Boot Café

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Born in a former cobblers' shop, bijou Boot is a fashionable spot to grab a quality coffee and an accompanying sweet morsel. Colombian beans are roasted by the Fuglen Roastery in Oslo and monster cookies – the salted caramel is sinful – are by Paris’ imitable Emperor Norton. Just two tables and a handful of plastic stools squeeze into the box interior.


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