Paris Fashion Week: the city's coolest bars and restaurants Dungareed staff, formica tables, old posters and an incredible crush on the terrace: the Bar du Marché is just what it says, a market bar overlooking the rue du Buci food shops with a tongue-in-cheek populo touch. If the nearby Flore has become too establishment, the Bar du Marché has kept its St-Germain spirit, piling in international visitors and native (or would-be) germanopratins, in a cheerful convivial mix that is effortlessly hip. Best at apero hour or on weekend afternoons - although they also do an excellent omelette at lunch. Address: 75 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris Contact: 01 43 26 55 15 Prices: 25cl beer €3 Opening times: Daily 7.30am-2am. Silencio David Lynch has transferred his club in Mulholland Drive from screen to Parisian reality,somewhere between private bar, arts club and nightclub. Situated deep underground in the building that once housed radical newspaper L'Aurore, Lynch designed the labyrinth of rooms that include a gold leaf tunnel, a Twin Peaks-ish forest, a private cinema, smoking room and a small stage for live music or DJs. An international arts, fashion and media set sips coloured cocktails in the art library in the early evening, joined late at night by pretty young things and overflow from the Social Club music venue next door. Address: 142 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris Contact: 01 40 13 12 32; www.silencio-club.com Prices: members and their guests only before midnight, free but selective entry after midnight; cocktails €15. Opening times: Tue-Sun 6pm-6am Chez Jeannette This distressed chic corner café-bar is at the forefront of the revival of long seedy Faubourg St-Denis and is a trendy hangout convenient for the Gare du Nord if you're coming to or from the Eurostar. When Jeanette retired, the new management kept the red chandeliers, endearingly ghastly 1940s wallpaper, leatherette, neon and formica and gained the area's new young arty clientele. Popular for inexpensive salads and plats du jour at lunch, chilled out in the afternoon, buzzing by night, as the evening crowd overflows onto the pavement, with DJs on Friday night. Address: 47 rue du Faubourg-St-Denis, 75010 Paris Contact: 01 47 70 30 89; www.chezjeannette.com Prices: caipirinha €8, beer €2. Opening times: daily 8am-2am; food served until 11.30pm. Curio Parlor Only a tiny brass plaque on the door indicates that this is one of the places that has recently transformed Paris's cocktail scene, along with its siblings the Experimental Cocktail Club and Prescription Cocktail Club. Inside, it seems to be almost as focused on taxidermy as on cocktails, but is surprisingly cosy for all the stuffed animals. It also specialises in rare Japanese Nikka whiskies. DJs sometimes perform in the cellar. Address: 16 rue des Bernardins, 75005 Paris Contact: 1 44 071247; www.curioparlor.com Prices: €10-€12 (£8.50-£10.20) a drink Opening times: Tues-Thurs 8.30pm-2am, Fri, Sat 8.30pm-4am Le Cab This long-running favourite with beautiful people, elderly rakes and fashionistas is surprisingly relaxed once you've made it past the door people, with a slinky futuristic basement setting, funky lighting and tropical fish. Address: 2 place du Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris. Contact: 1 58 62 56 25, www.cabaret.fr Prices: Cocktails €13 Opening times: Thur-Sat, 11.30pm-dawn. Restaurants Mini Palais The MiniPalais inside the belle époque Grand Palais is a chic cosmopolitan update of the Parisian brasserie, drawing smart Parisians, international exhibition-goers and business lunchers, though "mini" is perhaps a misnomer for the spectacular dining room, with its decoration inspired by an artist's studio, or the tables outdoors, stretching away under the colonnade. The menu devised by Eric Frechon, Michelin, three star chef at Le Bristol, mixes classics and contemporary - squid pil pil, snails in cherry tomatoes, steak tartare, and a giant rum baba for two. As well as lunch and dinner, you can come here for gourmet snacks, afternoon tea or evening cocktails, plus an ice cream bar in summer. Address: Grand Palais, avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris Contact: 00 33 1 42 56 42 42; www.minipalais.com Prices: average €50 (three courses without wine) Opening times: daily 10am-2am. Reservation: Recommended Payment type: Credit cards accepted Mini Palais, Paris Agapé Substance Since opening at the end of 2011, the tiny white minimalist restaurant has quickly got Parisians talking, courtesy of bright young chef David Toutain and front of house man Laurent Lapaire. The menu simply announces some of the seasonal ingredients that might be featured - on a recent visit: sea bream, scallops, sea urchin, asparagus, swiss chard, pigeon - before a stream of so many tiny surprise dishes that you quickly lose count, served to an urbane St-Germain who soon exchange foodie opinions along the long communal table. Address: 66 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris Contact: 00 33 1 43 29 33 83; www.agapesubstance.com Prices: Lunch €65-€99 (£54-£82), dinner €99 (£82) Opening times: Tue-Sat 12.30-2pm, 8-10pm. Pierre Gagnaire A discovery trail of French cuisine from one of the most inventive chefs around today (1). A pared-back panelled dining room provides the stage for a panoply of dishes from minuscule appetisers - a tuna meringue, a clam with diced veg - to a whirlwind of desserts. Although Pierre Gagnaire is often associated with molecular cuisine, this is real food, not froths and foams, with perfect seasoning and an extraordinary variety of flavours and textures. Address: 6 rue Balzac, 75008 Paris Contact: 0033 1 58 36 12 50; www.pierre-gagnaire.com Prices: Lunch menu €105 (£89), dinner menu €265 (£220). Opening times: Mon-Fri, lunch and dinner; Sun dinner Reservation: Essential Payment: Cards accepted