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Toilets and telephones are always found in cafés-usually downstairs in the sous-sol, S/S, or somewhere at the back. If you want to use the rest room of a café without consuming anything, you have the law on your side. But getting away with it can sometimes be another matter. Be somewhat discreet.
In chic cafés there might be a toilet attendant that has a plate out for a franc tip. Some toilets require a franc coin, but most don´t. Although they are becoming rarer, the old Turkish toilets (hole in the porcelain floor with spots for your feet) are still common. They are a bit hard to get used to but a highly Parisian experience. Just get ready to jump out of the way before you pull the flusher if you want to avoid flooding your feet. Toilet paper is usually available, but not always, and very often a stiff, crinkly kind that is not very comfortable or practica....
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