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              "name": "Is La Fontaine de Belleville the same café as La Fontaine on rue Juliette Dodu?",
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                "text": "Yes. La Fontaine de Belleville was the name used while Belleville Brûlerie ran the café. It returned to the name La Fontaine after the handover. It is the café at 31–33 rue Juliette Dodu, on the corner of rue de la Grange aux Belles."
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  "editorialMarkdown": "[View next **Café Lomi — Marcadet**](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/cafe-lomi-marcadet>)\n\n## La Fontaine de Belleville\n\nA neighbourhood café-bar with a terrace, morning coffee and a longer stay than a small takeaway coffee counter.\n\n[Plan this experience](<https://www.timeout.fr/paris/restaurants/la-fontaine-de-belleville>)\n\n[Explore the story](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/la-fontaine-de-belleville#experience-story>)\n\nCost **Per person**\n\nTime to allow **Allow 30–90 minutes**\n\nPlace **Canal Saint-Martin / 10th arrondissement, Paris**\n\n01 / The experience\n\n### A blue-fronted corner café with a traditional bar.\n\nLa Fontaine de Belleville is recognisable from its blue awning and corner terrace. The pavement tables face the everyday movement of the streets near Canal Saint-Martin, while the interior brings the older language of a Paris café: polished wood, tall mirrors, bottles behind the bar and round red stools.\n\n#### The mirrored bar and neighbourhood terrace\n\nThat setting makes the café more versatile than a small takeaway espresso counter. A morning coffee can develop into a longer sit-down pause, and the café-bar character carries the place beyond a single breakfast service. The counter is an especially distinctive part of the room, reflecting the bottles and people around it in the decorative mirrors.\n\n#### Coffee and a light bite by Canal Saint-Martin\n\nThe food and drink offer belongs to that neighbourhood café format, with coffee and a light bite providing the simplest introduction. It is a place to use for the room and terrace as well as the cup, rather than a restaurant whose identity rests on a long tasting menu. The surrounding district supplies the activity; the café gives a seat within it.\n\nIts name places it in a broader Paris coffee conversation, but the useful attraction is quite concrete. The blue exterior, pavement seating and traditional mirrored bar create three connected settings for the same stop. The terrace is the more open, street-facing choice; indoors, the wood and mirrors give the visit its particular character.\n\n![La Fontaine de Belleville, Paris](<https://above.guide/paris/_guide/images/tennis/roland-garros-tennis/generated-local-cafes-v1/la-fontaine-de-belleville-interior-v1.webp>)\n\nCafés & bakeries **La Fontaine de Belleville** Paris\n\nIn pictures\n\n### The full gallery.\n\n02 / The essentials\n\n### La Fontaine de Belleville: visit essentials\n\n1. 01\n\n   Canal Saint-Martin / 10th arrondissement\n2. 02\n\n   Allow 30–90 minutes\n3. 03\n\n   Confirm current café and food-service hours before visiting.\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\nA neighbourhood café-bar with a terrace, morning coffee and a longer stay than a small takeaway coffee counter.\n\n#### Menu & spending\n\nCheck the current menu before visiting.\n\nPrices and menus can change.\n\n[Check the café](<https://www.timeout.fr/paris/restaurants/la-fontaine-de-belleville>)\n\n#### Choose your visit\n\nConfirm current café and food-service hours before visiting.\n\nConfirm opening and service for your travel date.\n\n#### Arrival & access\n\nFind the blue corner frontage at 31–33 rue Juliette-Dodu; the café entrance is on the street corner.\n\n31–33 rue Juliette-Dodu, 75010 Paris\n\nAsk the café directly about step-free access and a suitable table.\n\n[Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=48.87588,2.36836>)\n\n#### Plan your stop\n\nCheck seating and current service before setting out.\n\n[Read venue details](<https://www.timeout.fr/paris/restaurants/la-fontaine-de-belleville>)\n\n05 / Where it is\n\n### Find it\nand what’s nearby.\n\nExplore around La Fontaine de Belleville\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### More of Paris, around your visit.\n\n#### Explore Paris by day or by appetite\n\n- [All Paris sights and neighbourhoods](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do>)\n- [Paris cafés, restaurants and food stops](<https://above.guide/paris/food-and-drink>)\n\n#### Plan your Paris visit\n\n- [Paris city guide](<https://above.guide/paris>)\n- [Choose a Paris city day](<https://above.guide/paris/city-days>)\n- [Find a Paris hotel](<https://above.guide/paris/where-to-stay>)\n- [Plan Métro and walking journeys](<https://above.guide/paris/getting-there>)\n- [Build your saved itinerary](<https://above.guide/paris/my-itinerary>)\n\n06 / Good to know\n\n### La Fontaine de Belleville: frequently asked questions\n\n01 Is La Fontaine de Belleville the same café as La Fontaine on rue Juliette Dodu?\n\nYes. La Fontaine de Belleville was the name used while Belleville Brûlerie ran the café. It returned to the name La Fontaine after the handover. It is the café at 31–33 rue Juliette Dodu, on the corner of rue de la Grange aux Belles.\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Make Paris\nyour own.\n\n[Visit the official site](<https://www.timeout.fr/paris/restaurants/la-fontaine-de-belleville>)[← All things to do](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do>)\n\nOpening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting."
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