The Best Bistros in France
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Rank 198. Chez Marcel
Bouchon
Chez Marcel is a Lyonnais-style bouchon in Saint-Germain, where the manager plays piccolo for birthdays and waltzes with the waitresses before service gets going. Gingham tablecloths, shoulder-to-shoulder tables, and a free plate of saucisson sec sliced thin enough to read through set the tone. Expect rich pork-heavy classics, a gravy with real structural ambitions, and a cheese board that needs its own zip code.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #198. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #198 Brasserie Lipp 59.520
- #198 Café Des Musées 59.520
- #198 Chez Marcel (this place) 59.520
- #198 Le Tourne Bouchon 59.520
- #198 Les Philosophes 59.520
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Rank 198. Le Tourne Bouchon
Bistro
This is a family-run bistro on Boulevard Raspail that quietly leads a double life: ordinary bistro fare most days, then couscous on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with refills of semolina until you wave a white flag. There are no reservations and nobody gets seated until the whole party shows up, so latecomers are on their own. Lines form early, and they come for the lamb shank, not the croque-monsieur.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #198. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #198 Brasserie Lipp 59.520
- #198 Café Des Musées 59.520
- #198 Chez Marcel 59.520
- #198 Le Tourne Bouchon (this place) 59.520
- #198 Les Philosophes 59.520
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Rank 198. Les Philosophes
Bistro
Les Philosophes is a corner café on the busy Rue Vieille du Temple that serves homemade bistro food all day, at prices that stay out of eye-watering territory. The onion soup is made with chicken stock, which makes it lighter than the usual brooding bowl, and the quiches come in bacon or vegetable. The croissants arrive from a good bakery up the road, with no surcharge for dunking one in your coffee. The terrace is where people linger and watch the street.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In The Marais
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In The Marais
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #198. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #198 Brasserie Lipp 59.520
- #198 Café Des Musées 59.520
- #198 Chez Marcel 59.520
- #198 Le Tourne Bouchon 59.520
- #198 Les Philosophes (this place) 59.520