Where to eat · Covered market · € · 10e · Canal Saint-Martin & Gare du Nord
Marché couvert Saint-Quentin
Paris's largest covered market, a glass-and-cast-iron hall wedged between the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est, with some thirty-five traders. The eating is unfussy and cheap: Moroccan tagines, Lebanese pita, Greek pastries, oysters with a glass of Muscadet.
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Skip the sit-down restaurant and order from the tagine and rotisserie stalls instead.
Getting there
- Gare de l'Est457230 m · 4 min walk
- Gare du Nord45RER BRER D460 m · 9 min walk
- Poissonnière7470 m · 9 min walk
Within a few minutes' walk
- Chez CasimirMarket neo-bistro€€ · 6 minA market-driven neo-bistro behind Gare du Nord, named Bistrot of the Year at the 2026 Pudlo awards — pot-au-feu, Paris-Brest.
- L'Avant Comptoir du GrouinStanding tapas & wine€€ · 6 minA standing tapas-and-wine counter near Gare du Nord — some fifty small plates and a natural-leaning list (it replaced La Pointe du Grouin in early 2026).
- Jah Jah by Le TricycleVegan Afro-Caribbean€ · 8 minA vegan Afro-Caribbean kitchen that grew out of three years selling hot dogs off a delivery tricycle. The daily bowls stack grains, legumes and sauce-slicked vegetables, flanked by cauliflower wings and the namesake hot dog.
- New MorningJazz club€€ · 8 minA 450-capacity room running since 1981, broad enough in its booking to put gospel, the Bad Plus, Kenny Garrett and Joshua Redman in a single fortnight.
- Urfa DürümKurdish / Turkish dürüm€ · 10 minA counter doing chicken or kefta dürüm grilled to order and rolled in a thin galette with herbs and onion — among the best cheap eats on Faubourg Saint-Denis.
- 52 Faubourg Saint-DenisNeo-bistro€€ · 10 minA walk-in-only neo-bistro from the Compagnon group with a short rotating menu — the egg-yolk ravioli with ham and mushroom is the signature.
Where to stay near Marché couvert Saint-Quentin
- Hôtel EstéBoutique hotel & pool€€ · 5 minA four-star between Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord built around a nine-metre indoor pool, with hammam and sauna attached — an unusual amount of water for a hotel this size.
- St Christopher's Inn Paris - Gare du NordSocial hostel€ · 6 minTwo minutes from the Eurostar platforms, with Belushi's bar and a live-music pub directly below — convenient for an early train, less so for an early night. Privacy curtains on the bunks and two bars are the trade-off.
- Hôtel Paradis ParisBudget design hotel€€ · 10 minA 3-star boutique on a quiet pedestrianised street between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est; 38 individually styled, light-filled rooms with distinctive headboards.
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The district · 10e
Canal Saint-Martin & Gare du Nord — Canal ParisThe locks and iron footbridges of the Canal Saint-Martin, the South Asian Passage Brady, the Faubourg Saint-Denis food strip, and two big stations. Young, mixed, and where a lot of the good cheap eating is.
Best for: Twenty-somethings and food-first travellers; lively rather than pretty.
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