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Early cafés in Paris

Station brasseries and corner zincs pouring the first coffee by 06:00, from Gare de Lyon to Nation.

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The Paris métro starts at 05:30 on every line, and a few cafés are open before the first train.1 Le Canon de la Nation on Place de la Nation opens at 05:00 every day, Le Rapide de l'Est in the 10e at 05:00 from Monday to Saturday, Donnant on Rue de Maubeuge at 05:30 and Les Deux Savoie on Boulevard Diderot at 05:45.

Most of the rest open on the hour at 06:00, and they gather around the big stations. Gare de Lyon & Bercy has by far the most, well ahead of the Canal Saint-Martin, home to the Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est. Gare de Lyon alone counted 113,224,230 travelers in 2024.2

Local tip: Coming off a night train or catching an early TGV, walk out onto Boulevard Diderot: Les Deux Savoie opens at 05:45 every day, and Terminus a few doors along at 06:00 except on Sundays.

Where these cafés are: Gare de Lyon & Bercy (12e) (11), Canal Saint-Martin (10e) (6), Latin Quarter (5e) (3), Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e) (3), Oberkampf & Bastille (11e) (3), Montmartre (18e) (2), Bourse & Sentier (2e) (2), Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e) (2), Montparnasse (14e) (2), Place d'Italie & Butte-aux-Cailles (13e) (1), Belleville & Ménilmontant (20e) (1), Passy & Trocadéro (16e) (1), Batignolles (17e) (1).

At a glance

38Cafés listed
38With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
02:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: La Ruche, from 00:00 (Daily 00:00–02:00, 06:00–00:00).
  • Closes latest: À la ville d’Épinal, until 02:30 (Daily 06:00–02:30).
  • Most listed streets: Boulevard de l'Hôpital (2), Boulevard Saint-Michel (2).
  • Most common features: open late (71%), outdoor seating (63%), indoor seating (58%).
Gare de Lyon & Bercy (12e)

Le Gavroche

  • 170 Avenue Daumesnil
  • Mon 07:00–21:00 · Tue 06:00–21:00 · Wed–Thu 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
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Gare de Lyon & Bercy (12e)

Pierre Hermé

  • Mon–Wed 06:00–20:00 · Thu–Fri 06:00–21:00 · Sat 06:00–20:00 · Sun 06:30–21:00
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Boulevard Diderot and Gare de Lyon

Gare de Lyon's main entrance, on Place Louis-Armand, faces Boulevard Diderot and Rue de Lyon.2 Main-line trains leave from here for Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Grenoble and the Alps, and abroad for Geneva, Milan and Barcelona.3

Along Boulevard Diderot, Terminus at No. 19 opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Les Deux Savoie at No. 23 bis starts at 05:45 daily and has Wi-Fi. Nearby, Bercy Café and Roberta Caffè on Rue de Chalon open at 06:00 every day, while Le Chambertin on Boulevard de Bercy and Gamma Café on Rue de Bercy open at 06:00 on weekdays.

Austerlitz, the Gare de l'Est and Nation

On Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Au Soleil d'Austerlitz at No. 18 opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Tabac de l'Arrivée at No. 12 at 06:00 on weekdays. La Nouvelle Gare on Boulevard Vincent Auriol opens at 06:00 every day and does not close until 02:00.

In the 10e, À la ville d'Épinal at 5 Rue d'Alsace opens daily at 06:00, and Le Château Landon and So! Coffee at 06:00 from Monday to Friday. Farther east, Le Canon de la Nation at 2 Place de la Nation and Royal VI Nation at 4 Avenue Philippe Auguste cover the square, the second from 06:00 every day.

Les Halles and the Left Bank at dawn

Les Halles was the city's wholesale food market, the 'belly of Paris' of Émile Zola's 1873 novel Le Ventre de Paris. Its fruit, vegetable and flower trade left in 1969, and the market was gone by 1973, relocated to Rungis when the old halls were demolished.4

The streets around it still start early. Le Compas at 62 Rue Montorgueil opens at 06:00 every day, and so does Café du Cadran on Rue Daunou near Opéra. Across the river, Le Lutèce at 8 Boulevard Saint-Michel and Bar de la Croix Rouge on Place Michel Debré open at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Le Bac Saint-Michel at No. 97 on weekdays.

Weekends start later

Many early openers sleep in at the weekend. Le Chambertin opens at 07:00 on Saturday and Sunday, Gamma Café at 08:00, Le Bac Saint-Michel at 08:30 on Saturdays and Tabac de l'Arrivée at 09:00. Le Château Landon opens on weekdays only, and La Rame waits until 09:00 on Saturday and closes on Sunday.

For a Sunday start, pick a café that keeps the same hours all week: Le Canon de la Nation at 05:00, Donnant on Rue de Maubeuge at 05:30 and Les Deux Savoie at 05:45, or, at 06:00, Le Celtic on Rue de Belleville and Café d'Albert on Rue Ordener in the 18e.

Sources

  1. Dernier métro à Paris : horaires, tarifs et solutions pour rentrer la nuit, Paris je t'aime, Office du Tourisme (updated August 17, 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Gare de Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, Wikipedia (French), accessed October 2026
  3. Gare de Lyon, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Les Halles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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Which cafés open earliest in Paris?

Le Canon de la Nation on Place de la Nation opens at 05:00 every day, and Le Rapide de l'Est in the 10e at 05:00 from Monday to Saturday. Donnant on Rue de Maubeuge opens at 05:30 and Les Deux Savoie on Boulevard Diderot at 05:45, both daily.

Where can you get an early coffee near Gare de Lyon in Paris?

Along Boulevard Diderot, which the station's main entrance faces, Les Deux Savoie opens at 05:45 every day and Terminus at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday. Bercy Café and Roberta Caffè on Rue de Chalon open at 06:00 daily, and Le Chambertin on Boulevard de Bercy at 06:00 on weekdays.

What time does the Paris métro start in the morning?

The Paris métro starts at 05:30 on all lines. A few cafés open before the first train, including Le Canon de la Nation at 05:00 and Les Deux Savoie at 05:45, and most early corner cafés around the main stations open at 06:00.

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