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Brasserie Lipp is a preserve of the Belle Epoque world of 1900.
Léonard Lipp opened his brasserie in the 1870's after fleeing Alsace
during the Franco-Prussian War. As such, it's menu is typical of that
region including beer, sausage, sauerkraut and so forth.
It stayed in the family until 1920 when
Marcellin Cazas bought it in 1920. In 1958 Cazes was given the Legion of
Honor for running the best literary salon in Paris. No wonder the
publishers Grasset, Gallimard, and Hachette are nearby. But it has
also been a meeting place for television personalities, ministers
(it is halfway between the French Senate, and National Assembly),
and actors, among others.
Ernest Hemingway also frequented Brasserie Lipp, and in his book
A Moveable Feast wrote:
The beer was very cold and wonderful to drink. The pommes à l'huile
were firm and marinated and the olive oil delicious.
I ground black peper over the potatoes and moistened the bread in the
olive oil.
After the first heavy draft of beer I drank and ate very slowly.
When the pommes à l'huile were gone I ordered
another serving of cervelas.
This was a sausage like a heavy, wide frankfurter split in two
and covered with a special mustard sauce.
I mopped up all the oil and all of the sauce with bread and drank
the beer slowly until it began to loose its coldness and finished
it and ordered a demi ...