{"id":548,"date":"2008-03-04T14:11:47","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T19:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/paris-pub-crawl-the-right-banks-literary-pubs\/"},"modified":"2012-10-26T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T20:42:44","slug":"paris-pub-crawl-the-right-banks-literary-pubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/paris-pub-crawl-the-right-banks-literary-pubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Pub Crawl: the Right Bank\u2019s Literary Pubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/images\/menu_pa.jpg\" alt=\"Eiffel Tower: Paris, France\" width=\"245\" height=\"162\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Paris holds a remarkable place in English-language literature. As any Hemingway fan will tell you, Paris has been a Moveable Feast for young and old writers, from Americans Getrude Stein and Scott Fitzgerald to Irishmen Samuel Becket and James Joyce. Some of the greatest contemporary novels and plays have been written by Anglophones living in small apartment flats, frequenting Paris\u2019 cafes and parks for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Quite often for writers (pardon the clich\u00e9) the best inspiration is found in a bottle. Bars and pubs dating back to Hemingway\u2019s Lost Generation still serve up pints in Paris and are haunted by the stories and spirits of \u2018inspired\u2019 wordsmiths. Today many of the watering holes have remained remarkably similar to what they were before the second world war. <strong>The right bank, home to many New York Habitat <a title=\"Paris Accommodations\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/vacation\">accommodations in Paris<\/a>, is the site of several bars with hefty literary traditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To begin New York Habitat\u2019s literary pub crawl visitors should start on the Right Bank. Exit the Metro at the Opera station and marvel at the gilded batiment on the way to your first pint or cocktail.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first stop on our Right Bank crawl is at the Caf\u00e9 de la Paix, in the <a title=\"Tips to visit the 9th arrondissement of Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/paris-travel-guide\/paris-neighborhoods\/opera\/\">9th arrondissement<\/a>.<\/strong> The Paix is a classy old-world eatery just around the corner from the Opera building. Author Henry James dined here some 100 years ago when the cheapest glass of wine cost heaps less than today&#8217;s \u20ac8 euros. If your on a budget have a glass of wine, enjoy the chateau-like surroundings and get out of there, if your not stay and have dinner at one of Paris\u2019 finest restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next stop on our crawl is only a block and a half away at Harry\u2019s New York Bar, in the <a title=\"Travel tips about the 2nd arrondissement of Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/paris-travel-guide\/paris-neighborhoods\/bourse-sentier-montorgueil\/\">2nd arrondissement<\/a>.<\/strong> Harry\u2019s New York Bar has been a hangout for generations of literary superstars. The bar\u2019s \u201cSociety of International Barflies\u201d counts four Nobel Prize winners among its official members; Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Faulkner and Steinbeck. The list of writers said to have frequented Harry\u2019s is staggering\u2013including Gertrude Stein, Marguerite Duras, Sylvia Beach, Edith Wharton and Simone de Beauvoir. Harry\u2019s invented the Bloody Mary, possibly with easing a Hemingway hangover in mind. The bar was a favorite of GIs during World War II and remains a citadel for Americans in Paris who gather to watch sporting events or celebrate results on US election nights. The bar even holds a straw vote among its American patrons shortly before American elections (Bush won in 2000, lost to Kerry in 2004).<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"img alignleft size-full wp-image-7417\" style='width:300px;'>\n\t<a href=\"\/paris-apartment\/vacation\/2705\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/paris-accommodation-studio-pa2705.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Accommodation, Studio in Opera - Le Louvre (PA-2705)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div>Paris Accommodation, Studio in Opera - Le Louvre (PA-2705)<\/div>\n<\/div>The final stop on our Right Bank literary pub crawl is the Ritz Hotel bar, named after old papa Hemingway himself and located in the historic <a title=\"Travel tips about the 1st arrondissement of Paris\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/paris\/paris-travel-guide\/paris-neighborhoods\/louvre-halles-chatelet\/\">1st arrondissement<\/a>.<\/strong> According to legend Hemingway and a small contigent of American GIs liberated the bar in 1944. Today the rather small bar has been restored to its old look and feel. Visitors receive some of the world\u2019s most magnificent cocktails and pay the price for them, the drinks cost around (gulp) \u20ac25.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis can be sparse at night so it\u2019s probably better to rent a New York Habitat <a title=\"Paris Apartment Rentals\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/furnished\">apartment in Paris<\/a> if you plan to drink like James Joyce. Steps from our pub crawl is this colorful <a title=\"Paris Vacation Accommodation: Studio in Opera - Le Louvre (PA-2705)\" href=\"\/paris-apartment\/vacation\/2705\">studio vacation accommodation in Opera &#8211; Le Louvre (PA-2705)<\/a>. Visitors also won\u2019t have a problem stumbling into this <a title=\"Paris Accommodation: 2 bedroom rental in Opera - Le Louvre (PA-2719)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/paris-apartment\/vacation\/2719\">2-bedroom accommodation in Opera &#8211; Le Louvre (PA-2719)<\/a>.\u00a0Just remember to be kind to your neighbors when your return and keep the noise down.<\/p>\n<p>While the Lost Generation left Paris generations ago a new group of writers, including funny-man David Sedaris and the writer or this article, continue to call the city, and her pubs, home.<\/p>\n<p>We continue our literary pub crawl on the Left Bank next week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris holds a remarkable place in English-language literature. 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