When it comes to style, art, culture, food and drink, the French are the undisputed kings and Paris is their capital. A city is filled up with fabulous sidewalk cafes, bars and restaurants that are renowned for their famous clientele. You can sit at a table and sip your cocktail in the same spot Camus, Picasso, Hemingway and others have sat and hope some of that literary genius got left in the air for you to breathe in.

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1. Les Deux Magots
   

2. 6 Place Saint Germain des Prés, 75006
   

3. Probably every famous person who has ever come to Paris has passed through its doors since 1873. It has hosted several famous patrons, among them Sartre and Simone de Beauvoire as well as Hemingway, Camus, and Picasso. Les Deux Magots has long had the reputation of being the place for rendez vous among the literary and intellectual elite and has a an annual literary prize that has been awarded to a French novel every year since 1933.
   

1. Café de Flore
   

2. 172 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006
   

3. Café de Flore has long been celebrated for its intellectual clientele and gives out its own annual literary prize called the Prix de Flore. Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are just two of many intelectuals that frequented this cafe.
   

1. Brasserie Lipp
   

2. 151 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 75006
   

3. Since 1880, this rectaurant has catered to the rich and famous, and you’ll more than likely to see a number of well-known faces from the entertainment and/or political world.
   

1. Bar Hemingway at the Ritz
   

2. 15 Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris
   

3. Hemingway seemed to leave an impressionable mark on the many drinking establishments in Paris, and the Bar Hemingway pays tribute to the hard drinking author with its name. Today you’ll find expensive cocktails there, but you’ll also be surrounded by history and memorabilia, as well as rows of newspapers, with a cozy, wooden interior.
   

1. Le Wepler
   

2. 14 Place de Clichy, Paris 75018
   

3. Well-known for their oysters and seafood, this restaurant has been around for 115 years and catered for the famous clientele of artists and writers; Picasso, Henry Miller and Modigliani.

1. La Coupole
   

2. 102 Blvd du Montparnasse, Paris 75014
   

3. La Coupole and its Art Deco interior was created in 1927 and remained one of the hottest places to be seen at until the 60's. People like Josephine Baker, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matisse, T.S. Eliot, Toklas and a large number of other artists and celebrities of the time used to go there for a drink and a good dance in the basement dance hall.
   

1. Le Select
   

2. 99 Blvd du Montparnasse, Paris 75006
   

3. Not far Away from Le Coupole, this famous café was frequented by  Picasso, Modigliani , Henry Miller, Hemingway, and is still today a good place to meet a friend for a drink.
   

1. Closerie de Lilas
   

2. 171 Blvd. du Montparnasse, Paris 75006
   

3. Another famous Montparnasse bar, the Closerie has been an important Paris institution since its opening in 1847, serving as a magnet for the social and culinary avant garde. It is said that Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises here. The famous people who have sat in include Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Ingres, Henry James, Chateaubriand, Picasso, Hemingway, Apollinaire, Lenin and Trotsky.
   

1. La Méditterranée
   

2. 2 Place de L’Odéon, Paris 75006
   

3. A great little restaurant, opened back in 1944 were frequented by Chaplin and Orson Wells. Fresh fish and raw oysters  are a must have here.   
   

1. Le Moulin de la Galette
   

2. 83 Rue Lepic, Paris 18e
   

3. Many famous artists immortalized the old Moulin de la Galette when it was a popular music hall back in the 1800’s.  Everyone knows Renoir’s famous painting, Bal du Moulin de la Galette.
   

1. Prime People Watching
   

2. Café de la Paix
   

3. 5 Place de l’Opéra, Paris 75009
   

4. The famous café opened its doors in 1862. The luxury setting near the Opéra was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect who designed the nearby Paris Opera.
   

5. Since its opening, it has attracted many famous clients, including Emile Zola and Guy de Maupassant, and it is guaranteed to provide you with prime Parisian people watching.
   

6. On Sundays, you can enjoy one of the biggest buffet brunches with jazz in Paris. From noon to 3.30PM.