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4. CAFÉS.

These establishments should be visited by the stranger
who desires to see Parisian life in all its phases. They
are the after-dinner resort of the great majority of the male
community of Paris. They are also sometimes convenient for
breakfasting; coffee, bread and butter and waiter's fee about
1 fr. 10 c., "thé complet" 1 fr. Ices usually form one of the
specialties of the Parisian café. The demi-tasse of café noir, which
is usually drunk in the afternoon, costs about 40 c., a petit-verre
of cognac 20 c., and the waiter expects 10 c. Those who desire
to dilute their coffee ask for un Mazagran and receive it in a
glass with a bottle of water; un Capucin is a glass of café au
lait. — Beer may also be procured at most of the cafés. "Un
boc", or "une choppe" (25—35 c.) is usually asked for. — Favourite
beverages of the Parisians in warm weather are some of
the following liqueurs diluted with water: Absinthe, Vermouthe,
Cognac, Bitter, Syrope de Groseille, de Framboise, Orgeat etc.
— Out of many hundreds, a few of the best only are here
enumerated.

Cafés in the Palais Royal.

North Side: *Café de la Rotonde, which possesses the sole
privilege of placing chairs and tables outside the door for the
accommodation of customers; well supplied with newspapers.

No. 50, *Café Hollandais; No. 36, Estaminet des Mille Colonnes;
No. 18, Casino Français, concerts in winter.

South Side. Café d'Orléans, Galerie d'Orléans Nos. 34?40
Sueur, Nos. 1—7.

On the N. Side, where the continuation of the Rue Vivienne
opens on the Palais Royal, is situated the subterranean Café des
Aveugles, a place of popular resort, where, in addition to the
usual concomitants of the café, quaint performances are provided
for the amusement of the frequenters. Some good ventriloquism
may usually be heard here.

Cafés in the Boulevards.

Boulevard de la Madeleine. S. side: Café Durand, Place
de la Madeleine 2. Café de Londres, Boulevard de la Madeleine 25.

Boulevard des Capucines. S. side: No. 43, Café du
Congrès; No. 39, Hill's Café, an English restaurant; No. 37, Café
d'Angleterre; No. 1, Café Napolitain, *ices 1 fr. per portion (a
mixture termed "tutti frutti" particularly good).

Boulevard des Italiens. N. side: No. 38, Café Foy; a
restaurant; No. 30, Café de Montmorency. — *Tortoni, of the
first class.

S. side: No. 29, *Café du Helder, a favourite resort of artists;
No. 13, *Café Anglais, principally a restaurant, expensive; Café
du Grand Balcon, frequented by the best billiard-players; *Café
du Cardinal.

N. side: No. 16, Café Riche; No. 14, Café Grétry; Nr. 12,
Café de Paris, all three near the Passage de l'Opéra, frequented
by stockbrokers.

Boulevard Montmartre. N. side: No. 16, Café Mazarin;
No. 12, Café Garen; No. 10, Café des Princes. — S. side: Café
Veron; Café de Suède, adjoining the theatre; Café Montmartre.

Boulevard Poissonnière. Frontin; Café de Madrid, coffee
not served before 8 p. m.

Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle. N. side: No. 44, *Café
Français; No. 39, Déjeuner de Richelieu, excellent chocolate;
No. 30, *Café de la Terrasse, well supplied with newspapers,
recommended for déjeuner; No. 26, Café Séruzier.

Boulevard St. Denis. S. side: Café de Malte, opposite
the Porte St. Martin.

Boulevard St. Martin. No. 26, *Grand Café Parisien,
the largest in Paris, magnificently fitted up, contains 22 billiard-tables,
well deserving of a visit.

Boulevard du Temple. S. side: Jardin Ture, also visited
by ladies.

Boulevard de Sébastopol. No. 17. Café des Halles Centrales,
20 billiard-tables; No. 42, Café-Estaminet des Balcons;
No. 68, Café de l'Epoque; No. 111, Café Brasserie Reinert.

Boulevard de Strasbourg. No. 7, Café de Bade; No. 16,
Café-Concert des Folies; No. 6, Eldorado, café-chantant.

Rue St. Honoré 161, opposite the Palais Royal, *Café de
la Régence, frequented by celebrated chess-players; No. 159, Café
de l'Univers; No. 196, Café de Danemarc also a restaurant.

On the Left Bank of the Seine the following establishments
deserve mention: Café d'Orsay, in the Faubourg St. Germain,
opposite the Pont Royal, handsomely fitted up; *Café Procope,
Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie 13 (Pl., white 8), the oldest-established
Parisian café, once frequented by Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot;
Café Blot (p. 14); Café Desmares, Rue du Bac 27; *Café de la
Rotonde, Rue de l'École de Médecine 10, well supplied with
newspapers.

Champs Elysées. The various cafés-chantants, which are
to be found here on summer evenings, afford unbounded delight
to the middling and lower classes of Parisians. The performances
are by no means of the first order, but are always conducted
with strict propriety.

Ices (Glaces) at most of the cafés. The best are obtained at
the following places: Tortoni, Boulevard des Italiens; Imoda,
No. 3, Rue St. Honoré; Rouzé, rue Royale St. Honoré 23, opposite
the Madeleine; *Poiré et Blanche, in the Faubourg St. Germain,
Rue St. Dominique 10; Hilaire Rouzé, opposite to the
latter, No. 11; *Neapolitan fruit - ices (p. 15), Boulevard des
Capucines 1 (sorbet is half-frozen syrup or punch).

Confectioners are in Paris divided into two classes, Pâtissiers
and Confiseurs. Of the former class a few of those who enjoy the
highest reputation may be here mentioned: Dubois, Rue Richelieu 92;
Guerre, Rue Castiglione 2, opposite the garden of the Tuileries;
Félix, Rue Vivienne 42; Colombin, Rue du Luxembourg 8; Marion,
"English pastry-cook", Rue Royale St. Honoré 10; Quillet, Rue
de Buci 14; Chiboust, Rue St. Honoré 163; Frascati, Boulevard
Montmartre 23. — The best bons-bons may be purchased at
Boissier's, Boulevard des Capucines 9, or at Terrier's, Rue St.
Honoré 254. — Excellent preserved fruits (conserves) at Jourdain's,
Rue Neuve des Petits Champs 52.