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Which cafe in Paris is great in atmophere and has a good menu and cheapish? |
Travel Info Which cafe in Paris is great in atmophere and has a good menu and cheapish? Travel Tips Amber is absolutely right. Away from the tourist areas even the simpliest cafe will have its own charm. As to prices, you should understand that the French cafe is a place people hang out and use as an extension of their home. You can sit for hours with just a single cup of coffee and no one will harrass you to buy something else or move on. A cafe that brings you a check before you ask for one is a tourist joint. However, that also means that the cafe prices its items to reflect the fact that customers may stay for hours nursing one drink. There will be different prices depending on whether you are standing at the bar (le zinc in French), are at an inside table, or in a sidewalk table. By law, these different prices must be posted and prominently displayed. The cheapest price will be for standing at the bar. If you just want a quick cup of coffee or glass of wine this may be the place to get it. (Do NOT, by the way, buy a drink at the bar and take it to a table. That is cheating). Even in the central arrondissments, all of which are heavily patronized by tourists, there are plenty of cafes worth patronizing. Two I often go to, because they are close to the hotel I always stay at are Le Conti at 1 rue de Buci and Le Buci at 52, rue Dauphine. Both are very friendly and moderately priced. Here are some little videos showing each: Le Buci: http://www.paris-zoom.com/place.asp?p=le... Le Conti: http://www.paris-zoom.com/place.asp?p=le... The Conti's owner also has absolutely the cutest dog in Paris. He (the dog) roams the place and patrols the sidewalk with such a serious expression he's just a delight to sit and watch. Others MacDonalds 谋 hope terrorists kill you in paris!!! Stay away from tourist areas and you will find that 99% of paris cafes have great atmosphere, terrific menus and good prices. Just stay away from the tourists and don't be afraid to go into a cafe without an english menu on the window. I like Rillifane's writeup and gave it a thumbs up. I would add that we rent apartments in the Left Bank for a week. We stay between the Blvd. St. Germain and Blvd. Montparnasse. This is the district around the department store Bon Marche and the church called St. Sulplice. There are hundreds of cute little places at reasonable prices. We work hard at staying out of the known tourist areas like the student quarter at Blvd. St. Michel. caf茅 le dauphin ( the dolphin), about two blocks from le louvre. Definitely, stay far away from tourist areas, and you will find cafe with great atmosphere, and not too expensive. |
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