La Closerie des Lilas 171 bd du Montparnasse,
6e. RER Port-Royal. Daily noon-1.30am.
The smartest, artiest, classiest Montparnasse café,
with excellent cocktails for around ?9.15 and a resident
pianist. The tables are name-plated after celebrated former
habitués (Verlaine, Mallarmé, Lenin, Modigliani,
Léger, Strindberg). Very expensive restaurant; brasserie
main courses for under ?15.24.
L'Entrepôt 7-9 rue Francis-de-Pressensé,
14e. Mº Pernety. Mon-Sat noon-midnight.
Spacious arty café within an excellent arthouse cinema;
?11.74 midday menu, ?22.87 à la carte in the evening.
Le Rallye 6 rue Daguerre, 14e. Mº
Denfert-Rochereau. Tues-Sat until 8pm; closed Aug.
A good place to recover from the Catacombs or Montparnasse
cemetery. The patron offers a bottle of wine for tasting;
gulping the lot would be considered bad form. Good cheese
and saucisson .
La Pause Gourmande 27 rue Campagne-Première,
14e. Mº Raspail. Mon-Fri 8.30am-7pm, Sat 8.30am-3pm.
No imagination spared on the decor of this small café,
but it does serve up delicious salads and savoury and sweet
tartes from ?4.27.
Restaurants
Aquarius 2 40 rue Gergovie, 14e tel 01.45.41.36.88.
Mº Pernety. Mon-Sat noon-2.15pm & 7-10.30pm.
Imaginative vegetarian meals served with proper Parisianbustle.
?9.91 menu midday.
Le Berbère 50 rue de Gergovie,
14e tel 01.45.42.10.29. Mº Pernety. Daily lunchtime
& evening till 10pm.
Very unprepossessing decor-wise, but serves wholesome, unfussy
and cheap North African food. Couscous from ?7.62.
La Coupole 102 bd du Montparnasse, 14e
tel 01.43.20.14.20. Mº Vavin. Daily 8.30-1am.
The largest and perhaps most famous and enduring arty-chic
Parisian hang-out for dining, dancing and debate. After
11pm, menu at ?21.04 including wine, or carte from ?25.92.
Dancing Tues 9.30pm-4am, Fri & Sat 9.30pm-5am (?15.24
and Sun 3-9pm (Sun ?12.20).
au Rendez-Vous des Camionneurs 34 rue
des Plantes, 14e tel 01.45.40.43.36. Mº Alésia.
Mon-Fri lunchtime & 6-9.30pm; closed Aug.
No lorry drivers any more, but good food for under ?15.24;
menu at ?10.98 and a quarter of wine for under ?3.05. Wise
to book.
Restaurant Bleu 46 rue Didot, 14e tel
01.45.43.70.56. Mº Plaisance. Tues-Sat lunchtime &
evening until 11pm.
Excellent, high-class cooking in a small and well-tendedrestaurant.
The three-course menu du marché is ?19.82, or else
you can choose the speciality truffade (mashed potato and
sausage) amongst others from the à la carte menu
for ?26.86.
N'Zadette M'Foua 152 rue du Château,
14e tel 01.43.22.00.16. Mº Pernety. Daily 7pm-2am.
A small Congolese restaurant, with tasty dishes such as
maboké (meat or fish baked in banana leaves). Reservationsrequired
at weekends. Menu at ?12.96, à la carte around ?18.29.
