Café de Paris
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Establishments
- Café de Paris (London)Café de Paris (London)Café de Paris is a London nightclub, located in the West End, beside Leicester Square on Coventry Street, Piccadilly.It opened in 1924 and subsequently featured such performers as Dorothy Dandridge, Marlene Dietrich, Harry Gold, Harry Roy, Ken Snakehips Johnson and Maxine Cooper Gomberg...
, West End-Leicester Square-Piccadilly nightclub which, since opening in 1924, has featured Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Gold, Maxine Cooper Gomberg, Ambrose, Harry Roy, Ken "Snakeships" Johnson and many others - Café de Paris (Geneva), brasserie on Rue du Mont Blanc, which opened in 1930 and is renowned for its single offering of steak-style dish, entrecôte Café de Paris, consisting of steak served with salad and very special sauce
- Café de Paris (Rome)Café de Paris (Rome)The Café de Paris is a famous bar on Via Veneto, one of the best known streets in Rome. It is located at Nr. 90, close to the United States embassy...
, bar on Via Veneto, in existence, near American Embassy, since 1948, which gained international fame in late 1950s as gathering place for celebrities and fashionable society; site of iconic scene in Fellini's La Dolce Vita - Café de Paris (Cubzac-les-Ponts), wine-making enterprise founded in 1967 and located around and within limestone caves at Cubzac-les-PontsCubzac-les-PontsCubzac-les-Ponts, also referred to simply as Cubzac, is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is located 20 km southwest of the major city Bordeaux. It is a strategic crossing point of the river Dordogne...
commune in Aquitaine region of Southwestern France - Café de Paris (Monaco), Monte CarloMonte CarloMonte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
restaurant which opened in 1985 adjacent to Casino Café de Paris and Hôtel de Paris, with interior designed as recreation of old Monaco circa 1900 - Café de Paris (Vilnius), bar/cafeteria/cocktail restaurant on Didžioji Street, near Pilies StreetPilies StreetPilies Street is one of the main streets in the Old Town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is rather a short street, running from Cathedral Square to the Town Hall Square....
in Lithuanian capital's historic Old Town; established in 1994; popular as bohemian-style "hangout" for students, artists and tourists
Film and television
- Café de Paris (film), French mystery thriller released in September 1938; written and directed by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande, it stars Véra KorèneVéra KorèneVéra Korène , was a Russian-born French actress and singer.Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France....
, Simone Berriau, Jules Berry, Jacques Naumer and Pierre Brasseur - Café de Paris (TV series)Café de Paris (TV series)Café de Paris was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from January to March of 1949. It was a musical variety program set in a Paris bistro, and starred movie actress Sylvie St. Clair. The program aired Monday, Wednesday, and...
, American musical program hosted by Sylvie St. Clair and broadcast on DuMont Television NetworkDuMont Television NetworkThe DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
's New York station in 1947–48 and on network's affiliated stations from January 17 to March 4, 1949
See also
- Café de Paris sauceCafé de Paris sauceCafé de Paris sauce is a complex butter-based sauce served with grilled meats. When it is served with a beef rib or sirloin steak, the resulting dish is known as "entrecôte Café de Paris".-History:...
, complex butter-based sauce served with grilled meats; best known as entrecôte Café de Paris and renowned as delicacy originated in 1940s at Geneva's Café de Paris by its then-owner, "Freddy" Dumont