Brasserie Lipp

Frommer's Review

This is a Left Bank institution. On the day of Paris's liberation in 1944, late owner Roger Cazes welcomed Hemingway as the first man to drop in for a drink. Since its acquisition a few years ago by members of the Bertrand Group (the force behind Paris's St. James Club), the mechanics whereby you can obtain a table in this cultural monument are a lot easier, and a lot less arbitrary, than when Cazes granted or denied a table in his joint based, basically, on whether he considered you worthy. Reservations are accepted today and usually respected for dining tables, but not cafe tables. The specialty is choucroute garni. You get not only sauerkraut, but also a thick layer of ham and braised pork, which you can wash down with the house Riesling (an Alsatian white wine) or beer.

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