This upscale French bistro is more than the famed site of Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s 1979 Rolling Stone interview.

Paris Bar is about the art on the walls, the confidence of its patrons, the attitude of its waiters, and the quality of its food. Paris Bar is a salon, where artists, dealers and collectors come together to drink, dine, converse, and of course, dance on its tables from time to time. Former owner Michel Würthle created this culture with intention, and though he succumbed to his battle with cancer last year, his legacy and style lives on in the restaurant and can be gleaned from a painting of him in an open green shirt against the left wall.  

It reminds us of a brighter, more polished Raoul’s, the legendary bar in New York. Or what Raoul’s could have been, if the maître d’ actually cared about their regulars.

We’ve sampled the steak frites (supposedly a Bowie favorite) with a thick buttery Bernaise sauce, a grilled loup de mer with fresh chives that on sight turned our well-heeled neighbors into envious rascals, and a generous fill of Nicoise Salad that nearly caused us to cry out with delight.

At Paris Café, you might see a group of young women with perfect cat eyeliner drinking cocktails and playing cards at round tables late into the night. You will also see a group of socialites with perfect hair and make-up getting their white and rose wine glasses topped off with intense frequency. And lunchtime is for power lunches for well-tailored suits with cufflinks. So Paris Café is for everyone – so long as you understand what it’s all about.

Bottom line: if there was one place to dine in Berlin, or at least have a drink, this one might be it. 

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https://parisbar.net

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