Best Bars at Canal Saint-Martin, Paris
Terrace cocktail bars, natural wine, summer canal nights — the best outdoor drinking in Paris.
Canal Saint-Martin has the best summer outdoor drinking in Paris. The water, the iron footbridges, the pavement terraces along Quai de Valmy — between May and September the canal becomes one big open-air bar.
Eight canal picks for a long summer evening that starts with sunset and ends after midnight.
The best bars in Canal Saint-Martin
Le Comptoir Général
Multi-room canal bar in a former warehouse. Cocktails, food, occasional concerts. Pay-what-you-want entrance.
Chez Prune
Quai de Valmy café-bar that locals consider the canal HQ. Coffee until 6pm, drinks after, the canal terrace default.
Chez Adel
Tiny canal-side wine bar with cheap natural wines and live cabaret on weekends. The most local-feeling bar on the canal.
Le Verre Volé
Rue de Lancry natural wine bar that started the Paris natural wine movement in 2002. Tiny, perfect, busy.
Hôtel du Nord
Quai de Jemmapes hotel bar from the famous 1938 film. Period interior, classic cocktails, full canal heritage.
Sunset Sunside
Rue des Lombards (technically just south of canal) jazz club. Two-room concept — Sunset for electric, Sunside for acoustic.
Holybelly
Rue Lucien Sampaix all-day café-bar. Coffee from 8am, cocktails after 5pm, canal-adjacent neighbourhood default.
Le Cinquante
Quai de Valmy natural wine bar with serious by-the-glass list. Pavement terrace, late-night canal default.
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