Hôtel Saint-James et d'Albany

L'hôtel Saint-James & d'Albany est un établissement hôtelier classé 4 étoiles situé aux no 211, rue Saint-Honoré et no 202, rue de Rivoli dans le 1er arrondissement de Paris. Ancien hôtel particulier dit de Boullongne, il est construit en 1751, par l'architecte Michel Tannevot pour le comte Jean Nicolas de Boullongne de Nogent, contrôleur général des Finances du roi Louis XV.

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Le Grand Véfour

Le Grand Véfour, the first grand restaurant in Paris, France, was opened in the arcades of the Palais-Royal in 1784 by Antoine Aubertot, as the Café de Chartres, and was purchased in 1820 by Jean Véfour, who was able to retire within three years, selling the restaurant to Jean Boissier. A list of regular customers over the last two centuries includes most of the heavyweights of French culture and politics, e.g. Honoré de Balzac, Napoleon, Jean Cocteau, Colette and André Malraux along with le tout-Paris. Sauce Mornay was one of the preparations introduced at the Grand Véfour. Closed from 1905 to 1947, a revived Grand Véfour opened with the celebrated chef Raymond Oliver in charge in the autumn of 1948. Jean Cocteau designed his menu. The restaurant, with its early nineteenth-century neoclassical décor of large mirrors in gilded frames and painted supraportes, continues its tradition of gastronomy at the same location, "a history-infused citadel of classic French cuisine." In 1983, the restaurant was destroyed in a bomb attack. It was then bought by Jean Taittinger who restored and reopened the place. When it lost one of its three Michelin stars in 2008 under the régime of Guy Martin for the Taittinger Group, it was headline news.

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Grand Véfour restaurant bombing

On 23 December 1983, the Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, France was damaged in a bomb attack, in which twelve people were wounded. The attack in one of Paris's most exclusive restaurants left a large crater in its front. Five of the injured diners were Americans, and two were Japanese. Raymond Oliver, owner of Le Grand Véfour, was quoted by his daughter as saying, "I am ruined. My clients trust me and this had to happen to me as I reach the end of my career." Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack. The Action Directe terror group also denied involvement, saying it did not carry any political significance. The case file was closed by police and no one has been apprehended.

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Le Chabanais

Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until 1946, when brothels were outlawed in France. It was founded by the Irish-born Madame Kelly, who was closely acquainted with several members at the Jockey-Club de Paris. Among the habitués were Albert, Prince of Wales; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Cary Grant; Humphrey Bogart, Mae West and diplomatic guests of the French government.

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Rue de Beaujolais

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Passage Choiseul

The Passage Choiseul is one of the covered passages of Paris, located in the 2nd arrondissement. It is the continuation of the Rue de Choiseul.

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Contrairement à une vieille et tenace légende, ce bâtiment n'est pas et n'a jamais été partie ou annexe de l'hôtel de Noailles, construit par l'architecte Jean Marot en 1672 et entièrement détruit en 1830, par le percement de l'actuelle rue d'Alger. Les nombreuses plaques commémoratives, malgré le caractère véridique de leurs informations, ont été à tort placées dans cet hôtel qui n'as jamais été le théâtre de ses évènements. Transformé en établissement hôtelier dés 1787, il comprend, à partir de 1851, deux entités séparées mais exploitées par le même propriétaire; l'hôtel Saint-James, côté rue Saint-Honoré, occupant le bâtiment historique avec ses communs et l'hôtel d'Albany, occupant une annexe, côté rue de Rivoli. L'hôtel subit une profonde renovation en 1979 puis ferme en 2021 après avoir changé de main. Il est actuellement en cours de rénovation.