| The Procope
: 13 rue de l'Ancienne Comédie - 75006
The Procope, the oldest restaurant in Paris and the first café,
opened in 1686. The owner was Francesco Procopio Dei Coltelli.
In 1689, the Comédie-Française moved to opposite
the Procope and, between shows, the café became THE café
for theatre-goers and actors. Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot were
loyal regulars and the Encyclopaedia was born under the crystal
centre-lights of the Procope. During the revolution, Danton, Marat
could all be found here. Benjamin Franklin even fine-tuned the
American constitution here.
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