La Petite Chaise

On rue de Grenelle in the 7th, La Petite Chaise trades on a claim that feels almost indecently Parisian: the same address has been serving food and drink, in its original walls, without interruption since 1680.  That kind of continuity does something to your appetite. You arrive with the urge to order like a local, and to linger like a historian.

The room leans into its age but recently got a fresh polish, with a renovation that puts the old bones back in the spotlight rather than turning them into theatre.  In the kitchen, chef Thibaut Repéto steers the ship with a fondness for classic French comfort, sharpened and cleaned up for today.  The menu reads like a greatest hits album you actually want to replay: egg mayonnaise, onion soup, sole meunière, beef tartare, generous sharing cuts.  Come hungry, order something traditional, and enjoy the rare thrill of eating inside a living footnote.