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Simple bar-bistro where you can dine on plates of cheese and cold meats.

With its piano bar and terrace, this is a Montparnasse institution. The brasserie is cheaper and steaks are good.

The main restaurant here is expensive, but the bar is a good spot to soak up the atmosphere of this historic site where artists and writers from Baudelaire to Archibald MacLeish have drunk since 1808. Look for the famous names etched on the tables. The brasserie also has live piano music and attracts a chic crowd.

Near the Cimetière du Montparnasse is this Parisian landmark. Eclectic menu features dishes such as Welsh rarebit.

Opened in 1927, this former coal depot was transformed by artists into a lavish, Art Deco brasserie. It attracted such luminaries as Louis Aragon and François Sagan.

This splendid wine shop is based in a late 19th-century dairy, worth seeing in its own right. The owners will happily advise you on good bargains and vintage wines.

The flair of French artistic vision and Parisian style are both clearly shown by this modern urban development. This new business and government centre was purposely built to the west of the city to allow the centre to remain unmarred by skyscrapers. More than just offices, however, the area is also an attraction in its own right, with stunning modern architecture including the Grande Arche, a cube-like structure with a centre large enough to contain Notre-Dame, and surrounded by artworks, a fountain, cafés and restaurants.

Cheese in all shapes and sizes from all over France. An aromatic delight.

Hearty cooking, with pâtés, and sausages, all homemade.

This wonderful restaurant used to be a fishmongers. An original tiled fishing scene still decorates the back room.