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An espresso at a zinc counter on Rue Montorgueil, the terraces of Boulevard Saint-Germain, and roasters’ bars along the Canal Saint-Martin and in the Marais.
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Order un café in Paris and you get a small black espresso, often drunk standing at the zinc (counter) of a neighborhood bar. Across 58 Paris bars in an October 2026 price survey, a café averaged €2.32, and the 9e and 12e were among the cheapest arrondissements at €2.10.1 Coffee has been sold on the Left Bank since 1686, when the Sicilian Procopio Cutò moved his business to today’s Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie; his café, Le Procope, drew Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin before it closed in 1872.2
Specialty coffee arrived much later. Gloria Montenegro opened Soluna Cafés, now La Caféothèque, near the Hôtel de Ville in 2005, Lomi began roasting in 2010, and Ten Belles opened by the Canal Saint-Martin in 2012.3 These bars keep daytime hours, and nearly all of them close by 19:00, while brasseries and café-tabacs (cafés with a tobacco counter) often run from 07:00 until 02:00.
Paris has 20 arrondissements, numbered in a clockwise spiral from the center, and the last two digits of a postcode give the number: 75011 is the 11e.10 Since June 2020 the first four have shared one town hall as Paris Centre.10 Café habits shift between them, from the literary terraces of the 6e to the specialty bars of the Marais and the Canal Saint-Martin.

Café Marly under the Louvre arcades, Angelina on Rue de Rivoli, Verlet’s 1880 roastery and late counters around Châtelet.
142 cafés
Rue Montorgueil’s counters, the covered passages and specialty bars on Rue Tiquetonne and Rue d’Argout.
111 cafés
Place des Vosges, Rue des Archives and a long run of specialty bars from Boot Café to Partisan.
254 cafés
Mint tea at the Grande Mosquée, the bookshop café on Rue de la Bûcherie and student counters on Rue Monge.
138 cafés
Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore and La Palette, with specialty bars around Odéon.
106 cafés
The Palais Garnier and the grands magasins, Passage Jouffroy and Rue des Martyrs up to South Pigalle.
149 cafés
The canal’s locks, Ten Belles and HolyBelly, and late counters on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis.
161 cafés
Rue Saint-Maur and Rue Oberkampf bars, Bastille brasseries and specialty cafés such as Passager and COMETS.
259 cafés
Café des 2 Moulins on Rue Lepic, La Maison Rose on Rue de l’Abreuvoir and Café Lomi on Rue Marcadet.
140 cafés
Counters on Rue de Belleville and Rue de Ménilmontant, the view from the Parc de Belleville and late bars on Rue des Cascades.
99 cafés
Roasters and brew bars from the upper Marais to the Canal Saint-Martin and Avenue Trudaine.
37 cafés
Sidewalk tables from Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine to Place Saint-Germain des Prés, with summer terraces until 22:00.
755 cafés
Cafés and brasseries that pour past midnight, from Bastille and Rue Lepic to Rue Montmartre.
363 cafés
Station brasseries and corner zincs pouring the first coffee by 06:00, from Gare de Lyon to Nation.
38 cafés
Wi-Fi cafés from Boulevard Diderot to Rue Monge, and the coffee bars that keep laptops out.
164 cafés
Tartines at the zinc and weekend brunch in Batignolles, SoPi and the Latin Quarter.
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The default order, un café, brings an espresso; un double doubles it and an allongé stretches it with water.4 Un crème is the milky coffee of breakfast, a noisette is an espresso with a spot of cream, and a déca is decaf.4 Milk drinks belong to the morning: after lunch or dinner, Parisians take a plain café once dessert is finished.4
Where you drink changes the price. A café has to show, legibly and visible from the street, the counter and seated prices of its most common drinks and dishes, black coffee and draft beer among them, and a matching board inside.5 Compare the two columns before you take a table.
Service is already in the price. Under a 1987 order on price display, menus state that prices are service compris (service included), with the rate charged, and anything extra is a voluntary tip.6 Waiters in France are salaried, so rounding up the bill or leaving a few euros is plenty.7
Laptop habits differ from café to café. La Caféothèque doesn’t allow laptops, Ten Belles has no Wi-Fi, and Passager and COMETS in the 11e keep laptop-free areas.3 Specialty bars open around 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, and about three in four Paris cafés open on Sundays.
| Drink | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Un café Espresso at a bar | €1.30–4.00 (average €2.32) 58 Paris bars, October 2026 |
| Un café Espresso at Café de Flore | €5.50 Saint-Germain, menu of May 2026 |
| Croissant au beurre Butter croissant at Café de Flore | €4.00 Same menu, May 2026 |
| Filtre (V60) Hand-brewed filter coffee, specialty bar | €7–24 Café d’Auteur, 6e, June 2026 |
| Cold brew Cold brew, specialty bar | €7 Nuances, 6e, June 2026 |
Bar espresso prices are MisterGoodBeer’s survey of 58 Paris bars, data as of October 2026.1 Café de Flore prices are from the menu it posted in May 2026, with taxes and 15% service included.8 Specialty prices are from a June 2026 visit to Saint-Germain: Café d’Auteur’s V60 list, from house coffee to reserve lots, and a cold brew at Nuances.9 Counter and seated prices must both be posted outside.5
A café (espresso) averaged €2.32 across 58 Paris bars in October 2026, with prices from €1.30 to €4. On Café de Flore’s May 2026 menu an espresso costs €5.50 and a butter croissant €4, service included. At specialty bars in Saint-Germain, a V60 filter coffee cost €7–24 and a cold brew €7 in June 2026.
Oberkampf & Bastille (11e) and Le Marais (3e & 4e) have the most cafés, followed by Canal Saint-Martin (10e). In the 11e they line Rue Saint-Maur, Boulevard Voltaire and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. The Marais has the most specialty coffee bars, from Boot Café on Rue du Pont aux Choux to Partisan on Rue de Turbigo.
A tip is optional. Since a 1987 order on price display, French café and restaurant prices are shown service compris, with the service rate stated on the menu, and waiters are salaried. Rounding up the bill or leaving a few euros is a courtesy, not an obligation.
Ask for un café and you get an espresso; un double is two shots and an allongé is lengthened with water. Un crème is the milky breakfast coffee, a noisette is espresso with a spot of cream, and a déca is decaf. After a meal, Parisians drink a plain café.
Le Procope is the oldest name. Procopio Cutò, a Sicilian, moved his coffee business in 1686 to the street now called Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, in the 6e, and Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin were among the customers. The original café closed in 1872.
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