Visit Paris without being taken for a fool: our favorite places around the Trocadéro

The Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Marais, the Champs-Élysées... In Paris's most touristy neighborhoods, finding quality, reasonably priced places with attentive service can be a challenge. All week long, Libération offers you its top tips for authentic, non-touristy destinations. In our fourth episode, we delight in the Trocadéro and Ecole Militaire neighborhoods.

This is probably the Trocadéro district's biggest challenge: where to eat (well) after the exhibition? While this area is full of major cultural attractions (Cité de l'Architecture, Palais de Tokyo, Musée Galliera, Musée d'art moderne, Musée Guimet, Musée de l'Homme, Aquarium) and legendary monuments galore, this breathtaking beauty seems, at first glance, to neglect the ordinary and its trivial realities, namely: yum yum. Fortunately, edible nuggets are found, and we deliver them to you with our usual leniency.

A stone's throw from the Palais de Tokyo, at the foot of the steps on Rue de la Manutention, is an unlikely roadside restaurant, the bistrot les Marches . Winter and summer alike, you can enjoy the great classics of the French brasserie, such as eggs mayo (6.50 euros) or butter sausage (7 euros), tartare (20 euros) or stuffed tomatoes (18.50 euros). The place is charming, with small-checked tablecloths and the promise of a "bon bienvenue", as it says on the facade – and it really is