The best restaurants in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement

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The smallest arrondissement in the capital, the 2nd nonetheless boasts a host of wonderful places to visit. Centered around the former Paris Stock Exchange, the neighborhood is home to magnificent, timeless covered passages, charming old streets, and a myriad of shops, businesses, and of course… restaurants! Today, we present six of these places that make our mouths water.

Gyoza Bar

While the gyoza craze has taken Paris by storm in recent years, it’s hard to find food as tasty as what’s on offer at this shop in the heart of the city. The Gyoza Bar, tucked away in the idyllic Passage des Panoramas, is a veritable temple of Japanese ravioli with a speakeasy vibe. Masterfully crafted by chefs Shinichi Sato and Guillaume Guedj, the menu is ultra-simple and devilishly effective, transporting you straight to the land of the rising sun.

📍Gyoza Bar – 56, Passage des Panoramas, 75002 

Le Stock

In the heart of the Bourse district, a real oddity has appeared on the culinary scene.Le Stock, a gourmet project led by four friends, is the new restaurant that everyone is talking about in the neighborhood. With its tasteful decor, friendly atmosphere, and fine cuisine, this brand-new spot has received rave reviews thanks to all these attributes. In any case, we went to check out this colorful address to see for ourselves.

📍Le Stock – 88, rue de Richelieu, 75002

Kuisinistan

Kuisinistan, located on Rue de Palestro in the 2nd arrondissement, offers accessible and authentic Anatolian cuisine, perfect for a relaxed lunch or dinner. The dishes are appealing for their generosity and taste: crispy börek, spicy yogurt, bulgur wheat balls, Iskender kebab, or grilled chicken sandwich—everything is designed to be tasty and comforting.

📍Kuisinistan – 37 Rue de Palestro, 75002 Paris

Manhattn’s Burgers

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From New York to Brussels, and now Paris!Manhattn’s Burgers is the story of two Belgian brothers who moved to New York to run a waffle food truck. Upon returning to Belgium, the two men decided to bring a little bit of New York back with them and opened Manhattn’s Burgers. It was a huge success. After opening seven locations in Belgium, the brand recently arrived in Paris in the heart of the capital’s culinary epicenter:Rue Montorgueil. When you take a bite of one of their burgers, you instantly understand what attracted our Belgian friends: generous hamburgers made with quality ingredients, in a New York-style setting that almost makes you forget, for a moment, which city you are in.

📍Manhattn’s Burgers – 59 Rue Montorgueil, 75002 Paris

Little Havana

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Colorful, authentic, and lively, Little Havana recently opened its doors in the heart of Rue d’Argout. A mecca for Cuban street food, it offers delicious bocadillos and tapas, each as tasty as the next. A wonderful culinary adventure awaits you here, in an exotic setting that pays homage to Tierra Caliente.

📍Little Havana – 67 Rue d’Argout, 75002

Journey

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A multifaceted venue, Journey opened in fall 2024 in the place of a former store. The result is a restaurant set in magnificent spaces with raw architecture, where you can enjoy everything from breakfast to dinner. Under the leadership of chef Artemio Ganddi, the restaurant serves delicious dishes such as beef tataki, a trio of tacos, cacio e pepe pizzetta, and stuffed portobello mushrooms.

Journey – 44 Rue des Petits Carreaux, 75002

Popine

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In our ranking of the best pizzas in Paris, Popine stands out as the authentic pizza that everyone loves. This pizzeria in the 2nd arrondissement has been delighting Parisians since it opened. Authentic and accessible, this establishment celebrates Neapolitan tradition by offering pizzas with puffed edges and tasty ingredients, as well as a fine selection of desserts. The icing on the cake is that the restaurant often offers margherita pizzas for €5 at lunchtime.

📍Popine – 32, rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002

Mama Nissa

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You’re in for a treat! This Algerian restaurant offers delicious homemade dishes to eat in or take away. We love the cocas,pastries filled with fish, beef, or vegetables. As for the main courses, we’re big fans of the Kabyle couscous with barley and five vegetables! A fragrant couscous that melts in your mouth.

📍Mama Nissa – 14 Rue Mandar, 75002 Paris

Lombem

This last address is for Parisians who love their meat! Hidden away at number 22 is Lombem, whose name comes from butcher’s slang. Here, you can enjoy superb cuts of meat in a warm and welcoming setting. For the more adventurous, you can even treat yourself to a rodeo ride with Marguerite, the crazy electric cow in the establishment’s hidden bar!

📍Lombem – 22, Passage des Panoramas, 75002

Brasserie Dubillot

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Building on the success of the deliciously French Brasserie Bellanger, the Nouvelle Garde team unveiled Brasserie Dubillot in the summer of 2021. Like its big sister, it brilliantly combines tradition and responsible pleasures in its bright and colorful setting. On the menu, you’ll find exceptional cuts of meat as well as gems sourced directly from producers across France.

📍Brasserie Dubillot – 222, rue Saint-Denis, 75002

Faggio

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It’s hard to make a selection of the best restaurants without including an Italian one… And in the Passage des Panoramas, it’s Faggio that takes the crown. On the even-numbered side of the gallery, the delicious smells of the beech wood oven waft through the air thanks to the pizzeria. Between a delicious burrata and a homemade tiramisu, treat yourself to one of chef Davide Luca‘s delicious creations and enjoy…

Faggio – 16, Passage des Panoramas, 75002

For dessert: Cédric Grolet Café

After Le Meurice and Opéra, renowned pastry chef Cédric Grolet recently opened his own coffee shop. And to say the least, the Cédric Grolet Café is already drawing crowds. After his iconic trompe-l’oeil pastries, the talented chef surprises us with his new unusual creations, decadent in their deliciousness. Among them: an incredible croissant-doughnut that breaks with the codes of traditional pastry-making. And another creation that particularly piques the curiosity of lovers of the unusual: an XXL pizza-cookie!

📍 –Cédric Grolet Café, 6 rue Danielle Casanova, 75002