Polidor
Polidor | |
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![]() Le Polidor | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1845 |
Food type | Traditional French |
Street address | 41, rue Monsieur-le-Prince |
City | 6th arrondissement of Paris |
Postal/ZIP Code | 75006 |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 48°50′59″N 2°20′24″E / 48.84972°N 2.34000°E |
Website | http://www.polidor.com |
The Crémerie-Restaurant Polidor is a historic restaurant in the
The modest
Polidor is located at 41,
In addition to its decor and traditional French cuisine, Polidor is known for its illustrious clientele. It is said to have been a favorite of Louis Ménard, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud (who lived on rue Monsieur Le Prince), André Gide,[1] James Joyce,[1] Ernest Hemingway,[1] Antonin Artaud, Gertrude Stein, Paul Valéry,[1] Boris Vian, Julio Cortázar,[2] Jack Kerouac, and Henry Miller.
It is also known for being the meeting place of the
In 2011, it was featured in the film Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen. In 2017, it was the setting for the music video for "Desencuentro", a song by the Puerto Rican singer Residente. The video features Charlotte Le Bon and Édgar Ramírez.[3]
In the Lee Child novel The Enemy, the protagonist, Jack Reacher, has dinner with his brother Joe and their French mother Josephine at Polidor.[4]
Polidor is a famous old restaurant. It makes you feel like all kinds of people have eaten there. Gourmets, spies, painters, fugitives, cops, robbers.
— Lee Child, The Enemy (Jack Reacher, Book 8)
References
- ^ ISBN 9781582435855. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Agencia Reforma. "Tras las huellas de Cortázar". am.com.mx. Compañía Periodística Meridiano S.A. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (31 March 2017). "Residente Gets Romantic With Stunningly Beautiful 'Desencuentro' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-553-81585-6.