With your host as your own personal elite Yelp Reviewer, let the smells of freshly baked baguettes guide you down Marché Bastille, where it’s totally acceptable to have oysters for breakfast, and fascinating fusion food is just around the corner – from Franco-Japanese to French-Korean. See classic bistros that have been reinvented and revived, like clown-themed restaurant Clown Bar – it’s far more glamorous than it sounds – or Au Passage, where tapas include calves’ brains and beef heart. As the sun sets, and Paris’s romance makes way for revelry, duck into one of the trendy, street-art plastered Oberkampf neighborhood’s lively bars for apéro - pick your poison - and a small plate of nibbles. 

The cobbled backstreets of Paris’s 11th arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine has stayed true to form and are rather revolutionary - when it comes to its food culture, that is. Home to some of the trendiest bars, most eclectic restaurants, very potent cocktails, the 11th is firmly on Paris’s food map. Stroll through the famous Marché Bastille market along the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir for fresh dishes from traiteurs (takeaway stalls) before heading east for to Rue de Charonne, the quirky, upscale district known for its boutiques, underground nightlife, and gastro-bistros. When you’re ready to relax, a view at nearby Le Perchoir – the secret rooftop bar with stunning 360-degree views of the capital – is the perfect place to do it.