Les Deux Magots

The name of Coffee "Les Deux Magots" was originally the banner of a new store that once occupied the same location. This shop, founded in 1812, was originally 23, rue de Buci, at the corner of the Rue de Seine, was transferred in 1873 due to expansion-ment, place St-Germain-des-Pres. From that time testify to emphasize the two statues that adorn the room of the institution. 
Around 1885 the new store gave way to a coffee liqueur in this together. Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarme, among others, took then used to meet them. 
Café Les Deux Magots has always played an important role in the cultural life of Paris.Established in 1933, Le Prix des Deux Magots mark his literary vocation. Frequented by many famous artists including Elsa Triolet, André Gide, Jean Giraudoux, Picasso, Fernand Léger, Prévert, Hemingway, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, among others, he welcomed the Surrealists led by Andre Breton, well before the existentialists who did the best nights of the cellars of the neighborhood. 
Today the world of arts and literature are also the borders of fashion and politics.

Café Les Deux Magots is proud to be one of the oldest cafes of Paris: the service has retained its original character. The servers, dressed in black and white according to tradition, serve some drinks (wine, champagne, spirits, whiskey) to the client, with presentation of the bottle. They also serve chocolate prepared from the ancient tablets melted in milk and coffee, like in real pots made smoking at the table.