Princesse Café, the gourmet coffee shop in the 10th district

What if we flew away for a tasty gourmet trip? For that, no need to take a plane! No, you just have to push the doors of Princesse Café, the very nice coffee shop located in the 10th arrondissement in Paris.

Located on rue Bichat, Princesse Café is the friendly spot in the neighborhood to visit at any time of the day. From breakfast to evening, through lunch and the afternoon break to chat and work... let Princesse Café take care of you!

Behind this concept, we find Jules Blot. After having been a manager at Joe Allen in Paris and after several trips to Asia and the United States, this young entrepreneur decided to set up his own business and create a place that resembles him. " Princesse is a reflection of my background and experiences, a mix of influences and techniques that I discovered in different countries. It is often in the most modest places around the world, where there are few resources, that I have had the most beautiful culinary surprises " he explains.

Jules chose the 10th arrondissement to carry out his project; a neighborhood he knows well and in which he chose to favor the surrounding businesses and local agriculture. " At Princesse everything is homemade, and we only work with fresh products in harmony with the cycle of the seasons," he says.

As for the menu, Princesse Café offers us a true multicultural journey. If breakfast (from 9 to 11 a.m.) leaves room for toasted buns, with for example bacon, scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, red onions, or lost brioche with red fruits and maple syrup or chocolate, the lunch menu allows us to discover delicious gourmet sandwiches.

Made from homemade brioche bread, this Princesse Café bestseller is available in four versions: the braised (pork belly, cheddar cheese, grilled bell pepper, tomato chutney and pickles), the gravlax (gravlax salmon, sour cream, cucumber and pickles), the chimichurri (chimichurri marinated flank steak, genovese pecorino, crispy shallots and pickles) and finally the vegetarian version, the Halloumi, for which we literally fell in love with its grilled sheep's milk cheese, herbed cream, incredible red cabbage chutney and pickles.

Each sandwich can be accompanied, for 2€ more, by a side of your choice: roasted sweet potatoes, paprika potatoes, salad and pecorino or our favorite: roasted cauliflower finished with a blowtorch and sprinkled with Guérande salt. A delight for our taste buds.

Of course, like any self-respecting coffee shop, Princesse honors coffee, the real thing, accompanied of course by a memorable and soft cookie with melting chocolate chips, also designed in-house, by Jules himself.

Gluten-free vegan cookies are also available, this time proposed by a pastry chef, or brownies and cheesecakes. And to accompany these plates, let yourself be tempted by a juice, again home-made. Are you more of a rose and violet or ginger and cucumber?

In the evening, Princesse goes into after-work mode with tapas to share, beers, natural wine and house cocktails. On weekends, it's time for the unmissable brunch. On the menu for 25€? Toasted buns with salmon and scrambled eggs, vegetarian or pork, but also a granola or a chocolate waffle for the sweet side, not to mention a freshly squeezed juice and a hot drink.

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And since January 2023, Jules Blot has set up collaborations with young chefs from a variety of backgrounds. For three months each, these chefs can give free rein to their imagination with several tapas dishes that are on the menu alongside the Princesse Café essentials. Chef Thomas Coupeau, from La Rochelle, started the dance with a collaboration from January to March 2023.

From April to the end of June 2023, it's the turn of Jordan Moilim, chef and columnist of the TV show Très Très Bon, to take over and offer 6 hearty dishes: vitello tonnato; mac and cheese; spring toast with lemon pesto and asparagus; lasagna with ragù; tarama with yuzu and beef-cumin dumplings!

As you can see, Princesse Café is THE spot in the 10th arrondissement where we like to take a gourmet and friendly break. Ready to discover it?

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.