Paris Restaurants: My Short List for What Stays Open in August (2011)

Paris is notorious for shutting down in the month of August.  But there are still a number of excellent restaurants open for all or a good part of the month.  Here are some of my favorites.  See my Crème de la Crème list for more details on each establishment.

Note: this list is for August 2011. I will be sure to update it for 2012 once schedules are determined!

FRENCH: Open all month!

• Kong (1^st) 1, rue du Pont-Neuf (5^th floor of the Kenzo store) Tel. 01 40 39 09 00.  Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week!

• Le Café Marly (1^st) in the Louvre (Tel. 01 49 26 06 60, technically 93 Rivoli but it’s in the courtyard of the Louvre by the big glass pyramid).  Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week!

• Café Pères et Filles (6^th) 8, rue de Seine, Tel. 01 43 25 00 28. Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week (12:00 – 14:30 and 19:30 – 23:00)!

• Eggs & Co. (formerly Coco & Co.) (6^th) on Bernard Palissy, Tel. 01 45 44 02 52. Open the whole month of August!  Closed only Mondays.

• La Ferme Saint Simon (7^th) 6 Rue de Saint Simon, Tel. 01 45 48 35 74. Open the whole month of August!  Closed only Saturdays for lunch, Sunday lunch and dinner and Monday, August 15^th for lunch.

• Restaurant l’Ile, (Issy Les Moulineaux), 170 Quai de Stalingrad, Tel. 01 41 09 99 99. Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week!

FRENCH: Only closed for one week!

• Quai-Quai (1^st) 74, quai des Orfèvres (at the tip of Ile de la Cité by Pont Neuf), Tel: 01 46 33 69 75.  Closed August 12 – 22.

• Chez Lena et Mimile (5^th) 32 Rue Tournefort, Tél: 01 47 07 72 47. Open every day 12h to 14h30 & 19h to 23h.  Closed August 15 – 24.

• Fish La Boissonnerie (6^th) 69, rue de Seine, Tel. 01 43 54 34 69.   Open 7 days a week.  Closed August 15 – 21. 

TEA, BRUNCH & LUNCH: Open all month!

• A Priori Thé (2^nd) 35 Galerie Vivienne (off rue des Petits-Champs), Tel. 01 42 97 48 75.  Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week (12:00 – 18:00 Monday – Friday and 12:00 – 18:30 Saturday & Sunday)!

• Cosi (6^th) 54, rue de Seine, Tel: 01 46 33 35 36.  Open the whole month of August, 7 days a week (noon to 11pm)!

• Mariages Frères (6^th), 13 Rue des Grands Augustins, Metro St-Michel, phone: 01 40 51 82 50 (and other locations as well: http://www.mariagefreres.com/).  All locations open the whole month of August, 7 days a week!

• Ladurée (6^th), 21 Rue Bonaparte (and 7 other Paris locations as well: http://www.laduree.fr/fr/maisons/addresses).  All locations open the whole month of August, 7 days a week!

• La Cuisine de Bar/Poilâne Paris – Cherche-Midi bakery (6^th) 8 rue du Cherche-Midi, Tel 01 45 48 42 59.  Open the whole month of August, every day but Sunday (7:15 – 20:15)!

• Bread & Roses (6^th) 7 rue de Fleurus, Tel. 01 42 22 06 06. Open the whole month of August, every day but Sunday!

ITALIAN: Open all month!

• Au club des Siciliens (6^th) 18 rue du Dragon, Tel. 01 42 84 16 08.   Open the whole month of August, every day (closed August 8 – 24 for lunch but still open for dinner).

MEXICAN: Open all month!

• Anahua Calli (5^th), 30 rue des Bernadins, Tel. 01 43 26 10 20.  Open the whole month of August, every day for dinner and Sunday for lunch and dinner!

THAI: Open all month!

 • Suan Thai (4^th), 41 rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie between rue du Temple and rue des Archives, Tel. 01 42 77 10 20.  Open all month (except Mondays)!

 LEBANESE: Open all month!

• Liza (2^nd), 14 rue de la Banque, Tel. 01 55 35 00 66.  Open the whole month of August, every day (Monday – Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sunday for dinner)!