Why "all-day" is not a gimmick
Most Paris brunch is a weekend ritual squeezed between eleven and three, with a queue on the pavement and a kitchen that switches to a lunch card the moment the eggs run out. We built Showtrailscoutshelf to do the opposite. The same menu is served from the moment the door opens until the kitchen closes — 16:30 on weekdays, 17:00 at weekends — and there is no separate lunch or afternoon card. A Tuesday omelette at two in the afternoon is cooked by the same people, on the same station, as a Sunday omelette at eleven. The trade-off is honest: we do not serve dinner, the hot kitchen shuts before the room does, and we only have two egg stations, so when a Saturday rush hits, tickets can take twenty minutes.
The menu, with prices
The card changes four times a year — asparagus and radishes in spring, tomatoes and courgette flowers in summer, cèpes and pears in autumn, citrus and root vegetables in winter — but the structure stays constant so regulars know where to look.
| Dish | What it is | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Œufs Brouillés | Soft scrambled eggs, brown butter, chives, toasted pain de campagne | €13 |
| Croque Maison | Comté, Paris ham, béchamel, a poached egg on top | €15 |
| Galette Sarrasin (v) | Buckwheat crêpe, spinach, fresh goat's cheese, sunny egg | €14 |
| Tartine Avocat (v) | Sourdough, ricotta, radish, lemon, piment d'Espelette | €13 |
| Œufs Bénédicte | Thick toast, smoked trout or ham, hollandaise, two poached eggs | €17 |
| Pain Perdu (v) | Brioche French toast, seasonal fruit, crème fraîche | €12 |
| Bol Granola (v) | House granola, fromage blanc, honey, fruit of the week | €10 |
| Petit Déj Parisien (v) | Croissant or tartine with jam, juice, hot drink | €11 |
| Formule Brunch | Hot drink, juice, one pastry, one main, sweet finish | €29 |
Sides run from €3 for extra toast to €6 for a portion of smoked trout. Fresh orange juice is €5, and a glass of Crémant is €8 if the morning calls for it.
The Formule versus à la carte
The €29 Formule is the question we get asked most, so here is the arithmetic. A main, a pastry, a juice, a coffee and a sweet finish ordered separately come to between €33 and €39 depending on what you pick. The Formule saves money if you would genuinely eat all five parts; it costs more than a main and a coffee if you would not.
Formule Brunch — for
- Saves €4–€10 against ordering the same items separately.
- Any main except the Bénédicte is included with no supplement.
- Pastry is chosen from the counter, so you can take the kouign-amann while it lasts.
- One ticket, one price — easy to split at the table.
Formule Brunch — against
- It is a lot of food; many guests leave the sweet finish.
- Œufs Bénédicte carries a €4 supplement.
- Speciality coffees (V60, cold brew) are not included; espresso-based drinks are.
- Not available to take away.
What to order first
If it is your first visit, order the Œufs Brouillés. They are cooked low in a pan, never on a flat-top, and finished with brown butter; they are the dish we would be most embarrassed to get wrong. The Croque Maison is the second-best introduction, mostly because of the Comté, which is aged 18 months and bought from a single affineur in the Jura.
The Galette Sarrasin is the dish regulars migrate to. Buckwheat flour is milled in Brittany, the batter rests overnight, and the crêpe is cooked to order on a cast-iron billig. It is also the lightest thing on the card that still counts as a proper meal.
"We only have two egg stations. When a Saturday rush hits, tickets can take twenty minutes — and we would rather tell you that than serve you a rushed egg."
Dietary requests
Six of the nine dishes are vegetarian as written. For vegan guests, the Tartine Avocat comes without ricotta, the granola bowl is served with oat milk and a coconut-based yoghurt, and the Pain Perdu can be made with an aquafaba-based custard if you tell us at the time of booking.
We are not a gluten-free kitchen — flour is everywhere in a bakery — but we stock a gluten-free loaf from a dedicated Paris bakery and the galette batter contains no wheat flour. Anyone with coeliac disease should know that cross-contact is possible. A full allergen chart covering the fourteen EU-listed allergens is available at the counter and from any member of the team.
Children, portions and pace
Children under ten can have any main as a half portion at sixty percent of the price. There are four highchairs, and we keep a box of crayons behind the bar. Portions for adults are generous rather than enormous; two people rarely need more than two mains and one pastry. Tables for two are held for ninety minutes, tables for four to six for two hours — plenty of time to finish a second coffee.
Ready to sit down? Read the visiting guide for booking rules and walk-in odds, or reserve a table directly.