Le Bon Georges in Paris's 9e cooks farmer-named meat and a tarte tatin worth ordering before the main: the kitchen prep includes a 12-hour rest on the apples.
OrderCôte de bœuf for two from a named Limousin farm, tarte tatin with crème fraîche.
TipThe wine list is small but well-chosen; ask the waiter rather than the sommelier.
Bouillon Chartier has run a workers' canteen of a brasserie in Paris's 9e since 1896. The menu still puts œuf mayonnaise on for less than €3.
OrderŒuf mayonnaise, hachis Parmentier, baba au rhum.
TipThe queue moves; arrive at 11:30 for lunch or 18:30 for dinner and you sit fast.
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.
TipClosed Sun-Mon; the first salon to the left is the calmer one. Cocktails €14-18.
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.
Tip12 taps, happy hour 18:00 to 21:00, and a basement room of about 60 where groups can plug in their own playlist.
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