Brasserie Lipp is a
brasserie
In France, Flanders, and the Francophone world, a brasserie () is a type of French restaurant with a relaxed setting, which serves single dishes and other meals. The word ''brasserie'' is also French for "brewery" and, by extension, "the bre ...
located at 151
Boulevard Saint-Germain in the
6th arrondissement of Paris
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. It sponsors an annual
literary prize
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Organizations
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, the Prix Cazes, named for a previous owner.
History
On , Léonard Lipp and his wife Pétronille opened the brasserie on the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Their speciality was a
cervelat
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rémoulade starter, then
choucroute garnie
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, served with the finest beers. The brasserie's atmosphere and its modest prices made it a great success.
Anti-German sentiment
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during the
First World War
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led to a change of name to Brasserie des Bords for several years. Of
Alsatian origin, Lipp left Alsace when it became part of Germany.
In July 1920, the
bougnat (Paris immigrant) Marcellin Cazes redesigned the brasserie, which had become frequented by poets such as
Paul Verlaine
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and
Guillaume Apollinaire
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. He decorated it with tiled murals by Léon Fargues, with painted ceilings by Charly Garrey, and purple
moleskin
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seating. In 1955, Cazes passed the baton to his son Roger.
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, a Moroccan anti-monarchist politician opposed to King
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, was abducted by the Morocco Secret Service in front of the brasserie, probably with the help of the French. The 'Ben Barka Affair' became a political scandal which fundamentally changed
France–Morocco relations.
Since 1990, the brasserie has been progressively developed by the Bertrand family of
Auvergne
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, owners of the
Angelina tea house, of
fast food chain
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Bert's, and of the Sir Winston pub chain.
Prix Cazes
In 1935, then innkeeper Marcellin Cazes established the Prix Cazes, a
literary prize
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Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...
awarded each year to an author who has won no other literary prize. Up to the present day, the prize is advertised by the Lipp.
Recipients
In culture
The writer
Pierre Bourgeade (1927–2009) wrote several pieces with the brasserie as the setting:
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* (Supplement in ''
L'Humanité
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History and profile
Pre-World Wa ...
'', 4 April 2009. ISSN 0242-6870)
* , a history of the brasserie.
* In Woody Allen's movie Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson's character Gil mentions Brasserie Lipp in a passing remark.
* Featured prominently in
Ernest Hemingway
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's 1964 memoir ''
A Moveable Feast
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''.
Hemingway in Paris
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References
External links
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French literary awards
Coffeehouses and cafés in Paris
Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Restaurants established in 1880
1880 establishments in France