Lomi

the espresso here is the thing to start with, full stop. lomi sits on rue marcadet in the 18th, a stretch of paris that moves at its own pace, and the shop fits that energy without trying to explain itself. you don't need to overthink the order: pull up a shot, see what the bar is doing that day, go from there. the 18th isn't a tourist circuit, so the people coming through tend to actually want to be here, which changes the feel of the room even if you can't quite say how. locally, lomi has built a real reputation, the kind that doesn't need much advertising. afternoons on rue marcadet, espresso in hand, are a reasonable argument for staying longer than you planned.