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Septime La Cave

2013-05-19T00:22:00.000+02:00

The team behind the much-lauded restaurant Septime (which featured again this year on the World's Best Restaurant list) has opened a wine shop cum wine bar just around the corner from their main address in the 11th arrondissement. Pop into the charming Septime La Cave to pick up a bottle from their vast selection from not just France, but also Italy and elsewhere in Europe, no matter what

Restaurant Pierre Sang

2013-04-26T12:50:00.001+02:00

Pierre Sang Boyer (pictured centre), one of the charmismatic stars of French culinary TV show Top Chef, has opened his own eponymous restaurant in Paris' 11th arrondissement. The young chef, who was a semi-finalist in the 2011 edition of the television programme, opened Restaurant Pierre Sang on the buzzing, bar-lined rue Oberkampf in mid 2012. The no-reservation corner space is full to

Loustic

2013-04-05T14:35:00.001+02:00

Paris' coffee revolution is showing no signs of abating with the arrival of new kid on the block, Loustic, on a side street near to the Pompidou Centre, bringing superlative coffee to the very centre of Paris. Londoner Channa Galhenage's brand new cafe, decorated with retro geometric prints by hip interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon (who also did up NoMa hotspot Pinson), serves seasonal

Book Club at Le Carmen: The Return

2013-04-03T13:04:00.002+02:00

Paris' finest high brow debauchery is back: Book Club returns for another evening of fun, frolics and literary chat this Sunday 7th April at South Pigalle cocktail bar, Le Carmen. The concept is simple: bring a book you have loved and swap it with a book one of the other guests has brought and also therefore loved. Strike up conversation, have a couple of expertly-mixed cocktails and even

Le Mary Celeste

2013-04-02T00:51:00.000+02:00

We can't get enough of the Northern Marais right now, and the arrival of new cocktail and oyster bar Le Mary Celeste is only serving to increase our obsession. The talented team behind much lauded cocktail-and-tapas joint Candelaria and Pigalle bar Glass opened Mary Celeste, their third bar in the capital, earlier in 2013. Breaking the mould from the hidden away, dark and sultry, speakeasy

The Broken Arm

2013-03-20T15:24:00.003+01:00

The Northern Marais continues to affirm its status as Paris' hippest neighbourhood with the arrival of The Broken Arm - a brand new concept store combining a bright and breezy cafe with a cutting edge boutique stocking a carefully curated selection of fashion, accessories and books. Founded by Anaïs Lafarge, Guillaume Steinmetz and Romain Juste - who are part of the De Jeunes Gens Modernes

ARRRGH! at La Gaîté Lyrique

2013-03-17T16:10:00.000+01:00

Hideki Seo - Swimming in the Garment Paris' Gaîté Lyrique, a cultural centre usually dedicated to digital arts and music, is currently branching out and hosting a fashion-led exhibition called ARRGH! Monstres de Mode. Displaying over 80 eccentric outfits from contemporary designers ranging from Alexander McQueen, to Maison Martin Margiela and Issey Miyake, the exhibition explores the idea

Dirty Dick

2013-03-03T21:58:00.000+01:00

South Pigalle - or SoPi, if you will - continues its ascent with the arrival of the brand new, cheekily named bar Dirty Dick. Much like the recently opened cocktail bar Glass just opposite, Dirty Dick was a former hostess bar - this part of town is Paris' red-light district, afterall - and so its name has a certain, erm, poignancy, shall we say. Owned by the same team behind Rock n' Roll

Bob's Cold Press at Le Mary Celeste

2013-02-27T16:29:00.003+01:00

New York creatives The Sporting Project have come to Paris with a special fashion week pop-up juice bar in new Northern Marais hotspot Le Mary Celeste. Jenny Capano and Tara Gilson, the talented ladies behind The Sporting Project, are based in New York but have a love of Paris and plan to unite the two cities via their dynamic events - including this fashion week pop-up juice bar in the

Jack's Fashion Week Jumble Sale

2013-02-21T15:08:00.003+01:00

Jack's Jumble Sale is back this weekend for a special fashion week edition at the brand new northern Marais hotspot, Le Mary Celeste. The creative duo The House That Jack Built, who are a stylist and art directing team, host the dynamic Jack's Jumble Sales once every couple of months in Paris. Each event sees trendy types hosting stands to sell their fashionable cast-offs, and this

Café Pinson

2013-02-13T22:27:00.000+01:00

The Northern Marais continues its reign as Paris' hipster hub with the arrival of stylish veggie cafe Pinson. Just opposite Nanashi, and just around the corner from Rose Bakery, this new arrival brings another trendy, healthy and laid-back eating option to the happening part of the Marais neighbourhood. In the space which was formerly quiche haven Tartes Kluger, interior designer Dorothée

Pressing - Le Panini En Mieux

2013-01-15T23:10:00.000+01:00

Thanks to new Parisian street food concept Le Pressing, the humble panini has been elevated from a bland cardboard-like carb-fest to a delectable toasted sandwich showcasing mouthwatering flavour combos in bread borne of superior French baking skills. Chefs have collaborated with the venture to create a concise selection of gourmet panini recipes, to which they lend their names, featuring

Noglu

2013-01-04T01:36:00.000+01:00

Gluten-free fine dining in Paris is no longer the stuff of fantasy, thanks to the opening of the chic, high-quality, gluten-free restaurant, Noglu, in the 2nd arrondissement. Opened just a couple of months ago, the pared-down setting with a decor of blond wood, matt black paint and shiny white-tiled walls in the romantic Passage des Panoramas, is already booked to capacity every lunchtime,

AMI Open Their First Paris Store

2012-12-27T00:17:00.000+01:00

Hip French menswear brand, AMI, has just set up its first shop in Paris' trendy Northern Marais, just a few doors up from bobo concept store, Merci, on Boulevard Beaumarchais. The young ready-to-wear label - launched in 2011 by Parisian designer Alexandre Mattiussi (who previously worked for Dior, Marc Jacobs and Givenchy) - is about wearable, affordable clothes for the modern,

Joyeux Market @ Wanderlust

2012-12-14T10:44:00.000+01:00

This weekend in Paris, there is a Christmas Market with a difference taking place: Joyeux Market at our favourite Seine-side venue in town, Wanderlust. On Saturday 15th December from 2pm to 11pm and Sunday 16th December from 11am to 7pm you can get your Christmas cheer on with some festive shopping at stalls from some of the most exciting places in Paris - there will be coffee from Ten

Avril Gau Opens 2nd Paris Shop

2012-12-09T13:06:00.000+01:00

One of the best designers in Paris to go to for high quality, subtly chic, contemporary-yet-timeless shoes and accessories is Avril Gau, and we're thrilled that she has just opened her second store in the capital, in the 1st arrondissement (46 rue Croix des Petits Champs, 75001). var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16595005-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (

Nail Art - Kim Laidlaw Nail Design in Paris

2012-11-26T13:42:00.000+01:00

Jack'O'Lantern Jumble Sale with Unlock Paris from Lauren Cashwell on Vimeo. Nail art has finally arrived in Paris! No longer confined to the nails of bright and brash Nicki Minaj types, nail art has become a recession-proof way of expressing your fashion credentials for even the most avant garde or conservative of women. With prices starting at €20 for a full set of hand painted nails, Kim

Thaddaeus Ropac Opens New Paris Gallery with Shows from Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys

2012-10-15T10:59:00.001+02:00

This weekend top Paris gallerist Thaddeaus Ropac opened a second contemporary art gallery in the capital, this time a vast space in the Paris suburb of Pantin, with an inaugural show of new works by Anselm Kiefer. Austrian gallerist Ropac signals a new shift in the art world with the move. His first gallery is in the dense square mile or so of private contemporary galleries in the

Sophie Calle - Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

2012-09-10T17:31:00.001+02:00

French contemporary artist Sophie Calle has a new solo exhibition, "Pour la dernière et pour la première fois," at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in Paris's Marais neighbourhood. Calle, arguably one of the most important female artists of our time, explores intimate subjects and invariably produces emotionally intense and profoundly moving work (the exhibition "Rachel, Monique" about the death

La Rentrée - What to do in Paris in Autumn

2012-08-27T11:02:00.000+02:00

Summer is rapidly drawing to a close and that back to school feeling that comes with what is known in French as La Rentrée is taking hold. But don't let that get you down as there is, as ever, a vast array of exciting things to look forward to in Paris over the next couple of months. Here's what's on our radar. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16595005-1']); _

What's on in Paris this Summer

2012-08-01T15:30:00.001+02:00

The terrace at Wanderlust Paris in August is a special place. One by one boutiques, restaurants and offices shut up shop and Parisians begin the mass exodus Southwards to their holiday destinations. The city is transformed into a ghost town, but it's not all bleakness for the rest of summer: if you know where to look, you can still enjoy Paris in August and be part of the after-hours type

Black Market Café - Rue Ramey

2012-07-31T17:39:00.000+02:00

Following in the footsteps of Coutume, Télescope and Kooka Boora, there is a new neighbourhood cafe in Paris with a focus on superior coffee: Black Market Café (hitherto known as Paradigme) on rue Ramey in the 18th arrondissement. Freshly opened last week by the charming Baptiste and Youssef, the refined and welcoming space -decorated in sleek tones of grey and accessorised with vintage

Cinema en Plein Air 2012 at La Villette

2012-07-24T10:42:00.000+02:00

Paris' annual open air cinema festival at the vast modernist La Villette park - one of the greatest annual summer events in the city - starts tomorrow 25th July and runs until 26th August. This year's theme of Metamorphosis unites a varied programme of films ranging from Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep to the German indy film Goodbye, Lenin! to Ken Loach's Looking for Eric to 70s hits

La Chambre aux Oiseaux

2012-07-20T18:36:00.000+02:00

This Canal-side cafe in the bobo 10th arrondissement may be new, but the homely interior and heart and soul behind its opening make it feel like an old favorite already. Owned by Léna and Hervé, La Chambre aux Oiseaux is named after Léna's grandmother's haberdashery which was nicknamed as such as birds would come and sit on the window sill. Decorated by Hervé - who is both an interior

Mandarin Oriental Paris

2012-07-10T13:05:00.000+02:00

The two-floored Royal Mandarin Suite Mandarin Oriental Paris, the first French outpost of this luxury Asian hotel brand, has just celebrated its first birthday. Situated on the luxury shopping destination of the rue Saint-Honoré in the first arrondissement right in the centre of Paris, the listed 1930s building is flanked by the fine jewellery heaven of Place Vendome on one side, and the