A great metro in terms of access to the Marché d'Aligre as well as the restaurants and nightlife around Bastille and rue de Charonne. There is a good amount of shopping on the strip where thee metro exits onto Faubourg-Saint Antoine.
The station is pretty clean and there are apparently no regular "residents" who might smoke, etc. inside. Also it's on the line 8 (light purple), which is well connected across Paris and runs regularly and isn't that slow. The station is not a hub so there are no too many people to deal with when exiting.
Anyways, it's a personal favorite for me because it is the metro that is closest to the Marché d'Aligre, which is just awesome in general. read more