{"id":130466,"date":"2026-01-14T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130466"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:49:38","slug":"historic-vintage-cool-paris-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130466","title":{"rendered":"Historic, Vintage, Cool (Paris)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130466\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130467 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-Closerie-des-Lilas.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have this thing for anything historic, vintage or cool. Especially when it comes to hotels, restaurants, diners, cafes and music venues. I want to show you landmarks around the world which are Historic, Vintage and Cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s go to Paris! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>La Closerie des Lilas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Closerie des Lilas is a famous Parisian restaurant and brasserie located on the Boulevard du Montparnasse in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was opened in 1847 by Fran\u00e7ois Bullier. It was named after a theatre piece called \u201dLa Closerie des Genets\u201d by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Souli\u00e9. It was renamed into La Closerie des Lilas because its owner, Bullier, used to plant lilac flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Inside it&#8217;s chic and cosy with mosaic flooring and red imitation leather seats. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many artists and intellectuals became regulars: \u00c9mile Zola, Paul C\u00e9zanne, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, James Joyce, Paul Verlaine, Andr\u00e9 Gide, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ernest Hemingway, and more recently Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n<p>La Closerie des Lilas owes much of its artistic popularity to Hemingway, who would write short stories and articles for the Toronto Star and completed the first draft of \u201cThe Sun Also Rises\u201d here.<\/p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s a chair with his name on a metal plaque. His face also graces their menu as a reminder that this spot was one of the writer\u2019s well-frequented spots in Paris.<br \/>\nIt was on the terrace of La Closerie that Fitzgerald had Hemingway read the manuscript of \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Over the decades, La Closerie des Lilas has become a literary Parisien monument where contemporary artists, filmmakers and philosophers still rub shoulders with writers and ordinary food lovers.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the century, Paul Fort walked through the door of La Closerie des Lilas and settled in. He could often be seen playing chess with Lenin on the terrace.<\/p>\n<p>Two movies starring Woody Allen have scenes taking place at La Closerie des Lilas: \u201cWhat\u2019s New Pussycat?\u201d and \u201cMidnight in Paris\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>People come here as much to rediscover the atmosphere of a bygone Paris as to enjoy a French dish.<\/p>\n<p>Let yourself be tempted by the Hemingway beef fillet flamb\u00e9ed with Bourbon!<\/p>\n<p>Have a drink at La Closerie des Lilas and feel the history of the place and of all the artists who have frequented it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out La Closerie des Lilas\u2019s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.closeriedeslilas.fr\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; 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