Best Coffee Shops in Paris

Paris ran on bitter espresso in a good room for most of the twentieth century. A specialty wave from around 2010 built a second, serious scene alongside it, and both are worth visiting.

Canal Saint-Martin (10th & 11th)

The densest cluster of specialty cafés in Paris, from Ten Belles, opened 2010, to Holybelly on rue Lucien Sampaix.

Le Marais

Design-led specialty spots with filter coffee and single-origin pour-overs.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The literary terrace cafés, Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots, where the chair, not the cup, is the point.

Montmartre & the 18th

Café Lomi opened as a café and roastery in 2011 and anchors the hill’s filter bars.

7th arrondissement

Coutume on rue de Babylone is one of the founding Left Bank roasters.

South Pigalle

KB CaféShop, one of the shops that started the city’s specialty wave around 2010.