Students Resturants Students of any age are eligible to apply for tickets for the university restaurants under the direction of CROUS de Paris. A list of addresses, which includes numerous cafeterias and brasseries, is available from their offices at 39 av Georges-Bernanos, 5e (tel 01.40.51.36.00; Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; RER Port-Royal). The tickets, however, have to be obtained from the particular restaurant of your choice (opening hours generally 11.30am-2pm & 6-8pm). Not all serve both midday and evening meals, and times change with each term. Though the food is less than wonderful, it's certainly filling, and you can't complain for the price . Some are less fussy than others about student credentials, and will sell tickets to anyone for ?4.30. They will cost you ?2.09 if you're studying at a French university, ?3.51 if you can produce an International Student Card.

Late night

It's not at all unusual for bars and brasseries in Paris to stay open after midnight. Note that the three Drugstores , at 133 av des Champs-Élysées and 1 av Matignon in the 8e, and 149 bd St-Germain in the 6e, stay open till 2am, with bars, restaurants, shops and tabacs .

Resturant
As you would expect, there are some really spectacular restaurants in Paris. One of the best is Alain Ducasse at 59 av Raymond Poincaré, 16e (tel 01.47.27.12.27) which has beenawarded three Michelin stars. It's run by the enterprising Alain Ducasse, who has also been awarded three stars for another of his restaurants, Le Louis XV , in Monte Carlo, making him the only chef to have been awarded six Michelin stars. At midday during the week, the menu at his Paris restaurant is around ?45.73-60.21; prixe fixe menus range from ?73.17 to ?228.66; and there's no limit to the amount you can pay for beautiful wines. Ducasse has also recently opened a smaller, less fussy establishment, Spoon, Food & Wine , at 14 rue de Marignan, 8e (tel 01.40.76.34.44), with cheaper, though no less superb cuisine.

The other greats include: Lucas Carton , 9 place de la Madeleine, 8e (tel 01.42.65.22.90), with splendid Art-Nouveau decor, run by chef Alain Senderens; Taillevent , 15 rue Lamennais, 8e (tel 01.45.61.12.90); Les Ambassadeurs , in the Hôtel Crillon , 10 place de la Concorde, 8e (tel 01.44.71.16.16); Ledoyen , 1 av Dutuit, 8e (tel 01.47.42.35.98), headed by a Flemish woman chef, Ghislaine Arabian; and Guy Savoy , 18 rue Troyon, 17e (tel 01.43.80.40.61).