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BAR, CAFE
LA MARINE
7.30am-2am Mon-Fri, from 8.30am Sat & Sun; ; République)
A large, airy hang-out overlooking Canal St-Martin, La Marine has been multitasking as a
cafe, restaurant and bar for years now, and offers a good cross-section of the neighbourhood
population.
FRENCH
LE CHANSONNIER
01 42 09 40 58;
www.lechansonnier.com
;
14 rue Eugène Varlin, 10e; lunch/
dinner menus €12.20/26;
lunch & dinner Mon-Fri, dinner only Sat & Sun;
Château Landon or Louis
Blanc)
The 'Singer' (named after the 19th-century Lyonnais socialist singer-songwriter Pierre
Dupont) could be a film set, with its curved zinc bar and art-nouveau mouldings. Refresh-
ingly unhip, the food is old-school French and very substantial with mains that range from
noix St-Jacques provençal
(scallops in herbed tomato sauce) and bouillabaisse to
daube de
sanglier
(boar stew).
AFRICAN
JAMBO
7.30-10.30pm daily; Belleville)
This charming restaurant, decorated with shields and masks from different parts of Africa,
was opened by a former aid worker and his Rwandan wife. The menu is inspired by central
African cuisine; many of the ingredients are imported direct from Kigali, the Rwandan cap-
ital.
BRASSERIE, BAR
LA ROTONDE
19e; mains €14-22, bar food from €3.50; 10am-2am Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun; ; Stalingrad)
Overlooking the Bassin de la Villette, this striking 18th-century edifice went from customs
station to police barracks to salt warehouse before its most recent conversion in late 2011 to
hip new brasserie. The light-filled circular atrium is the show stealer, but the casual bar-cafe
(opens 6pm) with inexpensive meals is what draws in the crowds.
BRASSERIE
TERMINUS NORD
01 42 85 05 15; 23 rue de Dunkerque, 10e; mains €18.50-35.50, menus €28
& €34.50;
7.30am-midnight;
Gare du Nord)
