Caillebotte – Franck Baranger's bistro named for a painter

At the quiet foot of rue des Martyrs, where it meets rue Hippolyte-Lebas, Caillebotte is chef Franck Baranger's second Paris address. In October 2013, Caillebotte was born, not long after the success of his first bistro, Le Pantruche, which he had founded in December 2010 together with Édouard Bobin and Nicolas Chatelain, two former hotel school friends. The name honours the Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), in whose honour this new-generation bistro was named, and the cooking here is often read as a tribute to the artist it was named for, no less inventive or reasonably priced for it. It holds one Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide, the distinction for good quality, good value cooking, in a room a few steps from the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette that has become one of the steady addresses of the 9th arrondissement's bistronomy scene.

01The chef

Franck Baranger's path to his own stove started early: in 1996 he began training at L'École de Paris des métiers de la table, apprenticing first under Jacques Sénéchal, then under Christian Constant at Le Violon d'Ingres until 1998. In 2000 he moved to the Hôtel Bristol, staying until 2005 and working his way up from commis to chef de partie tournant. He later worked at the Plaza Athénée, then at L'Instant Gourmand in Levallois-Perret, cooked for an American ambassador to UNESCO, and returned to Constant's kitchens at Les Cocottes before, in December 2010, joining Édouard Bobin and Nicolas Chatelain to open his first bistro, Le Pantruche. Caillebotte followed in October 2013, taking over the corner site at rue Hippolyte-Lebas and rue Milton that had previously housed a restaurant called Le Daron. Both openings happened to fall on a Thursday, a coincidence the team later repeated when Belle Maison opened on a Thursday in September 2016.

02The room and the setting

Behind a modest shopfront, the room plays on white marble-topped tables set against gold light fixtures and industrial mirrors, with the kitchen enclosed in an industrial glass box open onto a long counter. Soft tones and designer pendant lights give way to a dimmer, more intimate mood once evening service begins. A small terrace and garden extend the room outdoors for warmer months, and the house does not reserve tables of more than six covers, keeping the floor tightly run even on busy nights.

Insider tip

Closed Sundays; tables capped at six covers; second dinner seating at 21:15.

03The cooking

Baranger has said that building dishes around a sauce or a cooking jus has always mattered to him, across both the Pantruche and the Caillebotte. The repertoire takes bistro staples and gives them an extra turn of technique: an onion tartlet with confit egg yolk and violet mustard, or cabbage stuffed with mushrooms, sit alongside other gourmet desserts on a card that changes with the seasons to keep produce fresh and local.

04What to order

On a card last updated in February 2026, starters have run from a skate terrine with heritage tomatoes and basil to veal-shank ravioli with lettuce and fourme d'Ambert, and rock octopus with broad beans, hummus and a sauce diable, priced between eleven and thirteen euros. Among mains, line-caught brill has come with seared avocado and chard in its own juice and fresh almonds, farmhouse pork loin with black olives, crushed tomatoes, sorrel and cocoa, and roast Vendée pigeon with coconut-cucumber, courgette and red onion. To finish, a chocolate mousse with praline crunch and black olives has featured on the dessert list.

05When to go and booking

Caillebotte is open Monday to Saturday and closed on Sundays, with a second dinner seating at 21:15 for tables originally booked at 19:30 or 19:45. Reservations are not taken for parties larger than six, so book ahead for anything bigger. On the current card, the adult menu starts from €43 in the evening, alongside a €23 menu of the day at lunch.

06The neighbourhood

Caillebotte sits a short walk from the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, at the bottom of rue des Martyrs, close to Metro Cadet, Le Peletier and Saint-Georges and a few metres from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette station on line 12. It is one of four addresses run together as the La Pantruchoise family, alongside Le Pantruche, Belle Maison and Café Coucou, in the 9th arrondissement between the Opéra and Pigalle quarters.

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