Where is Brasserie Lipp?

At 151 boulevard Saint-Germain, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The nearest station is Saint-Germain-des-Prés, on line 4.

Which museums and sights are near Brasserie Lipp?

Musée d'Orsay is 800 m away, Louvre Museum is 850 m away, Sainte-Chapelle is 950 m away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Brasserie Lipp known for?

The tiles and the ceilings, The Alsatian kitchen, In the books. The brasserie of politicians and publishers, opposite the Flore and the Deux Magots, with tiled walls of the 1920s and a choucroute that Hemingway wrote about.

When did Brasserie Lipp open?

In 1880. Opened on 27 October 1880 by Léonard Lipp.

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Brasserie Lipp

Lipp is where French politics has had lunch for a century. The room is narrow, tiled and mirrored, and where you are seated in it says what the house thinks of you.

What it is: Brasserie
Opened: 1880
Area: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Nearest museum: Musée d'Orsay, 800 m

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What Brasserie Lipp is known for

The tiles and the ceilings
The room was redone in 1920 with tiled murals of plants and parrots by Léon Fargue and painted ceilings by Charly Garrey. It has not been changed since.
The Alsatian kitchen
The house was founded by an Alsatian and has always served the food of Alsace: cervelas sausage in a rémoulade sauce, choucroute garnie, and beer.
In the books
Hemingway eats here in A Moveable Feast. The brasserie has given its own literary prize, the Prix Cazes, since 1935.

What to know

Opened on 27 October 1880 by Léonard Lipp
Decorated in 1920, and unchanged since
The Prix Cazes has been awarded here since 1935

Where Brasserie Lipp is

Address

151 boulevard Saint-Germain
75006 Paris, France

Nearest station

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, on line 4

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

The parliament across the river

Léonard Lipp and his wife Pétronille opened the brasserie on the boulevard Saint-Germain on 27 October 1880. Marcellin Cazes took it over, redecorated it in 1920, and turned it into the dining room of writers, publishers and ministers.

It has its place in the history of the Fifth Republic too. On 29 October 1965 the Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka was abducted on the pavement in front of it and never seen again, a scandal that shook France.

Brasserie Lipp: common questions

Where is Brasserie Lipp?: At 151 boulevard Saint-Germain, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The nearest station is Saint-Germain-des-Prés, on line 4.
Which museums and sights are near Brasserie Lipp?: Musée d'Orsay is 800 m away, Louvre Museum is 850 m away, Sainte-Chapelle is 950 m away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Brasserie Lipp known for?: The tiles and the ceilings, The Alsatian kitchen, In the books. The brasserie of politicians and publishers, opposite the Flore and the Deux Magots, with tiled walls of the 1920s and a choucroute that Hemingway wrote about.
When did Brasserie Lipp open?: In 1880. Opened on 27 October 1880 by Léonard Lipp.

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Rating from Google

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