La Penderie
Paris, France
La Penderie Restaurant serves up some gastropub style grub with an amazing burger included on the menu. It has been identified as one of the Best in Paris.
La Penderie (literally meaning ‘The Wardrobe’, after the fashion showrooms that dot Etienne Marcel’s side-streets). On the outside you’ll find an 80-seater terrace over-looking the street; while inside, city hubbub gives way to exposed stone walls, industrial-chic light fittings, converted sewing machine tables and ever-changing art exhibitions by local artists.
On the plate expect lashings of comfort food like deep-fried cheese bites, burgers bursting with onions, cheese and sauce, and an alternately crackly and creamy Carambar (caramel) crème-brulée – all preferably washed down with the house cocktail, ‘Amour en Cage’ (pink champagne with an edible hibiscus flower).
Regular live concerts and DJ nights complete the offerings, making La Penderie one of the funkiest places around Châtelet for food, drink and merriment right now.