Fréquence in Paris's 11e Bastille is the Matthieu Biron and Guillaume Quenza vinyl-only cocktail bar on Rue Keller, with 1980s funk-and-disco crates and a Japanese-inflected drinks list since 2018.
Tip: Cocktails €13-15; Friday-Saturday DJ sets run to 04:00. The four bar stools at the back are the listening spot.
Address: 20 Rue Keller, 75011 Paris
Le P'tit Garage in Paris's 11e Folie-Méricourt is the petrol-station-themed rock dive on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, with vintage moto memorabilia, €3 happy-hour pints and a regular gig calendar.
Tip: Happy hour 18:00-21:00, pints €3; live bands most Thursday-Saturday nights from 21:00.
Le Carmen in Paris's 9e Pigalle is the salons-and-alcoves cocktail bar in the 19th-century Bizet residence on Rue Duperré, with caryatid columns, DJ nights and acoustic sessions until 06:00.
Tip: Closed Sun-Mon; the first salon to the left is the calmer one. Cocktails €14-18.
Le P'tit Garage in Paris's 11e Folie-Méricourt is the petrol-station-themed rock dive on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, with vintage moto memorabilia, €3 happy-hour pints and a regular gig calendar.
Tip: Happy hour 18:00-21:00, pints €3; live bands most Thursday-Saturday nights from 21:00.
Aux Trois Mailletz in Paris's 5e Latin Quarter is the 13th-century medieval-cellar dive on Rue Galande, with a piano bar upstairs and a cabaret in the vaulted basement that runs until 05:00.
Tip: Cellar cabaret has a €20-25 cover plus drinks minimum; the upstairs piano bar is free entry from 19:00.
L'Intrépide in Paris's 9e Pigalle is the Demory-owned craft beer dive on Rue Pierre Fontaine near the Moulin Rouge, with 12 taps, a Pyrenean charcuterie board and a basement gig room.
Tip: 12 taps with six Demory pours; basement gigs and DJ nights run Thursday-Saturday. Pints from €6.
Aux Folies in Paris's 20e Belleville is the Rue de Belleville corner dive on the famed Rue Dénoyez street-art alley, open until 05:00 daily, with €4 pints and a terrace that runs the length of two streets.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00-24:00; the terrace fills first, the back room past midnight. Cash and card accepted.
Rex Club in Paris's 2e is the techno temple under the Grand Rex cinema since 1988, with a ceiling-mounted multidiffusion sound system and four nights a week of residents and bookings.
Tip: Door from 23:30 Wed-Sat; tickets €12-20 on Shotgun. Arrive before 01:00 for the floor before it packs.