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Que du Bonheur at Rosa Bonheur

Located inside the Buttes-Chaumont park, this bar / restaurant is Paris outside of Paris, an ideal place to go to watch the sun set over the city.

You can either sit on the grass with your friends on the hill right under the bar or join the festivities inside, as they play music of the likes of Benitez and Nebula, David Bowie, Jennifer Cardinni, Jacques Brel, and Siouxie & The Banshees.

Saturday nights are a must in the summer.

20 Terraces

1. Café Marly, 1er
2. Café Suedois, 4e
3. Tokyo Eat, 16e
4. Les Deux Magots, 6e
5. Corcorans 18e
6. Stolly's, 4e
7. Chez Prune, 10e
8. Andy Wahloo, 3e
9.  Café Carette, 16e
10. Café de la Mosquée de Paris, 5e
11. La Mer à Boire, 20e
12. Point Ephèmere, 10e
13. Le Pause Café, 11e
14. Batofar, 13e
15. Café Sancerre, 18e
16. Le Mini Palais, 8e
17. L'Entrepôt, 14e
18. Point Ephémère, 10e
19. Le Soleil, 20e
20. Bar du Marché 6e

Drawing by Francis van der Riet

Bob's Juice Bar

For those who know of Bob's Juice Bar in the 10th arrondissement, a new one has opened on rue des Gravilliers in the Arts & Metiers area. This is the place to go for healthy vegetarian fast-food. Get your wheat-grass drinks and smoothies starting from 3 euros, menus including salads and sandwiches at 9 euros.

Bob's Juice Bar
15, rue Lucien Sampaix
75010 Paris

74 rue des Gravilliers NEW!
75003 Paris

Oh la la!

Located right by Place de la République, this old workshop has been newly transformed into a bar / restaurant / loft, opening tomorrow.

One half of the space will be decked out in Space Invaders, the other half will be a hub for artists including eBoy, the musical ambiance composed by Béatrice Ardisson.

Food will involve classic French dishes with an innovative twist. We're hoping that Oh la la, will taste as good as it looks!

Le Piano Vache

Will Hutchins writing for I V Y paris

Paris is certainly not lacking when it comes to chic cafés or à la mode wine bars but if you’re hankering after a rather more alternative establishment in which to hang out with friends over a beer or une verre de vin, then take yourself down to Le Piano Vache.

Tucked away on the attractive cobbled side-street rue Laplace in the shadow of Le Panthéon, this marvelously monickered bar is a hideout for all those with a penchant for punk, new wave and metal.

Though don’t expect to find it chock-a-block with long hair drinkers clad in t-shirts emblazoned with the names of Norwegian death metal bands, or even bald old punks in Crass t-shirts.

Instead you will be welcomed by a busy mish-mash of laissez-faire people and a lively atmosphere. It is also very much a student hangout as it is reasonably priced, yet not the very cheapest of drinking venues in Paris, with pints costing €5 before nine and €5.50 after, while alcools et cocktails cost an extra euro.

20 Bars

1. La Perle
2. L'Alimentation Générale
3. Les Taulières
4. L'International
5. Le César
6. Le Fanfaron
7. Rosa Bonheur
8. Le Magnifique
9. Truskel
10. Aux Noctambules
11. Le Tania Club
12. Black Calavados
13. Experimental Cocktail Club
14. Mama Shelter
15. Curio Parlor
16. Le China
17. Andy Wahloo
18. Aux Folies
19. Bar Du Plaza Athénée
20. Ave Maria

Photo: Critik Paris

L'Etrange Noël at L'International

Watch out for this indie rock spot in 2009. An old PMU turned bar, this place will hold concerts every night except for Mondays, introducing local bands like Jericho Revolt, and Rodeo. Full program on their Myspace.

Note: Drinks are cheap as the Marseillais owner wants to avoid Parisian pricing.

Also don't miss out on their after X-Mas concert on December 26 with Les Pussies and David Carroll.

Free entry. Starts at 20:00.

L'International Bar
5 rue Moret
75011 Paris

Rose Bakery in the Marais

Daniel Scheffler writing for I V Y paris
 
With sanctuaries like these, the trick is to keep breathing. The light knight has saved me to a place beyond.

The best coffee in paris, the darkest chocolate and the tarts parading the shelves with vestibular influence. A meeting rectangle for old friends and being sat down at an already bubbling table with one seat to spare and making all together new friends carry the ethos of this bakery.

It's modern paris, it's revived and left the victorian classic drizzle behind, with fresh food and invested staff. Order a latte, scribble on your brown paper place mat and listen to even the French clients speaking english.

Ave Maria

Up over in the 11th, before you hit Oberkampf and Ménilmontant, is Ave Maria.
Hearty meals of Latin American, Asian, Creole, and Caribbean fusion foods have names like "Woman on Top" and "Amélie Poulet".

Here you'll find Buddha, Shiva, and Jesus along a hangline of bathing suits strung across the ceiling. The music includes a mix of 311, the Cure, and Dre.

A festive, atypical restaurant and hang out. Come early to reserve your table.

Ave Maria
1, Rue Jacquard
75011 Paris

Le China

In the Bastille there are many great bars but a dearth of slightly more, shall we say, glossy drinkeries. Le China's colonial décor reminicent of 1930's Shanghai and a beautifully lit interior make this perfect for intimate and mildly fancy rendezvous. 

Re-vamped by Jean-François Roux, (owner of Chez Janou by Place des Vosges) "Le China" (aka The China Club) has great cocktails and a Franco-Asian fusion resto upstairs.

Le China
50 rue de Charenton
75012 

Tel: 01 43 46 08 09