Paris fairs well on the annual list of the world's greatest bars, with four bars making it into the top hundred...

Little Red Door - 5th 

Nestled in the uber trendy Marais neighbourhood of Paris, Little Red Door was opened by Experimental Cocktail Club protégée Timothée Prangé and Dotan Shalev. Behind an inconspicuous timber façade, enter via a tiny crimson doorway to this low-lit, bare-brick cosy speakeasy-style drinking den filled with flickering candles and intricately crafted cocktails. The drink list rotates according to themes - inspired by art, flavour perception, anthropology and social science - but you can always expect inventive cocktails and dive-y and hip vibe. Little Red Door has been listed in The Worlds 50 Best Bars for 7 years. 

Danico - 69 

Located behind pizza palace Daroco Bourse, Danico is housed in the former Jean Paul Gaultier flagship store. NYC's Lower East Side vibes abound in the high-ceilinged space with contemporary decor complete with hanging plants, a graphic patterned marble bar and tattoo artist SupaKitch signature touches on the wall and upbeat eighties soundtrack. The bartenders hail from New York’s renowned Mace and Paris's Experimental Cocktail Club - serving up an artisanal 12-cocktail menu - the cocktail flavours are surprising and imaginative ranging from matcha to marshmallow to bacon to hazelnut butter. 

The Cambridge Public House - 92

The Cambridge Public House was founded by three friends, who have taken their favourite parts of two distinct genres of bar and combined them to make something rather special. As the name suggests, the primary inspiration is the great British pub, with a simple interior, laid-back service and a menu of  classic British bar snacks (pies, pasties and sausage rolls), but the drinks are definitely straight out of a hipster cocktail bar. Drinks include the “Cigarette After Sex” based on Agua de Jamaica, Mezcal Del Maguey Vida, Elephant Sloe Gin and Verjus as well as the “Starship Trooper” made of kiwi, yogurt, lemon, Merlet pear cream and rum.  Pictured. 

Fréquence - 96 

Fréquence was founded by friends Matthieu Biron (formerly Andy Wahloo) and Guillaume Quenza (ex-Sherry Butt), and the bar is dedicated to their two favourite passions: great vinyl and even greater cocktails. As a result the back bar here is stacked with records rather than bottles, and a great soundtrack is guaranteed. The Scandi-styled interior is dominated by a scrubbed wooden bar and on warmer evenings the floor-to-ceiling windows open to create a breezy outside-in feel. Drinks are deceptively complex, seemingly simple cocktails bolstered by hand-carved ice and inventive house infusions, all underpinned by classic technique such as the Doud with salted pine nuts, Cap Corse blanc, shochu and calvados. 

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