Guidebook for Paris
Food Scene
Café Léa
5 Rue Claude BernardNicest café in the neighborhood.
Starbucks Coffee
118 Rue MongeIf you really need it.....
Great Chinese food from Shandong Province – this place is now just noodles and dumplings, and the restaurant is bigger and down the road. THE neighborhood Chinese restaurant.
9 localnici recomandă
Délices de Shandong
88 Bd de l'HôpitalGreat Chinese food from Shandong Province – this place is now just noodles and dumplings, and the restaurant is bigger and down the road. THE neighborhood Chinese restaurant.
Chez Van
65 Bd Saint-MarcelGreat Asian noodles, cheap prices, all-you-can-eat at lunch.....
Excellent food for cheap prices. One is opening up nearer, hopefully soon.
26 localnici recomandă
Tempero
5 Rue ClissonExcellent food for cheap prices. One is opening up nearer, hopefully soon.
The restaurant where we go more than anywhere else in the neighborhood, a great local Lebanese place. Daniel, the chef-owner, is super nice. Eat in, take-out – mmmmm!
Cocagne du Liban
180 Rue Jeanne d'ArcThe restaurant where we go more than anywhere else in the neighborhood, a great local Lebanese place. Daniel, the chef-owner, is super nice. Eat in, take-out – mmmmm!
Everything Else
Best baguettes! Get the baguette Monge. Bien cuit, bien sûr.
16 localnici recomandă
Le Boulanger de Monge
123 Rue MongeBest baguettes! Get the baguette Monge. Bien cuit, bien sûr.
Great neighborhood, very close, lots of tiny streets, small restaurants and bars, nightlife....
428 localnici recomandă
Butte-aux-Cailles
Great neighborhood, very close, lots of tiny streets, small restaurants and bars, nightlife....
Carrefour City
1 Rue HaxoOpen 7 days a week. Nice people.
Arènes de Lutèce
49 Rue MongeDon't miss this hidden Roman arena, now a park.
A wonderful little park and close-by neighborhood, with Paris's first "sky-scraper", the Tour Croulebarbe.
52 localnici recomandă
Square Rene-Le Gall
A wonderful little park and close-by neighborhood, with Paris's first "sky-scraper", the Tour Croulebarbe.
A shopping mall, nothing special by American standards, but convenient to have nearby.
338 localnici recomandă
Italie 2
30 Av. d'ItalieA shopping mall, nothing special by American standards, but convenient to have nearby.
Everyone's favorite Greek food, probably the best in Paris. Take out traiteur, a wine bar, a bistrot, and a fancy restaurant, all in this neighborhood. Not cheap, but great.
41 localnici recomandă
Mavrommatis Le Restaurant
42 Rue DaubentonEveryone's favorite Greek food, probably the best in Paris. Take out traiteur, a wine bar, a bistrot, and a fancy restaurant, all in this neighborhood. Not cheap, but great.
I shouldn't mention it because it's so well-known, but it's very close, a good place to go jogging......
1390 localnici recomandă
Jardin des Plantes
I shouldn't mention it because it's so well-known, but it's very close, a good place to go jogging......
Beautiful pool, one of the few with private dressing cabins. Worth it just for the architecture.
17 localnici recomandă
Le Quartier Sport
19 Rue de PontoiseBeautiful pool, one of the few with private dressing cabins. Worth it just for the architecture.
Another famous pool, indoor/outdoor, with it's own well where people can fill up on water that comes from very deep underground.....
89 localnici recomandă
Piscina Butte aux Cailles
5 Pl. Paul VerlaineAnother famous pool, indoor/outdoor, with it's own well where people can fill up on water that comes from very deep underground.....
Pool floating in the Seine with a nice deck in the summer.
124 localnici recomandă
Piscina Joséphine Baker
Quai François MauriacPool floating in the Seine with a nice deck in the summer.
Essentials
MONOPRIX SAINT MARCEL
54 Bd de l'HôpitalVery close!
A big, nice grocery store, more or less where indicated on this map.
10 localnici recomandă
Carrefour Market Paris Nationale
165 Rue NationaleA big, nice grocery store, more or less where indicated on this map.