# Best Cafes in Paris

Paris's most storied café rooms and its newer specialty-coffee addresses, from the Existentialists' Saint-Germain haunts to the 2010s roasters that built a craft-coffee scene. · community starter list

A list of the 8 best cafes in Paris, including Café de Flore (Saint-Germain, Paris). No votes cast yet — ordered as entries were added, and voting decides the order from here — last updated Aug 18, 2026.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [France](/france.md) / Paris
**Updated:** 2026-08-18 04:26:30

1. **[Café de Flore](/e/662.md)** (cafe) — Saint-Germain café opened in 1885 that became the wartime headquarters of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir; still a literary landmark today. — score 0
2. **[Les Deux Magots](/e/663.md)** (cafe) — Opened in 1885 opposite Café de Flore and named for two Chinese figurines inside; former haunt of Hemingway, Picasso and the Existentialist crowd. — score 0
3. **[Angelina](/e/664.md)** (cafe) — Belle Époque tea room on rue de Rivoli since 1903, famous for its thick 'chocolat l'Africain' hot chocolate and the meringue-topped Mont-Blanc pastry. — score 0
4. **[Ten Belles](/e/665.md)** (cafe) — Tiny specialty coffee bar and bakery beside the Canal Saint-Martin, open since 2012; a founding address of the Paris craft-coffee movement. — score 0
5. **[Coutume Café](/e/666.md)** (cafe) — Specialty coffee roaster and café near Le Bon Marché, opened 2010 by Tom Clark; roasts single-origin beans on site and helped launch Paris's coffee scene. — score 0
6. **[Café de la Paix](/e/667.md)** (cafe) — Historic Napoleon III-era café opposite the Palais Garnier opera house, opened 1862; a listed historic monument once frequented by Hugo and Hemingway. — score 0
7. **[La Caféothèque](/e/668.md)** (cafe) — Coffee roastery, shop and tasting space near the Seine founded in 2000 by Gloria Montenegro, roasting single-origin beans from over twenty countries. — score 0
8. **[Café Kitsuné](/e/669.md)** (cafe) — Minimalist coffee bar inside the Jardin du Palais-Royal arcades, run by fashion label Maison Kitsuné since 2013; known for espresso and matcha drinks. — score 0

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