5 secret bars in Paris and how to find them

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In theory, going out for a cocktail in Paris should be a thrill in itself, discovers Ruby Boukabou.

Secret cocktail bars have sprung up through central Paris where you arrive through restaurant kitchen doors, pizza fridges and even via a washing machine in a laundromat.
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Moonshiner5 Rue Sedaine

Push through the walk-in fridge inside Da Vito pizzeria in Bastille, to enter Moonshiner.

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5, Rue Sedaine, Paris, Paris, France, 75011
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Very dimly lit prohibition speakeasy style with couches, an old record player and 1920s-style decor. A cool crowd, quite a few groups of friends, busy and fun.
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Candelaria

Their signature drink: ‘La Guêpe Verte’ – The Green Wasp! Tequila Altos Blanco with chilli mixed with cucumber, coriander, agave and lime.

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Rue de Saintonge, Paris, Paris, France, 75003
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Through an unmarked door at the back of the tiny, popular taqueria in the Marais, is Candelaria.Candlelit, shabby-chic, small, cosy and low key with relaxed staff and a DJ.
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Bar a NaanBaranaan

The vibe is festive and friendly with delicious, inventive cocktails, a naan oven by the bar and flamboyant, bindi-wearing staff.

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Paris, Paris, France
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Imagine the swinging dining carriage of a train travelling through India (video footage of the view from the window is screened on the walls and there’s dining car-like booths).
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Lavomatic30 Rue René Boulanger

At Lavomatic, you’ll find a young, hip French and international crowd.

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30, Rue René Boulanger, Paris, Paris, France, 75010
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Colourful, appropriately sparkly clean and rather like being in someone’s trendy apartment (low tables, benches, stools, books to browse and swings to kick back in)
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La Mezcaleria + Malicia

Through the kitchen behind the hotel bar at the Inka, you instantly are transported into a cool, laid-back bar in Oaxaca in Mexico

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Boulevard du Temple, Ile-de-France, France, 75003
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Signature drink -The Rangolada cheekily combines mezcal and rum, but before diving in, check with the expert mixologists behind the bar who can talk you through the various options to match your taste including frozen slurpy-style mezcal creations.
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Le Ballroom du Beefclub

Head through the door next to the Beef Club restaurant and wind down the fairly light-lit concrete stairs to arrive at this very cool bar.

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Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paris, Paris, France
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Prohibition speakeasy feel with dark colours and dim lighting through three intimate rooms, the bar staff clad in waistcoats and a DJ playing on weekends. Perch at the bar or get cosy on a couch. A good place to discuss life, love and the universe.

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