Table Tuesday

 Your coffee awaits.

 

Saturday spritz

 

Sunshine and warmer weather mean terraces are opening up and spring is on its way.

 

Overcast

  A café a restaurant a kiosk... a cloudy day.

Out in the cold

Heated terraces make sitting outside an option.

A good seat

Outward-facing chairs for people watching is what terraces in Paris are all about.

The Paris effect

Heated terraces fill up at the slightest signs of spring.

Corner café

A café near Gare Saint-Lazare turns on its overhead terrace heaters.

Weekend brunch

 Terrace brunch pour deux near the Eiffel Tower.

Carette

  4 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre 75116

Rain or shine

Time out for a café in the old Les Halles quartier on a rainy afternoon.

Café terrace

Afternoon leisurely neighborhood café scene.

Evening tipple

Warm September evenings invite stopping for a drink-&-chat in the bustling quartier of Old Belleville.

Hats off

  A department store display of straw fedoras, still very much in season and perfect for sunny autumn sidewalk terraces.

Sign of spring

Tables lined up along a sidewalk in the sun: a sure sign that spring has finally arrived in Paris.

Early a.m. café... and cigarettes

Ashtrays set out for the daily invasion of terrace smokers.

 

Since 2007 (law implemented in January 2008) smoking inside cafés and restaurants has been verboten in France.