Charisma Discoveries

1. El Taco De Mexico

With accolades for its authenticity, El Taco offers a space where everyone--and I mean, EVERYONE, no matter the budget--... (more)

2. Village Bagels

Three-shop chain with bagels and pretty darn good coffee. I'm sure this branch isn't all too different from the other tw... (more)

3. Bagelei

Cute bagel shop in the Aussere Neustadt. The ingredients always seem super fresh and the one girl that I always saw ther... (more)

4. Ground Zero

Previously located near uber-trendy Oberkampf, Ground Zero finds its digs in slowly-gentrifying Belleville. Of course, I... (more)

5. Common Grounds

There's hardly anyone here when I come in the early afternoons on weekdays, but I'm sure it's hopping during others time... (more)

6. Lefties

I bought a pair of really cute sandals there a couple months ago. They survived the plane ride home and a couple rigoro... (more)

7. Caffè Moro

Oh, yeah, I just paid 4,50 for a latte ! I walk by this place and run off because it's usually packed with beautiful loc... (more)

8. Loving Hut

Fourth time's the charm, apparently! I could've had two orders of the "joyeux croustillants" and it would've been just p... (more)

9. Morning Glory

I used to take classes at the language school just a few doors down Kastanienallee, so Morning Glory became a frequent b... (more)

10. nude espresso

Great little and very stylish coffee shop that's a little on the posh side. the coffee is great, the baristas friendly a... (more)

11. Le Petit Josselin

On this street of crêperies, one would really have to be in the know to distinguish the best from the rest. Fortunately,... (more)

12. L'As du Falafel

If there's one falafel place that guidebooks to Paris rave about, it's probably this one. I'd avoided this place on nume... (more)

13. Double Eye

14. Le Bar à Soupes

Especially on the grayest of Parisian days, it's very hard to miss this soup bar's yellow facade, giving off those healt... (more)

15. Golem

As I've probably mentioned in a review of the Cines Renoir (and as I've mentioned to friends), I try to avoid going to C... (more)

16. Le Silence de la Rue

Le Silence de la Rue has supplanted Ground Zero as my favorite shop for new music in Paris, with a different, less-scene... (more)

17. Boulangerie Jacques Bazin

It's easy to make this bakery a favorite, since it's literally around the corner from my place. Beautiful turn-of-the-ce... (more)

18. Point Éphémère

FMR is a multi-use site off of the Canal St. Martin managed by the Usines Éphémères collective and with an agenda determ... (more)

19. Felekabad

You walk to end of the peninsula to get to this friendly seafood joint. Perhaps it was because I was a foreigner dining ... (more)

20. Godshot

I've heard that if know your coffee, you'd love this place and would most likely understand the "godshot" reference with... (more)