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Cafés in Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e)

Bel Horizon on Boulevard Garibaldi, Dahu’s bike café on Rue Cauchy and long-hours counters on Rue du Commerce and Rue Lecourbe.

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The 15e is the most populous arrondissement in Paris, with 229,713 residents in 2023 on 8.48 km².1 It was built from two communes outside the old city, Vaugirard and Grenelle, annexed on 1 January 1860, and its four quarters today are Saint-Lambert, Necker, Grenelle and Javel.1

This is residential Paris, and its cafés serve the people who live here more than visitors. Rue de Vaugirard and Rue Lecourbe, which both cross the district, have the most, ahead of Rue de la Convention, Avenue de la Motte-Picquet and Rue Blomet. Specialty coffee is scarce and scattered, so it pays to know the addresses.

Local tip: Pair the weekend book market in the Parc Georges-Brassens with a stop on Rue Brancion; T3a stops at Brancion and Georges Brassens, on the park’s doorstep.5

At a glance

124Cafés listed
55With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Café Beaugrenelle, from 00:00 (Daily 07:00–00:00, 00:00–02:00).
  • Closes latest: Abstinence, until 02:00 (Mon–Fri 11:30–14:30, 18:30–02:00 · Sat 18:00–02:00 · Sun 11:30–15:00, 18:30–02:00).
  • Most listed streets: Rue Lecourbe (6), Rue de Vaugirard (5), Avenue de la Motte-Picquet (5).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (43%), open late (22%), indoor seating (16%).

Des Charmes

  • 61 Rue du commerce
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat 08:00–20:00
  • +33 1 48 28 58 70
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Lattein Coffee

  • 1 Rue du Général de Castelnau
  • Mon 10:00–18:00 · Wed–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:30
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Getting around the 15e

Metro lines 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 cross the arrondissement.1 Line 6 runs above ground from Bir-Hakeim to Pasteur, along Boulevard de Grenelle and Boulevard Garibaldi, and all the others stay underground.1 Trams serve the southern edge: T2 at Porte de Versailles, and T3a at Balard, Brancion and Georges Brassens.1 La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle, on lines 6, 8 and 10, is the junction for the northern half.2

Rue du Commerce and old Grenelle

Grenelle began as a real-estate venture. In 1824 Léonard Violet and Alphonse Letellier bought about 105 ha on the plain, then part of Vaugirard, and divided it into lots.2 Rue du Commerce was laid out in 1837 and took its name in 1877 as the former commune’s main shopping street; it runs 675 m from Boulevard de Grenelle, under the elevated line, to Rue des Entrepreneurs.2

Des Charmes, at No. 61, opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and A la Tour Eiffel, at No. 96, serves 11:00–23:00 daily. Around the corner on Avenue de la Motte-Picquet, Le Pierrot at No. 67 opens 07:30–02:00, and Primerose at No. 64 has similar hours. Au Moka at 92 Boulevard de Grenelle runs 07:00–02:00 every day.

Vaugirard: Bal Blomet, La Ruche and Rue Brancion

Bal Blomet, at 33 Rue Blomet, was founded in 1924 and became known as the Bal Nègre after Robert Desnos wrote about it. Josephine Baker, Hemingway, Miró and Sartre were among its visitors.4 After decades as a café and then a jazz club, it reopened in 2017 under its present name.4 Le P’tit Gavroche, up the street at 89 B, opens 07:00–01:30.

La Ruche, at 2 Passage de Dantzig, is the artists’ residence that the sculptor Alfred Boucher founded in 1902 from pieces of the 1900 Exposition, including the Bordeaux wine pavilion. Modigliani, Soutine, Léger and Chagall all worked there.3 Enzo Bistronomie, on neighboring Rue de Dantzig, opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday.

The Parc Georges-Brassens, 8.7 ha, occupies the site of the Vaugirard abattoirs and horse market. Its old horse hall has held a weekend used-book market since 1987, and about 700 pinot noir vines grow in the park.5 Tea for my Cat at 68 Rue Brancion opens Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–18:00.

Specialty coffee in the 15e

Bel Horizon Coffee Roaster, at 26 Boulevard Garibaldi under the line 6 viaduct, opens from 08:00 on weekdays and has Sunday hours, 10:00–17:00. Kalve, at 40 Rue Desaix, is the Paris outpost of a Latvian specialty roaster that roasts in Riga and also runs cafés in Tallinn, Vilnius and Lisbon.7

Dahu, at 42 Rue Cauchy, pairs a specialty coffee bar with a workshop for road, gravel and triathlon bikes, and it organizes social rides at weekends.6 Noeud, at 41 Rue Violet, keeps short hours, 09:00–16:00 from Tuesday to Friday.

Early and late counters in the 15e

Le Royal Cambronne opens at 06:00 on weekdays and closes at 02:00 every night. Donnant also starts at 06:00, daily, and Le P’ti Bistrot on Rue Saint Lambert at 06:30 on weekdays. L’Oustal at 139 Boulevard de Grenelle and Au Général Beuret on the square of the same name also stay open until 02:00. Six 15e bars averaged €2.42 for a café in November 2026, ten cents above the Paris figure.8

Sources

  1. 15e arrondissement de Paris, Wikipédia, accessed November 2026
  2. Rue du Commerce (Paris), Wikipédia, accessed November 2026
  3. La Ruche (cité d’artistes), Wikipédia, accessed November 2026
  4. Bal Blomet, Wikipédia, accessed November 2026
  5. Parc Georges-Brassens, Wikipédia, accessed November 2026
  6. Café & atelier vélo, DAHU, accessed November 2026
  7. KALVE Coffee Roasters, KALVE, accessed November 2026
  8. Prix du café à Paris, MisterGoodBeer (data as of November 2, 2026), accessed November 2026
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Vaugirard & Grenelle (15e) cafés: questions

Where can you find specialty coffee in Vaugirard and Grenelle, Paris?

Bel Horizon Coffee Roaster is at 26 Boulevard Garibaldi, Kalve at 40 Rue Desaix, and Dahu, a coffee bar with a bike workshop, at 42 Rue Cauchy. Noeud at 41 Rue Violet keeps short hours, Tuesday to Saturday. Specialty coffee is scattered across the 15e, so plan around a specific address.

What is Rue du Commerce in the Grenelle district of Paris known for?

It was the main shopping street of the old commune of Grenelle, laid out in 1837 and named in 1877. It runs 675 m from Boulevard de Grenelle to Rue des Entrepreneurs, near La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle station on lines 6, 8 and 10, with cafés such as Des Charmes at No. 61.

How much does a café cost in Vaugirard and Grenelle in Paris?

Six bars in the 15e averaged €2.42 for a café in November 2026, slightly above the Paris average of €2.32. That is for a plain espresso at an ordinary bar. The 15e is a residential arrondissement, and most of its counters serve neighborhood regulars rather than visitors.

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