Very late night Paris

We%26#39;re arriving in Paris on a Friday afternoon to see a show at Club Rex on a Saturday night. The show doesn%26#39;t start until midnight, and in actuality probably won%26#39;t start until almost 2.

So we have this nutty idea of instead of trying to immediate adjust to Paris time to avoid jet lag, we totally embrace jetlag by sleeping Friday afternoon, stay up really really late Friday night, then sleep most of the day on Saturday. But then what to do Friday night/Saturday morning? How late do restaurants stay open? Bars? Other clubs? Is there some wacky midnight tour of Paris or anything? Otherwise, I guess we were just going to walk around till we got tired. We%26#39;ve all already been to Paris at least once, so there%26#39;s nothing we %26quot;have%26quot; to see or do.

Open to any and all suggestions!

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from a post I made a while ago :

I think you would have no problem staying out all night, but it will certainly help if you like bars and pubs. I or friends do it once a month or so, depending on ... well, we%26#39;re never quite sure why, maybe the moon? The club-type places may expect you to buy expensive drinks, but that is not where I would really go. I have never had a bit of pressure at any of the places below to buy a single drink (ignoring said pressure by my companions, of course).

From midnight on you might try this, all within easy walking distance, just to the west and north of Place St. Michel:

- 12:00, wine at Café Latin or, just across the street, a pint at Corcoran%26#39;s St. Michel, rue San Andres des Artes

- 1:00, salsa dancing and mojitos downstairs at La Pena, 3, Passage de la Petite Boucherie, just towards the Seine behind the big Cafe Mabillon on St Germain, no cover charge but you must check your coat, drinks are expensive here, but it%26#39;s cool; (groups of men only have difficulty getting admitted)

- 3:00, pichet of vin rouge or pints at Le Galway, in Quai des Grands Augustins

- 4:30, pints of beer or water at the Highlander, 8 rue de Nevers, just off Quai des Grands Augustins

- 6:00, pints and dancing at the upstairs Pub St Michel, just east of the Pont St Michel, facing the river

- 7:30, breakfast just around the corner at the Le Départ on the east side of Place St Michel

- 9:00, pichets of vin rouge or beer at Cafe du Marche, corner of rue de Seine and rue Bucci

Have fun!

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Funny thing about pulling an all-niter is that it always seems more fun in prospect that it usually proves in practice.

Most cafés and restaurants usually stop serving food at 11 PM-Midnight....though there are places around the city that serve all-nite long. There are also after-hours clubs as well (many out in the eastern 11eme %26amp; 12 eme). There may be some late-nite tours....the AMEDAS Metro tours...about 4 or 5 times per year-- http://ademas.assoc.free.fr/ .....or you could strap on your skates and do the PARI ROLLER run-- http://www.pari-roller.com/?lang=en

OR...you could simply ride the NOCTILIEN night buses and probably tie into something from others on these buses...or just take turns napping.

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