St-Germain & Les Invalides - Paris - page 531

Les Invalides is a day rather than night venue, with government ministries
and embassies outweighing drinking venues, but particularly in summer, look
out for bars along Les Berges de Seine .

St-Germain

CAFE

LES DEUX MAGOTS
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.lesdeuxmagots.fr ; 170 bd St-Germain, 6e;

7.30am-1am; St-Germain

des Prés)
If ever there were a cafe that summed up St-Germain des Prés' early-20th-century literary
scene, it's this former hangout of anyone who was anyone. You will spend beaucoup to sip a
coffee in a wicker chair on the terrace shaded by dark-green awnings and geraniums spilling
from window boxes, but it's an undeniable piece of Parisian history.
If you're feeling decadent, order its famous shop-made hot chocolate, served in porcelain
jugs. The name refers to the two magots (grotesque figurines) of Chinese dignitaries at the
entrance.

WINE BAR

AU SAUVIGNON
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 80 rue des St-Pères, 7e; 8.30am-10pm Mon-Sat, to 9pm Sun; Sèvres-

Babylone)
Grab a table in the evening sun at this wonderfully authentic bar à vin or head to the quint-
essential bistro interior, with an original zinc bar, tightly packed tables and hand-painted
ceiling celebrating French viticultural tradition. A plate of casse-croûtes au pain Poilâne -
toast with ham, pâté, terrine, smoked salmon, foie gras… - is the perfect accompaniment.

COCKTAIL BAR

CASTOR CLUB
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 14 rue Hautefeuille, 6e; 7pm-4am Wed-Sat; Odéon)
Discreetly signed, this underground cocktail bar has an intimate upstairs bar and 18th-cen-
tury cellar with hole-in-the-wall booths where you can sip superb-value cocktails (custom
made, if you like) and groove to smooth '50s, '60s and '70s tracks. Very cool.

MICROBREWERY

BRASSERIE O'NEIL
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.oneilbar.fr ; 20 rue des Canettes, 6e; noon-2am; St-Sulpice or Mabil-

lon)