at l'Improbable, get a Belgian shot
Le Marais has always been a food mecca, and more specifically a street food paradise. Everybody knows the famous fallafels from l'As du fallafel or Miznon, the burgers from Schwartz and most recently, the cool Cour bleue, where you can get delicious kebabs (by the kebab king Grillé) or gluten-free waffles by Yummy and Guiltfree. These last days, a brand new street food concept has just opened. Great news I thought, cause I'm getting SO tired of burgers restaurants which don't stop popping up in the city. L'improbable has replaced a former cool restaurant (the Blind Pig), which used to be a bento food truck parked in a huge garage, decorated with a swing in the middle of the place. I never had the chance to eat there but just stepped by to take a pic.
When I heard that Blind Pig got turned into a new restaurant, I was very intrigued, as the place offers a new product: les pistolets (litterally "guns" in French), Belgian sandwiches. L'Improbable kept the former concept of the Blind Pig: there's still this huge garage with the food truck in there, where the pistolets are made. But most of the decoration has changed: the place is full of swings, huge bean bags, vintage seats, wooden tables and shelves and plants. Honestly, it's one of the most beautiful and quirkiest spots I have ever seen in Paris,
it's so friendly that you can chill there for hours. I got there on a sunny Sunday afternoon and it was crowded, nevertheless, my friend and I could seat. I didn't eat anything because it was Passover (bread and starches are forbidden for Jews for a week) but I'll definitely get back there to have a pistolet. Can't resist this name!
L'Improbable
3-5 rue des Guillemites, 75004 Paris
Metro Station Saint Paul