"It’s hard to be unassuming on this street overflowing with tourists in Saint Germain-des-Prés, but this spot manages to play it cool with both a nondescript facade and by being actually cool (it’s located in a 14th-century former wine cellar). Pick from a bottle along the wall and pay the €10 corkage fee, or ask for a glass of whatever’s open that day. That might be a mineral-y white from the Savoie—“natural, but not funky,” the owner may say—or an earthy gamay from the Loire Valley. Then, head downstairs to drink your wine like a Lannister in Game of Thrones." - sara lieberman, tanisha townsend
Sara Lieberman
