What the lists agree on
Plaq is named by 7 of the 8 lists. The one list without it is Gault&Millau’s, whose only Paris address is Jean-Paul Hévin. Angelina is second with 4 lists. Eight places are joint third with 3 lists each, and four are joint 11th with 2.
The lists name 42 places in all, and 28 of them are on only one list. Sortiraparis names 22 places, more than any other list. Of those 22, 17 are on no other list. All 9 open places on Paris Secret’s list are ranked.
Guide MICHELIN names five places, and all five are ranked: Plaq, L’Éclair de Génie Café and three hotels (La Réserve Paris, Four Seasons Hotel George V and The Peninsula Paris). With Gault&Millau’s Jean-Paul Hévin, six ranked places are named by an award guide. The other eight, among them Angelina and the Saint-Germain cafés, are named by city media only.
The 6th arrondissement has the most ranked places, with four: Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots and Dengo in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and Chapon in Odéon. The 8th has three, all in the Champs-Élysées area. The ten ranked places outside the 6th are all on the Right Bank.
Hot chocolate in Paris
On Paris menus the drink is chocolat chaud. Angelina opened in 1903 at 226 rue de Rivoli, the tea room in this guide. Carette opened on place du Trocadéro in 1927. Les Deux Magots dates itself to 1884 and Café de Flore to 1887.
Two French terms come up under what to order. À l’ancienne, at Angelina and Les Deux Magots, means old-style. Chantilly, at Carette and Ladurée, is sweetened whipped cream.
Some hotel hot chocolates are seasonal. Check menus and opening days before you go.