The Best Cafes in Paris, From Historic Haunts to Charming Terraces | Vogue

"When it comes to the cluster of chic, historic cafés on Boulevard Saint-Germain, Café de Flore has, against all odds, managed to retain a steady stream of locals. Alongside tourists and influencers snapping photos of their chocolat chaud and the 19th-century café’s botanical facade, you’ll find dapper French grandfathers reading the newspaper and gallery owners splitting the famous club sandwich. But all that isn’t really the point: walking into the Flore, you’re adding your name to a long list of luminaries who’ve perhaps sat in your very seat: Apollinaire, Picasso, Hemingway, Bardot, Givenchy, and now, toi." - Sophie Dodd