Café de Flore

48°51′15″N 2°19′57.5″E / 48.85417°N 2.332639°E / 48.85417; 2.332639Café de Flore (French pronunciation: [kafe də flɔʁ]) is one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris, known for its emblematic shopfront and celebrated for its famous clientele, which in the past included influential writers, philosophers, and members of Parisian high society (tout-Paris).

While attracting numerous tourists due to its historic cachet,[1] the coffeehouse remains a popular hang-out spot for Parisians and celebrities alike.

In the late 19th century, Charles Maurras wrote his book Au signe de Flore on the café's first floor, where in 1899 the Revue d'Action Française was also founded.

Like its nearby rival, Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore was frequented by numerous French intellectuals during the post-war years.

In his essay "A Tale of Two Cafes" and his book Paris to the Moon, American writer Adam Gopnik mused over the possible explanations of why the Flore had become, by the late 1990s, much more fashionable and popular than Les Deux Magots, despite the fact that the latter café was associated with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and other famous thinkers of the 1940s and 1950s.