Sit-down Saturday

A café in the old Marais district draws regulars from all over the city.

 

Quartier Les Halles

 

 A bicycle stand outside l'Église Saint-Eustache in the Les Halles district.

 

Street meet

 

 

Saturday at the rue Caulaincourt vide-grenier, a sort of swap meet-flea market that means, "empty attic."

View from inside

At Café La Palette, my go-to café when I lived nearby.

Cascade florale

This Left Bank corner café-restaurant changes its flowers with the seasons.

Artsy cozy

A café in Ménilmontant, former stomping ground of Yves Montand and Edith Piaf, holds its own in this rapidly evolving quartier.