Ménilmontant’s only brewpub offers the simple pleasure of artisanal beers and a large terrace

Micro Brasserie Balthazar, at number 90, crafts its own beers. Balthazar is one of a handful of microbreweries in the 20th, and the arrondissement’s only brewpub, serving the beers it makes.

Founded some three years ago by Florian and three associates, the brewpub fills a former bazaar. The brewing equipment takes up the majority of the space, leaving room for only a few booths and tables inside. Most of the seating is outside, on the large terrace. “The beer is brewed on site. We don’t have a cellar, so everything is visible. The brew tank is there, and then the beer goes into the fermenters in the back. We serve the beers directly from the fermenters or from kegs, » Florian explains. His idea was to be in direct contact with people, to have their feedback and to exchange with them.