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Cafés in Louvre & Les Halles (1er)

Café Marly under the Louvre arcades, Angelina on Rue de Rivoli, Verlet’s 1880 roastery and late counters around Châtelet.

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The 1er runs from the Louvre and the Tuileries east to Les Halles, the site of the central food market that Zola called the belly of Paris in an 1873 novel; the market was demolished in 1973.1 The Forum des Halles opened in its place in 1979, and the glass canopy above it was inaugurated in April 2016.1 Since June 2020 the 1er has shared a town hall with the 2e, 3e and 4e as Paris Centre.2

For coffee the arrondissement splits in two. The western half, along Rue de Rivoli and Rue Saint-Honoré, keeps grand old rooms and an 1880 roastery, while the streets around Les Halles and Châtelet are full of brasseries open past midnight. Rue Saint-Honoré has more cafés than any other street in the 1er, ahead of Rue de Rivoli and Rue des Petits Champs.

Local tip: Verlet closes on Sundays and at 18:30 on other days, so buy beans on Rue Saint-Honoré from Monday to Saturday; it still roasts in small batches on site.5

At a glance

142Cafés listed
48With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
03:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Au Cœur Couronné, from 00:00 (Mon–Thu 11:00–00:00 · Fri 00:00–02:00, 11:00–00:00 · Sat–Sun 00:00–02:00, 10:00–00:00).
  • Closes latest: Le Nemours, until 03:00 (Daily 08:00–03:00).
  • Most listed streets: Rue Saint-Honoré (10), Rue de Rivoli (7), Rue des Petits Champs (5).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (49%), smoke-free indoors (37%), outdoor seating (34%).

Au Cœur Couronné

  • 5 Rue des Innocents
  • Mon–Thu 11:00–00:00 · Fri 00:00–02:00, 11:00–00:00 · Sat–Sun 00:00–02:00, 10:00–00:00
  • +33 9 74 64 02 37
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Kintaro Café

  • 57 Rue des Petits Champs
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00
  • +33 1 42 33 21 20
  • Takeaway
  • Bakery café
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Le Benjamin

  • 53 Rue de Rivoli
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–23:00 · Sat 08:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–23:00
  • +33 1 42 61 59 71
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Open late
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Café lai'Tcha

  • 7 Rue du Jour
  • Wed–Thu 12:00–20:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–16:00
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Café Vigouroux

  • 12 Rue des Halles
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–01:00 · Sat 08:00–01:00 · Sun 10:00–22:00
  • +33 1 40 28 42 37
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Choux choux

  • 7 Rue des Prêcheurs
  • Daily 12:00–20:30
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Expres' So Tea

  • 113 Rue Saint-Denis
  • Mon Closed · Tue–Sun 14:00–20:00
  • 33763631688
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Bubble tea
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Kurashi cafe & mart

  • 133 Rue Saint-Denis
  • Mon–Thu 10:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–22:00 · Sun 10:00–21:00
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Le Club House by Shinzo

  • 29 Rue Étienne Marcel
  • Mon–Sat 11:00–18:30
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Louvre & Les Halles (1er)

Getting to the 1er by métro and RER

Châtelet–Les Halles, under the Forum, is a hub for RER A, B and D and for métro lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14, and is described as the busiest station in Paris.1 From the Forum, Rue Saint-Honoré leads west past the Palais-Royal toward the Tuileries, and most of the 1er’s cafés lie within a few streets of it.

Angelina, Verlet and Café Marly

Angelina, at 226 Rue de Rivoli, was founded in 1903 by the Austrian confectioner Antoine Rumpelmayer and named after his daughter-in-law.3 Its Belle Époque room was designed by Édouard-Jean Niermans, Coco Chanel and Marcel Proust were customers, and the house is known for l’Africain, its hot chocolate, and for the Mont-Blanc pastry Rumpelmayer created.3

Verlet has roasted coffee on Rue Saint-Honoré since 1880, still by hand and in small batches, in a wood-paneled shop that also sells teas and pastries.5 It opens Monday to Saturday, 09:30–18:30, and closes on Sundays.

Café Marly sits under the Louvre’s arcades at 93 Rue de Rivoli, its terrace facing the pyramid; in 1994 Gilbert Costes asked the designer Olivier Gagnère to furnish and light it.4 It opens daily 08:00–02:00.4

Late counters around Châtelet and the Palais-Royal

Le Nemours, on Place Colette beside the Palais-Royal, opens daily 08:00–03:00, the latest close in the 1er. Café de la Comédie (07:00–02:00) and Le Zinc d’Honoré on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré (07:30–02:00) run almost as long, and Café du Chatelet at 8 Rue Saint-Denis serves until 02:00 from Tuesday to Saturday.

The earliest coffee comes at 07:00 on weekdays, at Café Blanc on Rue Croix des Petits Champs, Café Vigouroux on Rue des Halles and Le Benjamin at 53 Rue de Rivoli. Prices in the 1er run above the city: two bars surveyed here in October 2026 averaged €2.85 for a café, against €2.32 across Paris.6

Specialty coffee near the Palais-Royal

Specialty bars are few in the 1er and keep short hours. Télescope, at 5 Rue Villedo, opens on weekdays only, 08:30–15:00. Tanat, on Avenue Victoria near Châtelet, opens every day, from 08:00 on weekdays and 10:00 on Sundays, and Café Nuances is on Rue Danielle Casanova.

Plan around Télescope’s 15:00 close: after that, Tanat on Avenue Victoria serves until 18:00 on weekdays and 19:00 on Saturdays.

Sources

  1. Les Halles, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Arrondissements of Paris, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Angelina (salon de thé), Wikipédia, accessed October 2026
  4. Café Marly, Beaumarly, accessed October 2026
  5. Verlet, la maison de café la plus mythique de Paris, Paris ZigZag (updated March 30, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Prix du café à Paris, MisterGoodBeer (data as of October 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Louvre & Les Halles (1er) cafés: questions

When was Angelina on Rue de Rivoli in Paris founded?

Angelina was founded in 1903 by the Austrian confectioner Antoine Rumpelmayer, who named it after his daughter-in-law. The tea room at 226 Rue de Rivoli in the 1er has a Belle Époque interior by Édouard-Jean Niermans and is known for its hot chocolate, l’Africain, and the Mont-Blanc pastry.

Which cafés near the Louvre in Paris stay open late?

Café Marly, under the Louvre arcades at 93 Rue de Rivoli, opens daily 08:00–02:00 with a terrace facing the pyramid. Le Nemours on Place Colette by the Palais-Royal serves until 03:00, and Le Zinc d’Honoré on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré until 02:00.

Where can you buy freshly roasted coffee near Les Halles in Paris?

Verlet, on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1er, has roasted coffee since 1880 and still roasts by hand in small batches. Its wood-paneled shop sells beans, teas and pastries and opens Monday to Saturday, 09:30–18:30. For a specialty cup, Tanat on Avenue Victoria near Châtelet opens daily.

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