"To me, this is the definitive neighborhood wine bar. This is where I go if I don’t want to think too hard and simply enjoy a room full of very gorgeous young people, wines with a little funk, and someone spinning cool records by the window. It’s a hub for all the hippest locals in Paris, smoking cigarettes outside or packed inside like a tin of sardines. Stéphane Rozey, the owner, has kept a touch of the old inside (his partner, Dora, professionally sources antiques for designers around the world) with vintage wallpaper and ancestral portraits. A sign reading “Marchandises D’Occasions”—which literally translates to “Second Hand Goods,” a nod to the history of the space as a used goods shop—is the only marker of this Montmartre bar. What to order here? Leave it in the hands of Rozey and his team. Ask them for the wines they’re loving now—they always have something fun behind the bar." - ByVictoria James
