Table Tuesday

 

A table invitingly set for two, inside the Galerie Vivienne.

 

Window Wednesday

 

  

This stylish coffee shop housed at the entrance of the Galerie Richer, a former passage, is a standout with its soaring black wrought-iron glass portal, elegant old-world interior and high-quality, ethically sourced Arabica beans, roasted in-house at their Saint-Ouen atelier.

 

NOIR

33 rue Richer 75009

 

Window Wednesday

 

 

From one window to another:

A small café across from a bookshop on a 19th century covered passage.

 

Floral Friday

 Tables ready in a pretty outdoor passageway.

Time travel Tuesday

 A stroll through Paris' bustling covered passages is a journey back in time.

 

Passage of time

Morning light floods a historic passage on the Left Bank.

 

Passage du Grand Cerf

 

  From one of Paris' most beautiful surviving covered passages whose name means "large deer," or stag.

 

Stacked

Chairs being set up on an outdoor terrace.

Passage of time

Under renovation for what seemed like ages, timeless Passage Vivienne is back in form.

Below: bar à vin and wine shop w/elevated tables; a simple planche of exquisite cured ham

Caves Legrand Filles et Fils

Galerie Vivienne

  4 rue des Petits-Champs 75002

Passage Verdeau

A covered passage named for its creator, dating to 1847. 

 

Passage couvert

 

One of many covered passages in Paris, this one off Boulevard Sébastopol.

The gate

 

A much loved passageway heaves with history.

Panorama

One of the oldest covered passages in Paris bustles with restaurants and shops.

 

Passage des Panoramas

11 Boulevard Montmartre 75002

Bicycle art

A bicycle outside a gallery-boutique of luxurious fabrics and scarves.

18 Galerie Vivienne 75002