breakfast in the 7th - Paris
 

We are staying at the Hotel Montalembert and want to find a lovely place for a great breakfast in the neighborhood - any suggestions? Thanks.

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What is your definition of a great breakfast? A typical French breakfast would be croissants or baguettes with butter and jam, and coffee - maybe tartines. And you can get that at any hotel or café. Did you have something else in mind?

klt,

We are leaving for our first trip to Paris in about two weeks, and we too are staying in the 7th (Hotel du Champ de Mars). We plan on just eating a typical French breakfast. However, I was browsing through my guidebook (yet again) for various restaurants in the area, and the guidebook (Rick Steves Paris 2005) mentions that Cafe la Roussillon, in the Rue Cler neighborhood, serves American breakfasts for 7 euros. Its located at the corner of rue de Grenelle and rue Cler. Not sure if this is what you are looking for or not, so I thought I would share.

Tracy

Actually, just about all the cafés ON the rue Cler now have big signs out advertising "American Breakfasts." If that's what you want, it should be easy to find there.

I think the best traditional French breakfasts (croissants, coffee, etc.) are served by the Belgian chain Le Pain Quotidien. The closest to the Montalembert is at 138 rue Mouffetard (depends on how much you want to walk in the morning). The others are in the Marais, near La Bourse and in Paris-Montorgueil (and offhand, I have no idea where that is). Try them at least once, I bet you would enjoy it.