L'Annexe Bar on Rue Saint Bazile in Marseille's 1er is the Michel Piacenza follow-up to New Cancan, a small two-floor gay-and-friends room facing the Réformés-Canebière metro with daily happy hour from 17:00.
Tip: Happy hour 17:00-21:00 is the easy entry; the upstairs lounge is the quieter table after 22:00. Metro Réformés-Canebière at the door.
Address: 7 Rue Saint Bazile, 13001 Marseille
Double Zéro in Marseille's 5e Camas is the high-fidelity wine-and-vinyl bar on Rue Briffaut, with large-format speakers, a 100-percent natural-wine list and small plates from €7 in a warm dining-room setting.
Tip: Shared plates €7-29, wine by the glass €5-8; book a counter seat to see the turntable. Closed Tuesday-Wednesday.
Tangerine at the foot of Cours Julien in Marseille's 6e is the industrial loft record shop and listening space stocking 10,000-plus used records, with a coffee counter and a turntable wall for in-store sets.
Tip: Open until 19:00 only; check the in-store DJ calendar for Saturday afternoon vinyl-only sets. Coffees €3, no full bar.
Livingston in Marseille's 6e off the Cours Julien is the orange-wine bistro and vinyl bar with a tight natural-wine list, small-plate counter and a turntable that runs jazz, soul and tropicalia through the room from 19:15.
Tip: Glasses €5-9, tapas €9-16; the counter takes walk-ins, the dining bench is reservation only.
Au Petit Nice on Place Jean Jaurès in Marseille's 1er La Plaine is the institution-of-the-square dive run by former European boxing champion Richard Caramanolis, with a constantly packed terrace, wooden interior and pints under €5.
Tip: Pastis €2.50, pints €4.50; the terrace is the move from 18:00 onwards. Cash preferred for small rounds.
Bar de la Marine on the Quai de Rive Neuve in Marseille's 7e is the 1929 Vieux Port institution that doubled as Marcel Pagnol's Marius bar, with a 1930s interior of Marseille frescoes and model ships, open from breakfast to 02:00.
Tip: Order a mauresque on the terrace at sunset; the back room with the Pagnol fresco is the rainy-night option.
Bar des 13 Coins in Marseille's 2e Le Panier is the old quarter dive on Rue Sainte-Françoise with a pavement terrace under the pastel facades, cheap pastis and rolling-shutter regulars who carry the room past midnight.
Tip: Pastis €3, plat-du-jour at lunch under €15; the pavement tables are the move on warm nights, cash preferred.