Our first stay in Paris is 8 weeks away, April 29 through May 4. We will be in Paris on the front end of a RS tour of Paris and the south of France.

Breakfast options are “on our own” for the first four days. The tour does not start until May 3. I don’t believe we will take the breakfast option at the Hotel du Champ de Mars. It will not bother us to get ready for the day and eat our morning food somewhere in the 7th. We usually have oatmeal for breakfast, but we don’t need to have that in Paris.

I am a bit confused about our options:
Buy bakery items at a bakery and eat them while walking around
Order coffee at a café and eat the items from the bakery –
is it acceptable to bring in food?
Order coffee and breakfast items from a café
Street vendors - Order crêpes and eat them while walking around

Please offer your thoughts on how you like to eat in the morning when you are not eating at your apartment or hotel.

Thanks for your comments.

James

Crepes aren't a breakfast food, so doubtful you'll find those. Most cafes serve continental breakfast similar to what hotels offer: croissant, crusty roll, juice, coffee/tea/choc. Some will do eggs. If a cafe has breakfast on the menu, I don't think you should bring food from bakeries there to consume.
Here is a cafe in the 7th and this site has a sample menu:
http://www.pariszoomtv.com/carte/162...oussillon.html

Travelnut is right, but the menu referenced is a bit high. You can get that breakfast for about €5.00 at little breakfast shops in the city. Blvd. Montparnasse has some near the gare, but I don't know about Rickville on Champ du Mars. I recommend an early morning metro hop to Gare Montparnasse and then walk east on the boulevard. After breakfast walk to Blvd. St. Michel and north to the Latin Quarter. Rick thinks that the whole left bank (south of the Siene) is the Latin Quarter. Rick is wrong.

We hit the street food near the hotel and eat on our way to wherever we're going. In the VII, that's the <I>Supermarch&eacute; SHOPI</i>, adjacent to the &Eacute;cole Militaire M&eacute;tro station on Avenue de la Motte Piquet. Their panini are fresh, hot, delicious, and cheap.

And SHOPI has good almond and chocolate croissants as well.

The RS crowds tend to gather at the places on the rue Cler that have the big "American Breakfasts!" signs. But there's also a traditional café or two on that street, as well as a Franprix where you can pick up yogurt or fruit. Just whatever you do, steer clear of the Café du Marché if you want to survive your trip.

There's a nice bakery on the Avenue Bosquet a block or two from your hotel, too.

Just go to the nearest cafe. Happy Travels!

I will second Robespierre, love the Supermarche SHOPI though I have never grabbed breakfast there, but we often buy their great sandwiches for lunch. They have a nice counter set up outside of the store (conveniently next to an ATM).

There is a cafe on rue Cler with I think, red signboards out front (I think of it as the Red Cafe for some reason...) and we usually eat breakfast there, I don't know why,maybe because it is across the street from a tabac and we can get our papers there. In any case, we usually get cremes, the kids get chocolat chaud, I go for a tartine and the rest get croissants. We don't order the "French" or "American" breakfasts. It is true, there are a lot of tourists in there in the am but certainly plenty of French, too.

There is also a really good bakery on the corner of rue Cler and rue du Champs de Mars, across the corner from Cafe du Marche (which yes, you should avoid, also Tribeca is a no in my book) Sometimes we go out for a walk early on, then grab croissants at that bakery.

Also if you are desperate for some good ol' USA type stuff, there is a Starbucks on rue St. Dominique, just turn right where it intersects with rue Cler. Maybe you can even get some oatmeal there! (I know, Starbucks in Paris...)

I would not bring baked items into a cafe, but I have brought fruit from one of the vendors on rue Cler.

Bon voyage!

TTT! We're also staying in the 7th, much to the 6th than to that whole Rue Cler area.

I generally follow a low-sugar diet, particularly at breakfast. While I do intent to indulge in a pastry in the AM, I need something more substantial (protein + fiber). One option is to buy fruit, ham, and cheese and keep in the room, (any place to buy hard-boiled eggs too)? But, ideally I would like to find a cafe in the area where I can order a hard boild egg along with my viennoisserie and cafe creme. Breakfast at the hotel is supposed to be nice, but at 25 Euros a piece, it would bust our food budget. Any other suggestions for options in the 7th closer to the6th, or 6th?

In the 6th not far from the 7th is a Paul on rue de Seine. coffe and pastry or flute, or you can add fresh juice for a bit more. They also do eggs , as an omelet or fried

There are cafes on both corners of rue de L'universite /rue Jacob and rue de St Peres, they both do full breakfast at a reasonable price

James there are many, many places all around you for breakfast. Sit down, take out, whatever your choice might be.

Not sure about oatmeal, though.

You will be there for a big holiday..May 1st. Ask the days before, where you have breakfast, if they will be open on the 1st.

I think you are moving to the Duquesne at some point? If so, and not Sat/Sun, you can go to Flirt The, 3 Ave Duquesne.

Eating in Paris is not a problem!

a bientot...

Joan