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One of Paris's specialty-coffee pioneers, open since 2012 near Palais-Royal — Nicolas Clerc brought serious roasting culture to the city through this tiny, mostly-standing space. Order an espresso or flat white to taste the precision, and ask which guest roaster is on, as they rotate. Come for a morning espresso break, perfect fuel before the Palais-Royal gardens. It is a foundational Paris coffee bar — small, exacting, and influential well beyond its size, one of the rooms that taught the city to take espresso seriously. The Palais-Royal location makes it an ideal pause between the 1st arrondissement's grand sights.