine Rumpelmeyer, Angelina has been a Parisian institution for more than a century.

Located beneath the arcades of the busy rue de Rivoli, across from the Tuileries gardens, this tearoom is most famous for… Read the rest

Arnaud Larher

He’s been called the “Star of Montmartre,” and one look through the window of Arnaud Larher’s superb shop on rue Caulaincourt leaves no doubt as to why.

The huge selection of exquisite macarons, pastries and chocolates are presented in soft,… Read the rest

Jean-Paul Hévin

Jean-Paul Hévin is widely regarded as Paris’s leading chocolatier, a true chocolate artist whose creations include chocolate Eiffel Towers, chocolate cigars and even chocolate stiletto shoes.

Behind the plain-looking façade of his flagship chocolate store on the elite rue Saint-Honoré… Read the rest