High heels are a no no! From the outside, this street is a great example of the cosmopolitan Belleville area. At the bar there are people of all colors, religions and styles. You could easily encounter anyone from the local plumber to a television star, passing a young bohemian artist on your way, with everyone brightening up in front of the 80s neon lights. However, it’s the basement that really draws the crowd. The Zorba Zoo is a little cellar of about 20m2, and one of the best-kept... Read more

Known as Le Cithéa in a previous life and with a make over a few years back that didn’t do the place any favours, Le Chitéa Nova has been taken over by the bar across the road ‘La Maizon’. Now a café-bar-club-restaurant, they have yet to find their place on the busy rue Oberkampf. So far they invite Djs to play commercial loungy house and electro. Monday nights’ Gym Tonic’ (one of the only regular Monday night events in Paris) has found a public, and the Sunday brunches are... Read more