Le Petit Vendôme in Paris pulls baguette tradition split lengthwise, butter and Bayonne ham, for under €6. The classic Parisian counter sandwich, Monday to Friday.
Tip: Closed weekends. Take the sandwich to the Tuileries gardens five minutes south by foot.
Address: 8 Rue des Capucines, 75002 Paris
Chez Alain Miam Miam in Paris is the Marché des Enfants Rouges galette window. €13 buys a laminated-baguette galette built to order with farmer-named ingredients.
Try: Galette
Tip: Cash only. Arrive at 11:00 before the line forms; the galette is served from a bench seat.
Phở Bánh Cuốn 14 in Paris's 13e plates a €12 bowl of phở and a €14 bánh cuốn-and-rolls set. The broth runs 14 hours; bánh cuốn comes off the morning steamer.
Try: Phở
Tip: Order the phở tái nạm and bánh cuốn for two; the lunch queue moves fast, folds by 14:30.
King Falafel Palace in Paris is the Marais falafel rival to L'As, three doors up the same Rue des Rosiers. €8 sandwich, faster queue, six pita variations daily.
Try: Falafel pita
Tip: Open Saturdays unlike L'As. The aubergine-and-egg variant is the order if you want a switch-up.
Eyal Shani's Miznon in Paris's 4e plates roasted-cauliflower whole-head pita at €14 and a slow-cooked lamb shoulder pita at €18, with fries and a sit-down terrace.
Try: Stuffed pita
Tip: The whole-head roasted cauliflower is the order; takeaway is faster than the 15-seat counter.
Chez Michel in Paris cooks Breton-Norman regional set menus at €36 for three courses, no a la carte at all. Kig-ha-farz, fish soup, kouign-amann to finish.
Try: Set menu
Tip: The annex tables in the cave are the quieter option; book at least a week ahead for the cave seats.
Le Cinq Mars in Paris's 7e plates a €24 weekday lunch set: endive salad with Roquefort, plat du jour, dessert. The same kitchen runs the €60 dinner carte.
Try: Lunch set
Tip: Lunch is open to walk-ins; arrive at 12:30 to skip the gallery crowd that fills by 13:00.
