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out the Champs-Élysées area, but be prepared to shell out beaucoup bucks and stare down surly bouncers. Easygoing, bohemian-chic revelers can be found in the northeastern districts like Canal St-Martin and Belleville, while students tend to pour into the Bastille, St-Germain-des-Prés, and the Quartier Latin. Grands Boulevards and Rue Montorgueil, just north of Les Halles, is party central for young professionals and the fashion crowd, and the Pigalle and Montmartre areas are always hopping with plenty of theaters, cabarets, bars, and concert venues. Warmer months draw the adventurous to floating clubs and bars, moored along the Seine from Bercy to the Eiffel Tower.

BARS AND CLUBS

American Bar at La Closerie des Lilas (171 bd. du Montparnasse, Montparnasse, 6e | 75006 | 01–40–51–34–50 | Station: Montparnasse) lets you drink in the swirling action of the adjacent restaurant and brasserie at a piano bar hallowed by plaques honoring such former habitués as Man Ray, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, and Ernest Hemingway, who talks of “the Lilas” in A Moveable Feast. A cherished relic from the days of Picasso and Modigliani, Au Lapin Agile (22 rue des Saules, Montmartre, 18e | 75018 | 01–46–06–85–87 | Station: Lamarck-Caulaincourt), the fabled artists’ hangout in Montmartre, is an authentic survivor from the early 20th century. This is an authentic French cabaret of songs, poetry, and humor in a publike setting.

Bar du Marché (16 rue de Buci, 6eSt-Germain/Buci | 75006 | 01–43–26–55–15 | Station: Mabillon/Odeon) is a local legend where the waiters sport red overalls and revolutionary “Gavroche” hats, and seats on the outdoor terrace are hard to come by.

Barramundi (3 rue Taitbout, Opéra/Grands Boulevards, 9e | 75009 | 01–47–70–21–21 | Station: Richelieu Drouot) is one of Paris’s hubs of nouveau-riche chic. The lighting is dim, the copper bar is long, and the walls are artfully textured. The namesake of Buddha Bar (8 rue Boissy d’Anglas, Champs-Élysées, 8e | 75008 | 01–53–05–90–00 | Station: Concorde), is past its prime with Parisians, but visitors can’t seem to get enough of the high-camp towering gold Buddha, and a spacious mezzanine bar that, in turn, overlooks a dining room serving pan-Asian fare. Cab (2 pl. du Palais Royal, Louvre/Tuileries, 1er | 75001 | 01–58–62–56–25 | Station: Palais-Royal) is a popular fashion-centric dance club across from the Louvre, where models, photographers, and stylists bypass the lesser beings at the velvet rope. Le Nouveau Casino (109 rue Oberkampf, 11e, République | 75011 | 01–43–57–57–40 | Station: Parmentier) is tucked in the Belle Epoque-meets-bobo Café Charbon. Pop and rock concerts prevail during the week, with DJ spinning everything else on weekend nights from midnight until dawn.

De la Ville Café (34 bd. Bonne Nouvelle, 10e, Opéra/Grands Boulevards | 75010 | 01–48–24–48–09 | Station: Bonne Nouvelle, Grands Boulevards) is a funky, industrial-baroque place, with its huge, heated sidewalk terrace, mosaic-tile bar, and swish lounge. As the anchor of the slowly reawakening Grands Boulevards scene, it requires that you arrive early on weekends for a seat.

Experimental Cocktail Club (37 rue Saint-Sauveur, 2e, Bourse | 75002 | 01–45–08–88–09 | Station: St-Germain) fashioned itself as a speakeasy on a tiny brick-paved street packed with a diverse mix of locals, professionals, and fashionistas.

Harry’s New York Bar (5 rue Daunou, Opéra/Grands Boulevards, 2e | 75002 | 01–42–61–71–14 | Station: Opéra) is a cozy, wood-panel hangout decorated with dusty college pennants; it’s popular with expatriates and American-loving French people who welcome the ghosts of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who drank himself unconscious here. Bartenders mix a mean Bloody Mary. The legendary spot was founded in 1911, and Gershwin composed “An American in Paris” on the piano bar downstairs. Le Gibus (18 rue du Faubourg du Temple, République, 11e | 75011 | 01–47–00–78–88 | Station: République) is one of Paris’s most famous music venues and has hosted everyone from the Police to Billy Idol. Today the Gibus