The “art-nouveau”-architect
Hector Guimard created a number of buildings in Paris and is today perhaps best
known for the design of the metro entrances. I already posted about all this several times as well on my old blog as on this one.
What I didn’t
yet post about is the little restaurant you can find in one of these buildings
(referred to as “Agar”). The bistro, named “Café Antoine” after its first owner, is as old as the building, from 1911, and the
original Guimard design has hardly been touched.
We went there together with
blogger friend Genie and enjoyed reasonably good eating and drinking and
especially the atmosphere.
It’s
situated one minute’s walk from Guimard’s most famous building, “Castel
Beranger”.
(Nothing to
do with Guimard, but this is also what we also saw during our walk in the area.)
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16 comments:
I love this place Peter and of course you know already that I might want to add that charming place to my new LIST! :)
V
I had a feeling you were going to say that Virginia! :-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
It seems so familiar.
c'est un tres bel endroit, et ce cafe a beaucoup de charme
J'aime ce genre de cafés qui ont encore une âme à l'intérieur.
Chouette la dernière photo !
a beatiful place!
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Une implantation pas forcément appréciée par les résidents du 1° étage.
J'irais volontiers et je verrais si je peux mettre sur ma liste de "cantines". Qu'est ce qui est de notable à proximité, je vais voir....
Le café est de la même date que l'immeuble, il semble avoir un bel espace pour la terrasse et être bien au calme... De nos jours, il pourrait s’appeler "café Titouan"
À la prochaine!!! Lovely café and your walk through the area took you through an impressionist painting! Ahhhh, springtime Paris!!
Cafe Antoine: la ou il y a du bon vin (avait?) j'aimerais bien y remettre les pieds. Je ne savais pas qu'il etaitt signe Guimard.
I love places like this one, where time has stood still!
Well, I think Genie was lucky to not only dine with you but in such a charming spot! Lovely. And those trees with the yellow hanging blooms -- do you know what those are? They're stunning!
Really charming, I love that cute cat image!
Léia
Even at the humblest of establishments, I've always managed to have a nice dining experience, anywhere I were in France.
What a blessed country! The home of Talleyrand, who liked to say: With only three religions but with three hundred sauces! And yummy all of them...
Beautiful post, Peter. Great photos! Thanks.
Maria
Like your last photograph so much. The yellow flowers are similar to what we call ehela in Sri Lanka. Blooms during the months of April and May.
Beautiful photograph, beautiful flowers, fantastic colours:) Greetings
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