La Coupole

Brasserie La Coupole in Paris is situated close to the last home Eugène Ionesco lived in on Boulevard du Montparnasse. In his book "Und Gott schuf Paris" Ulrich Wickert says on page 75 "Ionesco, too, drank his beer - and maybe that of his wife as well - at La Coupole". Hemingway, Sartre, Picasso and Dali were served by the founder and longterm owner René Lafon. It may be, as Wickert mentions, that after the change of owner even La Coupole startet making its money with crowds of tourists and that Eugène Ionesco started considering the place too noisy. However, a visit of this brasserie is worth it – especially because of its delicious home-made lamb curry, famous and popular since the brasserie’s founding in 1927.

Address: 102, bd du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris