COUTUME CAFE
A café where the best coffees are roasted on the premises following several processes : espresso, dripper, siphon or slow drip. On top of that the delicious cakes of the Pâtisserie des Rêves are served with them.
A café where the best coffees are roasted on the premises following several processes : espresso, dripper, siphon or slow drip. On top of that the delicious cakes of the Pâtisserie des Rêves are served with them.
At the rushing hours of Montparnasse, all the Great Names met here : Picasso, Giacometti, Hemingway, Kessel, Jean Cocteau, Joséphine Baker, Man Ray, Georges Braque, André Brassaï, Sonia Delaunay. La Coupole is a true monument of Montparnasse’s history, an inevitable place for many tourists looking for the atmosphere described by Hemingway in A Moveable Feast and for excellent traditional food.
“The Virgin, the vivacious and the beautiful today”…. Marcel Zelmanovitch had this title of a poem by Mallarmé in mind when he opened his gallery in 1982. This is a celebration of the day and today, that is to say of what is always possible because only carried by a momentum, an energy, a flame. Thus he created the first French publishing gallery of unique and tailor-made carpets created by decorators and designers. Thanks to him, we are rediscovering the great craftsmanship of carpets, which turns its back on mass production with the creation of exceptional objects.
Lina Audi, the creator of Liwan, works with Lebanese craftsmen asking them to imagine a plain and modernized version of their art. Liwan is a true invitation into the Arabian Nights with embroidery, velvet, silk, gold, beaten silver …
In the long tradition of hotel bars, discreet, hushed and distinguished, where you come across over a cocktail, a writer, an actress or a few friends who share Oscar Wilde’s secret: Luxury, calm and voluptuousness. The magical cocktail menu offers signature cocktails (the oldest, the Hotel, or The Usual created for Tilda Swinton) and original creations. On Thursday evenings, we also come to listen to jazz.