Poinçon Paris

Name

Poinçon Paris

Legal name

PETITE CEINTURE ALESIA – POINCON PARIS

Website

https://poinconparis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant and Cultural Venue

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Food Services and Drinking Places (722)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK), Food Festivals & Culinary Events (Ticketed Tastings, Pop-ups) (THAJAGAL), Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Bistronomic restaurant
• Live music brunch
• Cocktail bar
• Cultural venue
• Event privatization

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Restaurant dining: Bistronomic cuisine served for lunch (Wednesday-Friday) with three courses changing weekly. Menu includes three starters, three main courses (plus daily special including one vegetarian option), and three desserts. Evening service features tapas to share, with a carte that evolves weekly.
2. Sunday Live Brunch: All-you-can-eat buffet with live music concerts every Sunday. Features 100% homemade food using fresh, local, seasonal products. Multiple seating times available with concert included.
3. Bar and cocktails: Hot and cold beverages, bio coffee, signature cocktails, and wine cave. Bar service available during all opening hours.
4. Event hosting and privatization: Corporate events, banquets, cocktails, and professional events can be organized for private hire. The venue accommodates various types of celebrations and gatherings.
5. Cultural programming: Concerts, DJ sets, comedy shows, workshops, exhibitions, and festivals. Ticketing for paid events through Eventbrite and Shotgun platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Poinçon Paris is a cultural restaurant-bar-venue hybrid operating from a rehabilitated 1867 railway station in Paris's 14th arrondissement. It serves bistronomic French cuisine (lunch formulas, evening tapas, Sunday brunch buffets), cocktails and wines, and runs a year-round cultural programming schedule including live concerts, DJ sets, stand-up comedy, exhibitions, and creative workshops. The venue also offers event privatization for corporate and private functions.

Product overview

Poinçon Paris is a multi-faceted cultural venue and bistronomic restaurant-bar operating from a rehabilitated 1867 railway station (Gare de Montrouge-Ceinture) in Paris's 14th arrondissement. The offering spans a core restaurant and bar (featuring seasonal French cuisine, cocktails, and a curated wine cellar), a weekly live brunch experience with concert performances, and a year-round cultural programming schedule that includes live concerts, DJ sets, comedy shows, exhibitions, and creative workshops. The venue also offers event privatization for corporate and private functions. Built and operated by Cultplace, a cultural and social third-place operator, the venue occupies 400 m² indoors plus a 250 m² terrace overlooking the Petite Ceinture railway.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cultplace: Poinçon is described as a 'lieu Cultplace, la fabrique de lieux de vie à dimension culturelle et citoyenne' (a Cultplace space, a factory of living spaces with a cultural and civic dimension). Cultplace is the parent organization/factory that creates cultural living spaces.

Products and services

• Restaurant & Bar A bistronomic restaurant and cocktail bar in Paris's 14th arrondissement offering seasonal French cuisine made from fresh, local, and homemade products. Open Tuesday through Sunday with lunch formulas (22€–26€), evening tapas sharing plates, cocktails, and bio coffee.
• Live Brunch A weekly Sunday brunch experience combining an all-you-can-eat buffet (100% homemade with fresh, local, seasonal products) with a live concert performed on stage. Multiple service times available, reservation required. Adults 37€, children (-12 years) 18€.
• Cultural Programming & Live Music A year-round eclectic schedule of cultural events including live concerts, DJ sets, stand-up comedy shows, art exhibitions, drawing workshops, writing workshops, and book clubs, hosted in the venue's concert hall and performance spaces.
• Event Privatization Private event hosting services for corporate events, banquets, cocktail parties, and professional gatherings. The venue's 400 m² indoor space and 250 m² terrace overlooking the Petite Ceinture can be reserved for exclusive use. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and requires a direct quote.
• Terrace A 250 m² outdoor terrace overlooking the Petite Ceinture railway, providing open-air dining and drinking space adjacent to the main dining and bar areas.

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• CultplacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Cultplace is the parent organization ('fabrique de lieux de vie à caractère culturel et social') founded by Renaud Barillet and Fabrice Martinez. They develop cultural living spaces, with Poinçon being their flagship project. Cultplace is responsible for the rehabilitation of the former Montrouge-Ceinture station and operates Poinçon as part of their network of cultural venues.
• EventbriteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTicketing platform for comedy club events and special programming at Poinçon.
• ShotgunminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTicketing platform used for Latino nights and specific event reservations.
• La BellevilloisemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPoinçon is described as a 'succursale' (branch) of La Bellevilloise, another cultural venue in Paris. The venues appear to share programming partnerships and co-produce events like Fiesta Caliente.
• Kinto Comedy ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMonthly stand-up comedy programming hosted at Poinçon. Functions on 'entrée libre' basis with tip jar ('sortie au chapeau'). Regular monthly event.
• Tchoutchou Comedy ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMonthly comedy show on the first Friday of each month. Emerging and established comedians perform in an intimate setting.
• La Recette Comedy ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThird Friday of month comedy show featuring 6 comedians. Organizers are friends who invite the public to join their group for an evening.
• Paris Modèle VivantminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLife drawing workshops held monthly in the former station master's apartment on the top floor. Led by Ambroise, open to all levels.
• La Plume en QuestionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWriting workshops and book club held at Poinçon, animated by Juliette Amans. Includes creative writing sessions and literary discussions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• New Morning: Long-standing Paris live-music venue and bar near Strasbourg–Saint-Denis — directly competes for jazz, world and live-music audiences, including the artists Poinçon books for its Sunday brunches.
• La Machine du Moulin Rouge: Paris concert and club venue under the Moulin Rouge with bar service — competes for live-music ticketing revenue and bar spend, though with a more nightlife-led positioning than Poinçon's brunch-led daytime offering.
• La Bellevilloise: Parisian cultural venue combining concerts, exhibitions, restaurant and bar, explicitly cited as Poinçon's sister venue ('succursale') with shared programming and co-produced events such as Fiesta Caliente.
• Le Hasard Ludique: Paris cultural and dining venue housed in a former Petite Ceinture railway station, with concerts, bar and restaurant programming — directly comparable format and heritage-railway DNA to Poinçon.
• Le Comptoir Général: Canal Saint-Martin cultural 'lieu de vie' with restaurant, bar, concerts, exhibitions and workshops — comparable hybrid cultural-restaurant positioning aimed at a similar Parisian experiential audience.
• La Maroquinerie: Paris concert hall and restaurant in the 20th arrondissement offering live music alongside bar and dining — same restaurant-as-live-music-venue hybrid that Poinçon competes with for Parisian audiences and artists.
• Wanderlust: Parisian riverside club and event space combining DJ sets, concerts and food — comparable cultural-nightlife-plus-F&B hybrid targeting a similar young, experience-driven Parisian audience.
• Ground Control: Parisian food-court-meets-cultural-venue concept near Gare de Lyon with rotating restaurants, bars and event programming — competes with Poinçon for the cultural-dining day-out audience.

Broad incumbents

• Le Centquatre (104): Large public Parisian cultural center hosting concerts, exhibitions and a restaurant — overlaps with Poinçon's cultural-event programming but at far greater scale and as a publicly subsidized institution.
• Madame Brasserie (Eiffel Tower): Premium tourist-facing brasserie atop the Eiffel Tower — illustrates the Paris premium-restaurant-destination segment that Poinçon also targets with its historic-station narrative, though at much higher tourist volumes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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