Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris is a 5-star hotel located at 46

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, France. The hotel, owned by the French hospitality and casino group Barrière, opened on 6 November 2006 and is a member of

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. The restaurant

Fouquet's Fouquet's Paris is a historic high-end brasserie restaurant in Paris, France. It is located at 99 Avenue des Champs-Élysées and is part of Hotel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris. The menu, designed in collaboration with Chef Pierre Gagnaire, cont ...

, known for its red awnings on the

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, is part of the venue. The hotel received its fifth star on 11 June 2009, and won the category of "Europe's Leading City Hotel" at the

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in 2013.

History

In the 1990s, the Barrière family purchased the restaurant

, along with seven buildings surrounding the venue, in the hope of opening the group's first hotel in the French capital. Opened in 2006, the hotel was developed with the collaboration of french architect Édouard François and designer

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. The hotel was closed in early 2017 to allow for renovations, and reopened on 1 July that year.

Restaurants and bars

The venue includes 2 restaurants and 3 bars: *

restaurant, located at 99

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*Le Joy restaurant, located at 46

, opening onto the inner garden of the hotel *L'Escadrille bar *Le Marta bar, which also extends on a rooftop during summertime *Le Joy bar

Literature

The first restaurant of the establishment, which was called "The Diana" in tribute to Diane Barrière-Desseigne, is mentioned in ''"Hallier, L'Edernel jeune homme"'' ( Hallier, the Edernal young man) by Thiollet. J.P, published in 2016.''Hallier, L'Edernel jeune homme'',

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, Neva Editions, 2016, p. 45-52.

References

Luxury hotels in Paris
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