La Closerie des Lilas
Hemingway once said that La Closerie des Lilas (which translates to 'lilac enclosure') was one of the best cafés in Paris. In fact, he wrote much of The Sun Also…
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Les Deux Magots
On a big left bank boulevard overlooking the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church, this iconic Parisian café counted Hemingway, Simone de Beauvoir, Sartre, Albert Camus and even Pablo Picasso amongst its regulars (and…
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La Rotonde
In 1914, poet Guillaume Apollinaire wrote that Montparnasse (the creative left bank neighborhood) was replacing Montmartre (the bohemian right bank quarter) as the creative class's preferred locale. And it was at…
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Café de Flore
Just up the Boulevard Saint-Germain from its rival, Les Deux Magots, is Café de Flore, the Left Bank’s other iconic café. One of the Lost Generation's regular meeting spots, the…
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