COX

The aptly named Cox bar is a mainstay, centrally located in the Marais on Rue des Archives

Place of life, place of cruising, meeting place, it brings together a diverse and moving, variable and changing, joyful, different clientele.where, on warmer evenings, the crowd spills onto the pavements with only a feeble chain rope to keep patrons from taking over the street.

This watering hole attracts a manlier set of slightly older bikers and leather fans that seems intimidating at first, but if it’s your scene, prepare for a hearty welcome, even if you’re a bit younger with a full head of hair.

COX attracts the butch crowd by wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a short haircut. Every day, resident DJs spin new house music, and the bar’s décor is refreshed on a regular basis. Happy hour is from 6 to 9 p.m.