Becquetance
Paris, France
The read// why locals go
Becquetance is a pocket bistro on Rue de Ménilmontant where a former architect turned chef cooks bistronomy for eastern Paris, one short menu at a time. The pair behind it took over a former Cambodian delicatessen and stripped it back to pale wood carpentry, a deliberately rough wall and an open kitchen facing a hidden garden; the ceramics on the tables come from artisans working in the same arrondissement. The menu stays short by design, rewritten every couple of days — lentil velouté with haddock, beef tataki, tripe in mustard sauce, a buckwheat chocolate cake — and natural, low-intervention wines are opened by the glass at the bar. Two courses at lunch land around €18, which is part of why the few seats keep filling with Ménilmontant locals.
Opening hours
Mo-Fr 12:00-15:00,19:00-24:00; Sa-Su off
Rue de Ménilmontant 67, 75020 — Paris
The read// why locals go
Becquetance is a pocket bistro on Rue de Ménilmontant where a former architect turned chef cooks bistronomy for eastern Paris, one short menu at a time. The pair behind it took over a former Cambodian delicatessen and stripped it back to pale wood carpentry, a deliberately rough wall and an open kitchen facing a hidden garden; the ceramics on the tables come from artisans working in the same arrondissement. The menu stays short by design, rewritten every couple of days — lentil velouté with haddock, beef tataki, tripe in mustard sauce, a buckwheat chocolate cake — and natural, low-intervention wines are opened by the glass at the bar. Two courses at lunch land around €18, which is part of why the few seats keep filling with Ménilmontant locals.