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In the heart of gallery land, this
fin-de-siècle
cafe and erstwhile stomping ground of Paul
Cézanne and Georges Braque attracts a grown-up set of fashion-industry professionals and
local art dealers. Its summer terrace is beautiful.
COCKTAIL BAR
PRESCRIPTION COCKTAIL CLUB
7pm-2am Mon-
Thu, 7pm-4am Fri & Sat, 8pm-2am Sun; Odéon)
With bowler and flat-top hats as lampshades and a 1930s speakeasy New York air to the
place, this cocktail club - run by the same mega-successful team as at Curio Parlor and Ex-
perimental - is very Parisian-cool. Getting past the doorman can be tough, but, once in, it's
friendliness and old-fashioned cocktails all round.
BAR
LE ZÉRO DE CONDUITE
8.30pm-1.30am Mon-Thu, 6pm-2am Fri & Sat, 9pm-1am Sun; Odéon or Mabillon)
In the house where Richard Wagner lived briefly in the 1840s, Le Zéro De Conduite goes all
out to rekindle your infancy, serving cocktails in
biberons
(baby bottles), throwing
concours
de grimaces
(face-pulling competitions), and offering cards, dice and board games. Advance
table reservations are recommended.
BAR
L'URGENCE BAR
9pm-4am Tue-Sat;
Odéon or RER Luxembourg)
At this medical-themed 'emergency room' just south of the École de Médecine, the future
doctors of France imbibe luridly coloured liquor from babies' bottles and test tubes, loosen
their stethoscopes and point to the 'X-ray art' - making comments like '
Mais non!
Clarisse,
that's so not the tibia!'
COCKTAIL BAR
LA MEZZANINE
Overlooking the sleek restaurant Alcazar, this hip white-and-glass mezzanine bar is narciss-
istic but alluring, with fancy cocktails and a fashionable clientele. Thursday to Saturday, DJs
'pass records' in the corner - this place is famous for its excellent trip-hop/house/lounge
music compilations.
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