La Cloiserie des Lilas

Restaurants and cafés

6th arrondissement

Expensive

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Like other Left Bank institutions (namely Les Deux Magots and Le Café de Flore) the Cloiserie des Lilas was where the intelligentsia hung out in the early 20th century: A bust-up between André Breton and Tristan Tzara marked the end of the Dada movement here in 1922; then the Surrealist crowd moved in, along with literary expats like Miller, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, who said that the Cloiserie was 'one of the best cafés in Paris'. A bronze plaque engraved with Hemingway’s name (in the piano bar) commemorates the author’s patronage. The literary flame is kept burning too, thanks to the Prix de la Cloiserie des Lilas – an award for 21st-century, French-language, female authors. If you're hungry, try the well-prepared fare like smoked haddock and spinach (€25), and rib-eye of steak (€30) – all served to well-heeled crowds throughout the day.

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Address:
La Cloiserie des Lilas 171 bd de Montparnasse, 6e
Paris

Phone:
01.40.51.34.50
Website:
www.closeriedeslilas.fr/
Transport:
RER : Port Royal
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1. La Cloiserie des Lilas
  - 171 bd de Montparnasse, 6e
    Paris
  - 01.40.51.34.50
  - www.closeriedeslilas.fr/
  - 48.839950,2.336262

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