Café latte, pan con tomate and wines to sip on: that’s the very caliente plan of the Aymerich family (Tom, the founder of Charmi, his brother Adrien, a former lawyer, and Helena, Adrien’s girlfriend, who used to work in fashion), who have come to spice up Rue Charlot. Staring at 8:30am, the pastry chef Zoé Souchard, who previously studied at the Beaux-Arts, delights guests with pistachio rolls, buttery croissants and well-made cookies – salted chocolate, matcha / white chocolate, or carrot cake and pecan flavors. Later in the day, they roll out the tapas: boquerones (fresh anchovies marinated in vinegar and garlic), fuet (Catalan salami) and black garlic manchego, all of which comes directly from Spain, in addition to first-rate tinned seafood – sardines in lemon and olive oil, calamari with squid ink, mussels in escabeche… Not to mention the famous pan con tomate: browned toast, fresh tomato purée, olive oil, fleur de sel, and optional Iberian ham. Bonus: on Tuesdays, they host adorable knitting and tapas nights from 5pm to 10pm. // Anna Elisabeth
FEELING THIRSTY? : Specialty coffee from the Barcelona roaster Nomad, in addition to matcha, mocaccinos and hot chocolate, and for apéro hour, a selection of natural Spanish wines: Vernatxa, a grenache blanc from Celler Frisach (€42 a bottle), Contraban, a skin-contact wine from Celler Rim (€46), or Engrescada, a muscat from Raimones (€8 a glass).
PRICE: : Tapas €4-12 (up to €16 for the Iberian ham), tinned seafood €10.
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