Brasserie Lipp !!!!!^^"

Where: 151 blvd St-Germain, 6th

Métro stop: St-Germain-des-Prés

Open: 08h - 0h45 daily; Closed August.

Brasserie Lipp is a preserve of the Belle Epoque world of 1900. Léonard Lipp opened his brasserie in the 1870's after fleeing Alsace during the Franco-Prussian War. As such, it's menu is typical of that region including beer, sausage, sauerkraut and so forth. It stayed in the family until 1920 when Marcellin Cazas bought it in 1920. In 1958 Cazes was given the Legion of Honor for running the best literary salon in Paris. No wonder the publishers Grasset, Gallimard, and Hachette are nearby. But it has also been a meeting place for television personalities, ministers (it is halfway between the French Senate, and National Assembly), and actors, among others.

The beer was very cold and wonderful to drink. The pommes à l'huile were firm and marinated and the olive oil delicious. I ground black peper over the potatoes and moistened the bread in the olive oil. After the first heavy draft of beer I drank and ate very slowly. When the pommes à l'huile were gone I ordered another serving of cervelas. This was a sausage like a heavy, wide frankfurter split in two and covered with a special mustard sauce.

I mopped up all the oil and all of the sauce with bread and drank the beer slowly until it began to loose its coldness and finished it and ordered a demi ...

Aux Villes Du Nord !!!!^^"

Qualite du Cafe : Apparemment, c'est un melange d'arrabicas doux. C'est le meilleur que j'ai goute jusque maintenant dans mes tests.

Notes : Ce bar se trouve juste a cote du Rendez-Vous des Belges. On y retrouve la meme ambiance et le meme accueil. Le cadre est plus grand car l'arriere salle fait aussi restaurant. Le service est rapide, aimable mais sans plus.


La qualite du cafe vaut le deplacement. Pas aussi bien que chez son voisin direct le cafe est torrefie a une cinquantaine de metre de la (chez la maison MEO) ce qui lui garanti une fraicheur et donc un gout toujouors identique. Il est bien equilibre, pas trop corse mais peut-etre un peu court.

Si Madame prefere le cafe doux, pas trop fort, pour elle c'est Aux Villes du Nord tandis que Monsieur preferera sans doute le voisin du Rendez-Vous des Belges...

Service : The service is fast, friendly but nothing more.
Quality of the Coffee: Apparently it is a blend of sweet Arabic coffees.
Notes : This bar is right next to the Rendez-Vous des Belges. Here we find the same ambiance, and the same welcome. The context is larger because the back of the room is also a restaurent. The service is rapid, friendly, but nothing more.

The quality of the coffee is worth the trouble; not quite as good as its direct neighbor, but the coffee itself is ground 50 meters away (at the ``maison MEO'') which guarentees freshness, and therefore a taste always identical. It is well balanced, not to strong, but perhaps a bit short

If Madame prefers coffee which is not too strong, then for her it is Aux Villes du Nord, whereas without doubt, Monsieur will prefer its neighbor Rendez-Vous des Belges...