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Snag a sunlit table to write your postcards home at this busy, timeless cafe facing Notre
Dame. Coffee, tea and inexpensive French comfort food - croque monsieur,
magret de ca-
nard
- make it an excellent place to linger and refuel.
PUB
LE PUB ST-HILAIRE
3pm-2am Mon-Thu, 3pm-4am Fri, 4pm-4am Sat, 4pm-
midnight Sun; Maubert-Mutualité)
'Buzzing' fails to do justice to the pulsating vibe inside this student-loved pub. Generous
happy hours last several hours and the place is kept packed with a trio of pool tables, board
games, music on two floors, hearty bar food and various gimmicks to rev up the party crowd
(a metre of cocktails, 'be your own barman' etc).
PUB
L'ACADÉMIE DE LA BIÈRE
10am-2am Sun-Thu,
to 3am Fri & Sat; Vavin or RER Pont Royal)
Serious students of Belgian beer should head to this 'beer academy' to try its 12 on tap or
choose from more than 300 bottled varieties, including Trappist (Monk-made) beers like
prized Westmalle, abbey beers including Grimbergen and Leffe, fruit beers, and Cantillon
gueuze
(double-fermented Lambic beer made in Brussels).
In true Belgian tradition, it also serves
moules
(mussels), delivered and cleaned each
morning, cooked in creative ways including with mustard, curry or roquefort, and served
continuously.
BAR
LE VIEUX CHÊNE
4pm-2am Sun-Thu, to 5am Fri & Sat;
Place
Monge)
This rue Mouffetard institution is reckoned to be Paris' oldest bar. Indeed, a revolutionary
circle met here in 1848 and it was a popular
bal musette
(dancing club) in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. These days it's a student favourite, especially during happy hour (4pm
to 9pm Tuesday to Sunday, and from 4pm until closing on Monday).
Resident DJs mix it up on Friday and Saturday nights.
CAFE
CAFÉ DELMAS
8am-2am Sun-
Thu, to 4am Fri & Sat;
;
Place Monge)
