Le Baron Rouge is a perfect bar au vin destination.

Begin at the Place d’Aligre and peruse one of the most enchanting street markets in Paris. Get a sense of the neighborhood and what makes it tick. Food market, flea market, gathering place, the daily routine is an historic slice of humanity in the 12th arrondisement. Your body and soul will let you know when it’s time to repair to one of the great zinc wine bars just around the corner.

This wine bar is a local draw. Cheerful, warm and authentic, there are wines to be had by the glass or by the bottle, to take home. Oysters on Sundays (seasonal) and yummy charcuterie all the time, are assiduously consumed by the locals, who appear to be truly happy here.

Le Baron Rouge
1 Rue Theophile Roussel
12th Arrondisement
Metro: Ledru-Rollin
Open Until 10pm, Sunday until 3pm
Closed Monday

Owners of wine bars are passionate about wine. They believe in forging relationships with winegrowers and go so far as to order barrels of carefully selected vintages, which they will then bottle and store themselves, in the caves, beneath their establishments.

Each wine bar has its own personality with one thing in common, the belief that wine should be carefully paired with food. Traditional charcuterie (cheeses and meats) may be offered along with more substantial specials of the day.

Whatever the fare, the philosophy is unfalteringly, “ Eat, drink and be merry”.