Comptoir du Foie Gras

This is the kind of congenial place that makes you long to be French — local wine and heaping platters of charcuterie (or foie gras) are served on overturned wine barrels, as everyone crowds into this corner spot near Les Halles market. Those lucky enough to score a stool, sit, while everyone else stands. So if you're looking for a relaxing, quiet scene, this is not it. The crowd is local and young, and most come for an apero and then move on to dinner elsewhere. Bar Jean is down the street.