Literary in Paris

The Ritz's wood-paneled cocktail room — bookless reservations and a serious dry martini

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

Hemingway's table, a piano bar, and the steak that bears his name.

Palais-Royal arcade institution since 1784 — historic monument with a kitchen in transition

The oldest café in Paris, opened 1686 — Voltaire, Diderot, Franklin all ate here.

The Académie française's secret canteen, in Voltaire's own building.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.