Italian Tavolo
small and nice italian restaurant
39 quai des Bourdonnais
75001 Paris
Châtelet (1)
Père Fouettard
french cuisine, noble but not expensive
9 rue Pierre Lescot
75001 Paris
Les Halles (4)
Le café
small hip french restaurant
62, rue Tiquetonne
75002 Paris
Etienne Marcel (4)
Le riz qui rit
very small real corean style restaurant, menu 9 Euros
142 rue Saint Denis
75002 Paris
Réaumur Sébastopol (4)
Juji-ya
nice japanese shop and restaurant with take-away
46 rue Sainte Anne
75002 Paris
Pyramides (14)
Kiwi Zen
chinese restaurant, big soup 6 Euros
17 boulevard de Temple
75003 Paris
République (5, 8, 9, 11), Filles du Calvaire (8)
Le Loir dans la théière
gay grandma style french coffeeshop with tart and cake
3, rue des Rosiers
75004 Paris
Saint Paul (11)
Maoz
self service Falafel take away
8, rue Xavier Privas
75005 Paris
Saint Michel (4)
Seoul 88
original corean family restaurant
59 rue de Lancry
75010 Paris
République (3, 5, 8, 11)
Ganesha Corner
sri lankan restaurant
16 rue Perdonnet
75010 Paris
La Chapelle (2)
Ossek Garden
traditional corean cuisine, menu 20 Euros
14 rue Rampon
75011 Paris
République (5, 8, 9, 11), Parmentier (3)
Rotisserie
A worker's restaurant where you can eat between 12h and 14h. Every evening between 20h and 23h a different NGO serves food to finance their work.
4 rue Sainte Marthe
75010 Paris
http://larotisserie.org
Belleville (2, 11)
Tien Hiang 2
asian vegetarian restaurant, closed on wednesdays
14 rue Bichat
75010 Paris
http://www.tien-hiang.fr/
Goncourt (11)
Tien Hiang
asian vegetarian restaurant, closed on mondays
92 rue du Chemin Vert
75011 Paris
http://www.tien-hiang.fr/
Voltaire (9)
Rouleau de Printemps
chinese restaurant, popular, open 11-15, 19-23
42 rue des Tourtilles
75011 Paris
Belleville (2, 11)
Il Sannio
fine small italian restaurant
247 avenue Daumesnil
75012 Paris
http://ilsannio.fr/
Michel Bizot (8)
Green Garden
vegetarian asian restaurant, closed on tuesdays
20 rue Nationale
75013 Paris
http://www.greengarden.fr/
Porte d'Ivry (7)
La coopérative
fair trade bar and restaurant with concerts and more
7, rue Lagille
75018 Paris
http://www.myspace.com/la_cooperative
Guy Moquet (13)
FREE MUSEUMS
Lots of museums have free entrance on every first sunday of the month.
Catacombs
Visit the part of more than 140m² of the Paris catacombs that is open to the public.
1, avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris
http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/
Denfert-Rocherau (4)
Maison européenne de la photographie
free entry every wednesday evening
4 rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris
http://mep-fr.org
Saint Paul (1)
Palais de Tokyo
open late (0:00) every day except monday, exhibitions, bar & great view on the city
13, avenue du Président Wilson, 75008 Paris
http://palaisdetokyo.fr/
Iéna (9)
Mosque of Paris
You can follow a guided tour through the big mosque of Paris, go to the hamam here or just have a cup of tea and sweets inside the café.
2, bis place du puits de l'Ermite, 75005 Paris
http://www.mosquee-de-paris.org
Place Monge (7)
Arènes de Lutèce
There is not much to see of this ancient roman amphitheatre. However, if you come by, take a look.
Arènes de Lutèce on Wikipedia.org
Place Monge (7)
Foucault's pendulum
observe the original pendulum of Foucault in the Musée des Arts et Métiers, or, more specifically, in the church to which you get access through the museum only. The church's paintings are very interesting, they are from the time of the french revolution.
http://www.arts-et-metiers.net
Arts et Métiers (3, 11)
Batofar
a red boat on the Seine, electronic music, house music
75013 Paris
http://www.batofar.org/
Quai de la Gare (6)
Instants Chavirés
a place for experimental music
7, rue Richard Lenoir
Montreuil
http://www.instantschavires.com/
Porte de Montreuil (9)
Java
underground club, Electronic Music
105, Rue du Faubourg du Temple
75010 Paris
http://www.la-java.fr/
Belleville (2, 11)
Mecanique ondulatoire
punk & rock & new wave & funk & bar
8 passage Thiéré
75011 Paris
Bastille (1, 5, 8)
Miroiterie
old squatted place, Punk, Noise
boulevard Ménilmontant
75020 Paris
http://lamiroit.free.fr/
Ménilmontant (2)
Les voutes
garden, bar and concert room under arched roofs in one of the last old style buildings of the bibliothèque area
19 rue des Frigos
75013 Paris
http://lesvoutes.org
Quai de la gare (6)
Zorba
typical Belleville bar, sometimes Electronic Music in the cellar
137, Rue du Faubourg du Temple
75010 Paris
Belleville (2, 11)
Studio Galande
is one of the last 2 cinemas in the world that has The Rocky Horror Picture Show regularly programmed (every friday and saturday night).
42 rue Galande
75005 Paris
http://www.studiogalande.fr/
Saint Michel (4)
Bobines sociales
very nice small documentary film festival, around january every year
http://www.bobines-sociales.org/
Cinéma du réel
documentary film festival, around march every year
http://www.cinemadureel.org/
Arobase café
This is a nice place with free wireless acces and food. open until 19h, closed on sundays
101 rue de Chevaleret
75013 Paris
http://arobasecafe.com/
Bibliothèque F. Mittérand (14)
La Cantine
This is a co-working space which serves coffee, hidden in a very nice passage. Working here costs 10€ per day. open from 9-18, closed on weekends.
151 rue Montmartre, passage des panoramas
75002 Paris
http://lacantine.org/
Grands Boulevards (8, 9)
Ace Mat
corean/japanese supermarket in rue Ste Anne, street with lots of japanese restaurants
63, rue Sainte Anne, 75002 Paris
Pyramides (14)
Librairie Un regard moderne
comic books, art books, exhibitions, fetish magazines, fanzines...
rue Git-le-Coeur, 75005 Paris
Saint Michel (4)
http://unregardmoderne.com
Bimbo Tower
experimental, noise, electronic music records
5 passage Saint-Antoine, 75011 Paris
Bastille (1, 5, 8)
http://bimbo.tower.free.fr/
Le Monte en l'air
comic book store
71 rue de Ménilmontant, 75020 Paris
Ménilmontant (2)
http://lemontenlair.free.fr/
Librairie Thé-Troc
comic books & tea shop
70 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris
Oberkampf (5)
http://www.myspace.com/thetrocparis
Centre commercial Olympiades
asian (mostly chinese) supermarkets, music, kitchen goods, clothing
avenue d'Ivry, 75013
Porte d'Ivry (7)
Flea Market Montreuil
saturdays and sundays
Porte de Montreuil
By bike or by boat
Consider using a Vélib-bike and the boat shuttles Vogueo or Batobus to get around.
Marais/Latin quarter
Walk from Metro Hôtel de Ville north (or stop by the Saint Jacques Tower beforehand), through the gay quarter, le Marais, take the rue des Rosiers, a historical jewish area in Paris, eat at L'As du Falafel or at Le Loir dans la théière, visit the Maison Européenne de la Photographie or the Jewish Museum. Walk further through the rue Francois Miron to the Saint Gervais church south to the Seine where you find a small parc. You can go on, pass by Notre Dame and shop for books at Shakespeare & Co. or Un regard moderne in the Latin Quarter.
Ménilmontant
thursday : From metro station Oberkampf walk up the hip (and somewhat boring) rue Oberkampf or rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud (stop by at Thé-Troc), to get to Ménilmontant, go to the Parc de Belleville and love the nice view over the city.
Belleville
friday : walk from Metro République towards the canal Saint Martin. You may sit down here in the sun, or in one of the numerous cafés. walk by the hospital Saint Louis, through the rue Sainte Marthe towards Belleville on your right. Go shopping in the chinese shops or and the Belleville Market (on fridays) take a rest in one of the bars. You may walk back through the nice rue du Faubourg du Temple.
Montreuil
saturday, sunday or monday : After a trip to the Montreuil Flea Market you may want to visit the Château de Vincennes or the forest of Vincennes.
Pantin/Mouzaïa
Start a bike trip from République, following the Canal Saint Martin on its left side until Jaurès, then switch sides and cross the Parc de la Villette until Pantin. Go back to Paris by metro or cross Le Pré Saint Gervais or Porte de Pantin to get back to the nice 19th quarter. Finish the day in or around the Parc des Buttes Chaumont.