Oops! I screwed up. These two cafés are on the rue des Batignolles.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Quiet cafés
As I approached the Square des Batignolles along the rue des Batignolles, in the quartier des Batignolles, I passed the Eglise Sainte-Marie-des-Batignolles. That's a lot of Batignolles! The street turned around to the west side of the church where I found a wide tree-lined sidewalk and several cafés, restaurants, and brasseries. It was three weeks ago today that I was here.
This one block-long street is called la place du Docteur-Félix-Lobligeois -- named for a former Paris city councilman and pioneering radiologist.
Oops! I screwed up. These two cafés are on the rue des Batignolles.
Given the hour, many of the places were closed or just starting to open. A few had breakfast customers. This is not a neighborhood filled with tourists, but one that's more residential. The closest "big" attraction is the Sacré Cœur basilica and the
surrounding Montmartre quarter, and that's a good half-hour walk from
here, uphill. Still, I'll bet these places are bustling in the evenings.
Oops! I screwed up. These two cafés are on the rue des Batignolles.
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This photo reminds me of Aix or Montpellier somehow, not busy Paris.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this very interesting intro to a neighborhood that's new to me.
ReplyDeleteSo much more classy than our local places, which are mostly designed for beach-goers. I love cities with cafe-lined streets like this.
ReplyDeleteevelyn, a quiet Saturday morning in Paris!
ReplyDeletechris, maybe one day you'll check it out?
mitch, me too!
>>chris, maybe one day you'll check it out?
ReplyDeleteIn October!