The Great Parisian Plate Debate

Rumor has it that a small Parisian child with a fistful of euros is able to procure both a pack of cigarettes and vintage bottle of red if such vices are at the direction of a parent (the presence of who need not be required). And yet the Long Hop requires a passport, validated via black light no less, which by simple inference means that it is one classy bar.

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It’s August in Paris. This means that with little to no warning, restaurants, bars and shops all close for up to the entire month. With most Parisians escaping the city on their annual holiday, it’s not just a much needed break, it’s also financially sound.

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One quickly notices that L’Entrepôt is a chimera of sorts. The restaurant / bar / cinema / concert venue appears to be an experiment by the owners to roll up all things pure and good under one roof in hopes of never setting foot on the Parisian sidewalks again. They even boast a pleasant outdoor patio! The only thing missing is a Monoprix, but perhaps that’s in the works.

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Café de France opens its doors to the Place d’Italie down in the 13eme. Place d’Italie is a traffic circle, which means if you sit outside it can be quite noisy. However, it’s also a convergence of three metro lines and a shopping mall appropriately named Centre Commercial Italie…so it’s noisy, but with an entertaining pedestrian landscape.

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The note on the door simply said that it would reopen in September. Not easily beaten, Christian and I immediately regrouped and found the nearest place selling wine by the bottle.

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Set within the Gare de Lyon train station, the station with the completely unnecessary faux palm trees, the blue neon lights of the Le Train Bleu sign beckon you, urging you to pass through its doors and into an arena that appears unchanged for a century. Once inside those doors, consider me surprised if you are unimpressed.

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