Editorial
Paris's bar scene has caught up with — and in places overtaken — London's. The Marais cluster (Little Red Door, Candelaria, Sherry Butt) was the catalyst; the diaspora of those bartenders has fanned out across the city in the decade since. The 10 below are where our European editor goes when she's in town. They span Marais to Pigalle, with two essential hotel-bar entries the city demands you make space for.
Café de la Nouvelle Mairie sits on a quiet square below the Pantheon and claims to be the first natural wine bar in Paris. Punch and David Lebovitz both send readers for the Beaujolais and the terrace.
Le Garde Robe pours natural wine to a standing-room crowd near the Louvre on rue de l’Arbre Sec. Paris by Mouth rates the charcuterie and the chalkboard list.
Group the 3rd arrondissement bars (Little Red Door, Candelaria, Sherry Butt) into one walk; they're within five minutes of each other. The Pigalle entries (Le Syndicat, Dirty Dick) work as a separate evening. Hotel Costes is its own thing — go for the music programming as much as for the drinks.
European Editor — based in London. Twelve years across Soho, Marais and Mitte. Strong opinions about ice.