Chez Aline
At Chez Aline in 2023, Time Out's Antoine Besse ate a half-baguette
slathered with homemade mayo and stuffed to bursting with chicken pot-au-feu and melting vegetables.1
Why go
Delphine Zampetti, who came from Le Verre Volé, opened Chez Aline as a takeaway counter in an old horse butcher's on rue de la Roquette (L'Hôtellerie Restauration). When she left for the Basque Country, her former sous-chef Tiphaine Moindrot, who came from Le Dauphin, took over. Le Fooding reported the change in September 2022 (Le Fooding). Besse gave the counter five stars out of five in April 2023 and summed up the handover: A change that keeps everything the same, because nothing has really changed.
(Time Out)
The chefs who sent people here ate in Zampetti's time. Bertrand Grébaut of Septime told FED Guides in 2015 that her Spanish tortilla tasted better than any other I've ever had
(FED Guides). Tatiana Levha of Le Servan picked a delicious chicken pot au feu sandwich at Chez Aline
for Rosewood in 2019 (Rosewood). Both were still on the menu under Moindrot in 2023 (Emily in France).
The shop still looks like the horse butcher's it was, with pale yellow tiles, a horse's head outlined in neon, steel hooks and old scales. Besse called what it sells the tastiest sandwiches in Paris (from €5.70 to €9.10)
when Time Out ran his review in English in March 2026. (Time Out)
Order this / avoid
- Order: Spanish tortilla. Jean Pascal, Le Fooding, 2022:
a slice of deliciously runny Spanish tortilla.
Emily Monaco had it with guindillas (chili peppers) in 2023 and called itexcellent.
23 - Order: the casse-croûte (a plain filled baguette) with Prince de Paris ham. Emily Monaco, August 2023:
my favorite is Prince of Paris ham served with a thick layer of butter,
at 5.50 euros for one filling or 6 for two.3 - Order: new potato salad with chorizo. Jean Pascal, Le Fooding, 2022:
new potato salad with perfectly spicy chorizo.
2 - Order: rhubarb fontainebleau. Jean Pascal, Le Fooding, 2022:
as light as it was delicious.
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What locals & experts say
- Simone Tondo, chef, to Rosewood in 2019, in Zampetti's time:
they make great sandwiches at Chez Aline on soft round rolls. I get the Milanese with the gribiche sauce made from vinegar, parsley and eggs.
6 - Esther Ghezzo, Les Hardis, August 2025:
the most Parisian
(Le plus parisien
) of the city's sandwich shops.7
Good to know
- Days: weekdays only, from late morning to early evening; shut Saturday and Sunday.1
- No booking: take it away or eat at the small bar.2
- Drink: the counter poured only water, flat or sparkling at 2 euros, in 2022.2
- Getting there: Métro Voltaire.1
Verdict
could-visit — Stop at this weekday counter in the 11th for a pot-au-feu or ham sandwich. Tiphaine Moindrot took over from Delphine Zampetti in 2022 and kept the menu and the room.