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An assortment of well-established British-Irish pubs and clubs brings an Anglo-inflected nuance to this many-faceted neighborhood that bustles by day and empties out at night.
A favorite not only for its prestigious location between Opéra and Place Vendôme but also for its worn-leather chairs and English-private-club feel, the Westminster Hotel's bar offers drinks like the James Bond and Duke's Martini. At times, you get the feeling that Monsieur Hercule Poirot is lurking just behind that wing chair.
Also known as Harry's New York Bar, this cozy, wood-paneled hangout decorated with dusty college pennants is popular with expats and American-loving French people who welcome the ghosts of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, both of whom drank themselves unconscious here. Gershwin composed An American in Paris in the piano bar downstairs, and the Bloody Mary is said to have originated on-site.
