Where do locals actually go for aperitivo in Paris?

The aperitivo ritual is Italian, not Parisian, so locals don't really observe it as a structured institution the way Milan does. What exists instead is *l'heure de l'apéro*, roughly 6 to 8 p.m., when Parisians drink a glass of wine, a Kir, or a Spritz with something small to eat, usually at a zinc bar rather than a dedicated aperitivo spread. Canal Saint-Martin and Oberkampf are the neighborhoods where this happens most naturally, at unpretentious wine bars like Le Verre Volé on Rue de Lancry or Septime La Cave on Rue Basfroi, where the crowd is genuinely local and the wine list rewards attention. You order a glass, sometimes a small charcuterie plate if you ask, and the transaction is casual. Avoid the tourist-facing terrasses along the Seine for this, where the same concept gets dressed up, marked up, and stripped of the ease that makes it worth doing in the first place.

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