Route
Canal pastries to Bastille night
Time
1 day
Walk
Walkable core, with one metro or rideshare leg
Start
Sain Boulangerie
End
LE SINGE A PARIS
Good for
Paris food day

This is not a normal three-meal day. It is the Paris route I would send someone who wants to sample the places I like without bouncing all over the city.

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  1. 01

    Eat / Canal Saint-Martin

    Sain Boulangerie

    The best croissant. All the pastries are good, but start with the croissant if you only get one thing.

    Start here while it still feels like morning. This keeps the day light before the heavier restaurant stops.

    Stay around the canal and walk a few minutes toward Homade for the first real meal.

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  2. 02

    Eat / Canal Saint-Martin

    HOMADE

    My personal favorite. Small cafe, great value, and even the sandwiches are very good.

    Asian American owner mixing Asian and French technique. This is the stop I would protect if the day gets too crowded.

    If you still want something casual before leaving the canal, Street Bangkok is nearby. Otherwise keep moving southwest toward Sentier.

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  3. 03

    Eat / Canal Saint-Martin

    STREET BANGKOK - Grill & Beer Canal

    Inexpensive, cool, very authentic Thai food. Check current hours before making it the anchor.

    Treat this as the casual savory stop while you are still in the canal area.

    From here, leave the canal and head southwest toward Rue du Nil.

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  4. 04

    Eat / Sentier

    Frenchie

    Slightly fancy but casual. Upper price, but not fine dining.

    Good middle-of-the-day or early-evening anchor if you want the route to feel more polished.

    Continue west toward the Japanese and Korean cluster around Palais Royal and Rue Sainte-Anne.

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  5. 05

    Eat / Rue Sainte-Anne

    JanTchi

    Korean food. Michelin recommended. Not expensive, but great quality and authentic.

    This is the stronger full-dinner option in the central cluster if you are choosing one Korean stop.

    Nodaiwa is close enough to keep this part efficient before the final eastbound move.

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  6. 06

    Eat / Saint-Honoré

    Nodaiwa

    The best unagi from Japan. Traditional Japanese, and mostly one dish.

    The funny part is that the second location is in Paris. Keep this as the focused eel stop, not a broad-menu meal.

    For night, take the longer eastbound move toward Bastille and Gare de Lyon.

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  7. 07

    Drink / Bastille / Gare de Lyon

    LE SINGE A PARIS

    End here at night. It makes more sense as the last stop than as something you detour to in the middle of the day.

    This is the one bigger directional move in the route, but it keeps the central food crawl from turning into back-and-forth.

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