Fragments

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


With its exposed brick walls, Bruce Lee poster and vinyl spinning on the turntable, Fragments is a hot address for excellent coffee made with a gleaming Kees van der Westen Mirage espresso machine, all-day breakfasts and healthy lunchtime specials. If you want to talk coffee, it's laid-back owner and barista Youssef you need to look out for. Cash only.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville attractions

1. Place des Vosges

0.18 MILES

Inaugurated in 1612 as place Royale and thus Paris' oldest square, place des Vosges is a strikingly elegant ensemble of 36 symmetrical houses with ground…

2. Maison de Victor Hugo

0.22 MILES

Between 1832 and 1848 the celebrated novelist and poet Victor Hugo lived in an apartment in Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée, a townhouse overlooking one of Paris'…

3. Musée Carnavalet

0.22 MILES

Paris' history museum, spanning Gallo-Roman times onwards, rambles over a pair of remarkable hôtels particuliers (private mansions), the 1560-built Hôtel…

4. Musée National Picasso

0.25 MILES

One of Paris’ most treasured art collections is showcased inside the mid-17th-century Hôtel Salé, an exquisite private mansion owned by the city since…

5. Musée Cognacq-Jay

0.27 MILES

This museum inside the Hôtel de Donon displays oil paintings, pastels, sculpture, objets d’art, jewellery, porcelain and furniture from the 18th century,…

6. Place du Marché Ste-Catherine

0.28 MILES

Clad with benches and shaded by trees, this pretty pedestrian square is framed on three sides by atmospheric cafe pavement terraces that are perfect for…

7. Hôtel de Sully

0.3 MILES

In the southwestern corner of place des Vosges, duck beneath the arch to find two beautifully decorated, late-Renaissance courtyards festooned with…

8. Art Nouveau Synagogue

0.34 MILES

At the heart of the Jewish quarter of Pletzl lies this art nouveau synagogue, designed in 1913 by Hector Guimard, who was also responsible for the city's…