Le Smile

Le Smile is a warm, festive ambiance bar in the heart of historic Chartres, and the closest thing the cathedral city has to a gay bar, listed as one and genuinely welcoming to all. Hosts Jordan and Jérémy set an easygoing, convivial tone across an elegant-but-unstuffy interior and one of the loveliest terraces in town, pouring creative house cocktails, carefully chosen wines, quality spirits and craft beers alongside charcuterie and cheese boards to share. More than a place for a drink, it's a proper lieu de vie with a year-round program of themed nights, blind tests, karaoke, DJ sets and drag queen shows, where everyone finds their place. Relaxed by day for an afterwork apéro, lively by night, it's a friendly, inclusive spot to eat, drink and have a laugh in central Chartres.