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Cafés in Bourse & Sentier (2e)

Rue Montorgueil’s counters, the covered passages and specialty bars on Rue Tiquetonne and Rue d’Argout.

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At 0.992 km², the 2e is the smallest arrondissement in Paris, and it had 19,847 residents in 2023, against more than 81,000 in 1861.1 It is a district of offices, the former stock exchange and the Sentier garment trade, and it keeps most of the city’s surviving 19th-century covered arcades.1

That makes it a weekday café quarter. Counters fill before work, specialty bars cluster on the small streets between Étienne Marcel and Rue Montmartre, and Rue Montmartre has more cafés than any other street in the 2e, followed by Rue Saint-Denis and Rue Montorgueil.

Local tip: Tanat, the specialty stop at 46 Rue Tiquetonne, closes at 17:00 on weekdays, so go in the morning; on Saturdays it stays open until 18:00.

At a glance

111Cafés listed
51With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
05:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Le Compas, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–02:00).
  • Closes latest: La Porte Montmartre, until 05:00 (Daily 07:00–05:00).
  • Most listed streets: Rue Montmartre (8), Rue Saint-Denis (6), Rue d'Aboukir (4).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (39%), smoke-free indoors (28%), outdoor seating (26%).

Le Maung

  • 51 Rue Greneta
  • Mon–Thu 09:00–19:00 · Fri Closed · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +33956337910
  • Wi-Fi
  • Takeaway
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Les cafés San José

  • 30 Rue des Petits Champs
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–18:00 · Sat 10:00–18:00
  • +33142966909
  • Takeaway
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Nami

  • 145 Rue Saint-Denis
  • Mon–Wed 09:00–12:00, 12:30–18:00 · Thu–Fri 09:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +33142361829
  • Takeaway
  • Indoor seating
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Sip Coffee Shop

  • 44 Rue du Caire
  • Mon–Tue Closed · Wed–Fri 08:30–16:30 · Sat 10:30–16:30 · Sun 08:30–16:30
  • Card payment
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Baba Café

  • 10 Rue Dussoubs
  • Mon–Thu 08:30–14:30, 17:30–20:15 · Fri 08:30–19:30 · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00
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Café Jirisan

  • 2 Rue de Marivaux
  • Tue–Sun 09:30–18:30
  • Takeaway
  • Card payment
  • Wheelchair access
  • Toilets
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Coffee chains in Bourse & Sentier (2e)

Getting to the 2e

Line 3 crosses the arrondissement with stops at Quatre-Septembre, Bourse and Sentier; line 4 stops at Étienne Marcel and Réaumur–Sébastopol, and lines 8 and 9 run under the Grands Boulevards on its northern edge.2 Opéra and Pyramides, on lines 7 and 14, serve the west.2

The Palais Brongniart, built for the Paris stock exchange, still anchors Place de la Bourse, where the 2e’s only food market is held two afternoons a week.2 On the boulevards, the Grand Rex is the largest cinema in Paris, and the Opéra-Comique plays at the Salle Favart.1

Rue Montorgueil and the Café du Croissant

Rue Montorgueil is a cobbled street where pedestrians have priority, lined with cafés and food shops. At No. 51, Stohrer has baked since 1730 and is where the rum baba was invented, and Monet painted the street hung with flags for the festival of 30 June 1878.3 Le Compas, at 62 Rue Montorgueil, opens daily at 06:00 and serves until 02:00.

On 31 July 1914, at about 21:40, Jean Jaurès was shot through an open window of the Café du Croissant at 146 Rue Montmartre, near the offices of L’Humanité; a plaque marks the building.4 Under the Restoration and the Second Empire, the streets around the Bourse, Rue du Croissant above all, were known as the République du Croissant.2 Farther up, La Porte Montmartre at No. 178 opens 07:00–05:00, the latest close in the 2e.

Coffee in the covered passages

Passage des Panoramas, built in 1799 between Boulevard Montmartre and Rue Saint-Marc, was lit by gas in 1817 and became one of the first homes of the Paris stamp trade.5 Certified, a takeaway coffee counter, is at No. 47. Galerie Vivienne and Passage Choiseul are the 2e’s other surviving arcades.1

Specialty coffee between Sentier and Étienne Marcel

Matamata, on Rue d’Argout, opened in 2014 as a coffee bar on two floors.6 Tanat, formerly called Kawa, is at 46 Rue Tiquetonne, where a cup of Colombian Gesha cost €19 in June 2026.7 Terres de Café, which roasts its specialty coffee in Île-de-France, has a bar on Rue des Capucines, open from 08:00 on weekdays.9

Hours are short: Tanat closes at 17:00 on weekdays and Matamata at 18:00. For an early espresso, Café du Cadran on Rue Daunou opens at 06:00 every day. Prices at the counters are moderate: four 2e bars averaged €2.20 for a café in October 2026.8

Sources

  1. 2nd arrondissement of Paris, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. 2e arrondissement de Paris, Wikipédia, accessed October 2026
  3. Rue Montorgueil, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Assassinat de Jean Jaurès, Wikipédia, accessed October 2026
  5. Passage des Panoramas, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Paris Coffee Shops: Where to Drink Specialty Coffee in Paris, 2foodtrippers (updated October 25, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. Paris specialty coffee shops: update guide, Double Skinny Macchiato (June 5, 2026), accessed October 2026
  8. Prix du café à Paris, MisterGoodBeer (data as of October 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
  9. Terres de Café: café de spécialité et haut de gamme, Terres de Café, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bourse & Sentier (2e) cafés: questions

Is the 2nd arrondissement the smallest in Paris?

Yes. The 2e, also called Bourse, covers 0.992 km² and had 19,847 residents in 2023. It holds the former Paris stock exchange, the Sentier garment district and most of the city’s surviving 19th-century covered arcades, including Passage des Panoramas, Galerie Vivienne and Passage Choiseul.

Where are the specialty coffee bars in Paris’s Sentier and Montorgueil area?

Most are on the small streets between Étienne Marcel and Rue Montmartre. Matamata on Rue d’Argout has two floors, Tanat is at 46 Rue Tiquetonne, and Terres de Café, which roasts in Île-de-France, has a bar on Rue des Capucines. Tanat closes at 17:00 on weekdays and Matamata at 18:00.

Where was Jean Jaurès assassinated in Paris?

At the Café du Croissant, 146 Rue Montmartre in the 2e, on 31 July 1914 at about 21:40. He was shot through an open window, near the offices of his newspaper L’Humanité, and a plaque marks the building today. Under the Restoration and the Second Empire, the streets around the Bourse were known as the République du Croissant.

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