24 < french > things to put in your mouth in 2024: < les cocktails >
raise a glass to an election year almost everywhere [france proper gets a pass on this one but we still have EU elections] so << it's five o'clock somewhere >> philosophy applies shamelessly.
Chéries,
Putting things into your mouth is a good way to gain perspective. Too many things in your mouth? Time slows down, or stops, depending on the things / quantity. However, it’s 2024 and we are not giving up. Today we discuss our favorite cocktails in Paris. Less a discussion and more of a dictate, I suppose, as dictatorships are kind of a trend.
Mode d’emploi: read, pick a neighborhood, click maps, get a table, order, open mouth, sip in moderation / good health. Eat, drink and be Paris... [it rhymes en Français.]
This < paris : edit > could not come sooner — we have been legit having a cocktail moment here in France. It doesn’t slow down our romance with le vin — the Jesus juice is still « numero un » a paris. But clever mixologists and cozy spots are « au courant ». Even the faux-speakeasy scene is still trundling along despite our fatigue for silly trends. Click through for other neighborhood recs but bind ye not to our decrees on what to order — you do you. (Except for the bar Bisou — they have no menu, you only tell them your mood or give them a keyword. Last time I went my note was, « arrogance » and I was given a rich and heady rum cocktail dusted with gold powder. Pas mal. Your mileage may certainly vary.
Let’s « tchin-tchin » the EDIT : 24 for 2024 » » »
< fifty/fifty >
must try cocktail: forever young
mood: neighborhood boudoir
74 rue jean-pierre timbaud // oberkampf // 11th arrondissement
< pamela popo >
must try cocktail: le lemon incest
mood: retro-chic + friendly neighborhood spot
15 rue francois miron // le marais // 4th arrondissement
< bisou >
must try cocktail: le DIY
mood: indecorous
15 blvd du temple // haut marais // 3rd arrondissement
< l’officine du louvre >
must try cocktail: le bigaradier
mood: the hotel bar gets a reputation overhaul
1 pl. andré malraux // louvre/rivoli/tuileries // 1st arrondissement
< cravan >
must-try cocktail: the birne
mood: design-first space — faux humility meets chic real estate
17 Rue Jean de la Fontaine // passy / la muette // 16th arrondissement
165 Bd Saint-Germain // st.germain-des-pres // 6th arrondissements
< l’épicier >
must try cocktail: tête du blend
mood: can you keep a secret? we can’t — give those boxes a yank
24 rue notre dame de nazareth // république // 10th arrondissement
< sister midnight >
must try cocktail: colombe sans plumes
mood: drag + drink
4 rue viollet-le-duc // pigalle // 9th arrondissement
< abricot >
must try cocktail: hot bitch
mood: chic / chicas
189 rue saint-maur // belleville // 20th arrondissement
< dirty lemon >
must try cocktail: it girl
mood: came for the cocktails, stayed for all the food
24 rue de la folie méricourt // folie-mericourt // 11th arrondissement
< mistinguett >
must try cocktail: a star is born
mood: throwback luxe
16 rue de clichy // pigalle // 9th arrondissement
< le très particulier >
must try cocktail: le très particulier
mood: in the know
23 av. junot pavillon d // montmartre // 18th arrondissement
< combat >
must try cocktail: minto martini
mood: off the beaten path
63 rue de belleville // belleville // 20th arrondissement
< the 46 bar >
must try cocktail: the pink club
mood: new york lovers unite
46 rue rené boulanger // république // 10th arrondissement
< le fumoir >
must try cocktail: between the sheets
mood: in the shadow of the louvre
6 rue de l’amiral de coligny // louvre/rivoli/tuileries // 1st arrondissement
< rosebud >
must try cocktail: anything with their tobacco liqueur
mood: okay boomers
11 rue delambre // montparnasse // 6th arrondissement
< le résistance >
must try cocktail: elisa cobbler
mood: underground cave aims to please
16 rue sainte-croix de la bretonnerie // le marais // 4th arrondissement
< experimental cocktail club >
must try cocktail: kiwipedia
mood: OG mixologists
37 rue saint-sauveur // montorgueil // 2nd arrondissement
< prescription cocktail club >
must try cocktail: garavani
mood: woo + velvet
23 rue mazarine // st. germain des prés // 6th arrondissement
< bluebird >
must try cocktail: veridis quo
mood: little jazzy spot inspired by the 50’s
12 rue saint-bernard // faidherbe/charonne/aligre // 11th arrondissement
< le perchoir ménilmontant >
must try cocktail: lipstick revival
mood: there are still social scenes apparently
14 rue crespin du gast // oberkampf/folie-méricourt // 11th arrondissement
< la caravane >
must try cocktail: la omaha
mood: neighborhood dive with character to spare
35 rue de la fontaine au roi // oberkampf // 11th arrondissement
< l’herbarium >
must try cocktail: neospresso martini
mood: see and be seen...by tourists mostly, but chic nonetheless
243 rue saint-martin // haut marais // 3rd arrondissement
< castor club >
must try cocktail: señor flores
mood: secretive, dark n moody
14 rue hautefeuille // jardin du luxembourg // 6th arrondissement
< harry’s new york bar >
must try cocktail: harry’s pick me up
mood: old school but keeping up with the times
5 rue daunou // sentier/covered passages/bourse // 2nd arrondissement
et voila, the first drop in a series of 24 things to put in your mouth in 2024. disclaimer: all recs expire at midnight on december 31.
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Merciiii !
These places look gorgeous
Cheers to 24 for 24!!! I'm impatiently drooling :0-- Merci <3