Hoppy Corner sits at 34 Rue des Petits Carreaux in Paris, a craft beer bar in the Sentier quarter of the 2nd arrondissement with 15 taps and a long, narrow room. It belongs to the Hoppy Paris group, which runs several beer addresses across the city.
This is the bar for a drinker chasing rotating craft beer rather than a fixed house lager. In Your Pocket counts 15 taps of changing French and European beer, and the focus stays on the pour, with a board that turns over as kegs blow.
Hoppy Paris built its name on importing and pouring beer that the city's older cafes overlooked, and the Petits Carreaux room is the group's anchor in the centre. The rotating board favours small French producers, with guest taps from Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom rounding out the range, so the selection rewards a return visit a week or two later when the lines have changed.
The room. The space runs long and tight, with the tap wall behind the counter and a row of stools and tables down one side. The look is plain and beer-forward, a working bar built around the taps rather than the decor, which keeps the attention on what is pouring.
What to order. The move is to ask what landed this week and order a third or a pint off the rotating board, with pints sitting around 7 to 8 euros in line with Paris craft pricing. The 15 taps lean toward French microbreweries and European guests, so the surer path is to name a style, hoppy, sour or dark, and let the bar steer it. Bottles and cans fill out the list when the taps run thin.
Who it is for. Hoppy Corner suits a beer drinker after rotating taps, an after-work group near Montorgueil, and a visitor working through the 2nd arrondissement. It is the wrong call for a cocktail night or a large seated party, since the room is narrow and seats are limited.
Best time to go. Open from 5pm on weekdays and 2pm on Saturday, the bar fills after work as the Sentier offices empty, so an early arrival claims a seat at the counter. Saturdays run long and busy, and Sundays are dark, so a weeknight visit is the unhurried version.
Hoppy Corner ranks among the better-stocked Paris craft beer bars, and it fits a 2nd arrondissement night in our Paris bar guide. For the wider field, browse the best craft beer bars worldwide pillar.
The neighbourhood. Rue des Petits Carreaux is the northern run of the Montorgueil market street, a pedestrian stretch of cafes and food shops a short walk from Sentier and Bonne-Nouvelle metros. That puts Hoppy Corner in one of the 2nd's busiest eating-and-drinking quarters, easy to fold into a longer evening.
What regulars say. Reviewers on Tripadvisor and Foursquare return to the rotating taps, the knowledgeable staff and the range for a small room. The common caution is the space, since the bar is narrow and a busy night leaves standing room only near the door. Regulars time their visits for early in the week, when a fresh round of kegs has just gone on and a counter seat is still easy to claim, and several note that the staff are quick to pour a taster before a full glass is ordered.
The bottom line. Hoppy Corner is the Sentier case for rotating craft beer, a narrow bar where 15 changing taps do the talking. A drinker after the new and the local will find it well suited. Ask what landed this week, take a stool at the counter, and work the board.
