Babel, Restaurant in Belleville, Paris
Babel is a restaurant in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris's 20th arrondissement, set under a glass roof that fills the dining room with natural light. The menu was put together by local chefs Sofiane Sadi Haddad and Haitham Karajay, who offer generous dishes designed to be shared.
Babel opened as part of a hotel that was set up in a building on a pedestrian street in Belleville. The neighborhood has long been a place where different communities settled side by side, which shaped the identity of the area visitors see today.
Babel sits in Belleville, a neighborhood where street art, halal butchers, and kosher shops share the same block. The menu reflects this mix, with dishes inspired by different parts of the world and meant to be shared at the table.
The restaurant is on a quiet street mainly used by pedestrians, so arriving on foot from the nearest metro stop is straightforward. Visiting midweek tends to be calmer than on weekends, when the neighborhood draws more people.
The hotel that houses the restaurant has an elevator decorated with a large ink drawing on glass showing scenes from the Tower of Babel. The name of the place is not just a reference to the neighborhood but is also present in the building itself.
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