The history of Paris is partly written at the counters and in the back rooms of its cafés and cabarets. From the medieval taverns to the elegant cafés of the Lumières without forgetting the guinguettes of the old regime or the revolutionary clubs like the Procope, the place of cafés in Parisian society hasn't stopped evolving over time.
But would Paris be without its cafés? Degas, Manet, Monet and Renoir, all the impressionists met in the popular cafés of Montmartre. Would Saint Germain des Prés and Montparnasse be as well known with such glory and reunite as many artists and writers without the prestigious addresses as Lipp, The Deux Magots, Flore and the Coupole, all historical classed monuments?

HISTORICAL CAFES IN PARIS
La Coupole
Le Procope
La Closerie des Lilas
Le café Lipp
Le Wepler
Le café Zimmer
Les deux Magots
Le café de Flore
Le café de la Paix

THE HISTORY OF CAFES IN PARIS

Procopio, ice cream, coffee and lemonade
The Grands Boulevards
Absinthe in the cafés
The Lipp Saga

 
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