French people love drinking and eating out. Paris overflows with bars, wine bars, cafés, bistros and restaurants. Tons of fun. But which and where is the oldest one?
Let's begin by wandering down rue Mazarine from the Odéon square. Bingo? We almost immediately come on Le Procope, where a plaque affirms it is "the oldest café in the world".
It opened in 1686, mainly to offer coffee. This beverage's fashion had been recently imported from Austria - the Viennese got their caffeine zonks from the Turks during a lull in the Ottoman siege of their city ca. 1623.
Voltaire and... God
The Café Procope was an early favorite rendez-vous of actors from the Comédie Française - the national theatrical company, then situated nearb View the rest of this article
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