ERNEST À BABEL
Restaurant · Café · Bar

Breakfast
7:30am – 10:30am

Lunch : mon-fri – 12am-2:30pm
Brunch : sat-sun – 11:30am-3pm

Dinner & tapas : tue-sat – 6pm-11pm

Café & bar
tue-sat – 7:30am-12pm
sun-mon – 7:30am-4pm

At any time of day, people come to enjoy tea or a Parisian craft beer on the terrace. Around the bar, guests share generous plates, raise a glass over a good bottle of natural wine, and dance to the sound of Babel Radio. Under the glass roof, small dishes are shared by couples, families, or friends.

Ernest has settled into the large hall of Babel and spills out into the small pedestrian street, offering generous, local, organic, and plant-based cuisine from morning to evening—all while helping fund food aid and supporting professional integration.

For Joris Bruneel, founder of Babel, “welcoming Ernest to Babel and creating a vibrant place where good food goes hand in hand with solidarity multiplies our positive impact on neighborhood life, society, and the future.”

Menu

This is Belleville

In the heart of Belleville and with Belleville in our hearts: from coffee to beer to lemonade, the products we serve are made just a few streets away.

The beer is craft and Parisian, brewed by BapBap; the coffee is roasted in Paris by Ten Belles; and the seasonal fruits and vegetables are organic and locally sourced. By respecting our environment and cherishing our neighborhood, we bring out the best flavors on the plate!

Local Resources

At Ernest, we focus on homemade dishes, organic ingredients, local sourcing, and seasonal produce—elevated with the rich flavors of Mediterranean spices. This commitment aligns closely with the values of BABEL: promoting responsible hospitality and dining. BABEL was awarded the Clef Verte eco-label and became a mission-driven company in 2022.
“Cooking is a cultural act. It offers a new perspective on food. Working with vegetables means learning to eat differently and giving value to things that, in today’s culture, are often overlooked. Choosing organic, local French products matters. Supporting these ingredients means supporting people who, like us, make ethical choices.”
— Maddalena Spagnolo, Head Chef at Ernest

A solidarity-driven cuisine

Every meal at Ernest helps fund another—this is more than just a slogan. Since 2017, Ernest has been distributing organic, locally sourced food parcels every week. In 2020, Ernest adapted its activity by using the kitchens of partner restaurants in its network to prepare healthy, flavorful meals for people experiencing homelessness or extreme hardship. The first Ernest restaurant opened in 2023. Since 2015, the association has prepared 238,900 meals and distributed 42,430 organic food parcels.

Ernest at Babel is open from breakfast through dinner, and 100% of its profits go toward funding the association’s food aid programs.