With a roster including DJs Manare, Lazy Flow, Alan Gay, or French Fries, Youngunz is one of the most fresh and promising Parisian labels, with a very distinctive electronic music style and vision, following in the steps of Ed Banger or Institubes. Guilllaume le Donche, founder of Youngunz, gives us his favorite addresses while avoiding clichés like le Silencio, etc… allowing us to immerse in “his Paris”

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B.I.A (St Paul)

Simple, cheap pleasures, perfect after a busy night–real burgers with real fat (and really fat), crispy bacon, and dripping cheddar. The chili fries are also excellent. Come here on Sunday to recover from the previous night’s debauchery with a cool Budweiser, and if your girlfriend is not around you can take the opportunity to learn a bit more about the States with a student/waitress straight from the US.

BIA/4, rue Malher 75004 / metro: Saint Paul

BIA marais

B.I.A

My tattooist: Sailor Roman (http://www.sailor-roman.com/)

Born Norman, Breton at heart and a teary-eyed sailor. We share a taste for legend, rum, and the small things. The guy really has his own style: borrowing from a nostalgia for the high seas with the elegance of a Parisian, you can recognize him out of a thousand. I discourage you from asking him for a rainbow unicorn or a wolf shouting at the moon, even if he would be able to turn these bad ideas into something cool.

By appointment only, contact on his blog

tattooist: Sailor Roman

Sailor Roman (flamingo on Guillaume)

The Kebab “Döner Kebab” de la Rue des batignolles a “legend”

The best kebab in Paris, acclaimed by guides like le Fooding and by the media in general (a friend even saw it on TV last week), and still the same–the guy hasn’t changed, the shop is still tiny, and it still showcases the real craftsmanship of unhealthy eating.
Beyond that, blocking my arteries there awakens in me a bit of nostalgia. I lived in the neighborhood for 16 years and I’ve been going there since I was 9/10 years old, so it’s probably been 15 years that I’ve been pronouncing the same sentence:”Tomate, Oignon, sans salade, harissa, mayonnaise”.

Doner Kebab / 43 rue des batignolles 75017 / metro: la Fourche

 

Musee Maillol

A bit of culture and one of my favorite Parisian museums, the program of temporary exhibitions is (almost) always very good and the permanent collection is also worth the trip. There is something intimate, reassuring within its walls–the architecture of the corners, alcoves, and cellar (it’s a former hotel particulier), gives it a familiar, almost familial feeling.

Musee Mailol / 61 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 / metro: Rue du Bac

Musee Mailol

Musee Mailol

Le Bar du Plaza Athénée

When I was younger I spent a lot of my time there, a period of my life as golden as it was agitated…regardless, the decor is warm and not too ostentatious, made with wood paneling set in contrast with contemporary lighting fixtures, which makes you relatively comfortable for a Palace bar.
The Mojito, (my favorite cocktail) is treated like a prince in a palette of flavors each more sexy one than other, I would suggest the water melon mojito, which costs approximately 40e.
If you’re having trouble with a difficult girl, two or three cocktails there would be enough to convince her.

Bar du Plaza Athénée/ 25, avenue Montaigne 75008 / metro: Alma Marceau

To go out at night you know where to go!