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If a list with all the Art Nouveau restaurants / bars / cafes / brasseries etc. in the world existed… wouldn’t you take that list with you everywhere you go? Wouldn’t you want to study that list befóre you plan your holidays? And wouldn’t you try to visit them all, one at the time? I know I would…
Caffè San Marco, Trieste
That is why I am planning on listing all the Art Nouveau restaurants / bars / cafes / brasseries etc. in the world. And I need your help to do it!
Hotel Paris, Prague
Because, let’s be honest, I can’t do this on my own. Yet together we can cover a lot more territory. So please share the places you know in the comments below, and let’s compile that extensive list we can all study before planning our next trip, or consult when we find ourselves in unknown places.
Cafe Markiz, Istanbul – le Printemps & l’Automne
And when I say all, I mean all! From the most famous ones in Brussels and Paris to the tiny unknown ones in the middle of nowhere. Let me give you some examples.
We all know the most famous ones like these:
Cafe Kiosko Modernista by Jafd88 CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brasserie Julien in Paris
- Hotel Paris in Prague
- Restaurant Le Falstaff in Brussels
- Brasserie Excelsior in Nancy
- 4 Cats in Barcelona
But did you also know these?
- De Ultieme Hallucinatie in Brussels
- Cafe Kiosko Modernista in Las Palmas
- Coffee Bar Ravouna 1906 in Istanbul
- Caffè San Marco in Triest
- Restaurant De Belhamel in Amsterdam
I am looking forward to seeing all your suggestions in the comments below. All the information will be listed and downloadable in due time. And if I can find the time to build an app, I’ll try to have the app ‘ready’ before the next summer season begins.
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Hello Olga,
I highly appreciate your initiative. As far as Paris is concerned the job is already done. In the magazine COUP DE FOUET some years ago a book was presented: CAFÉS, RESTAURANTS & SALONS DE THÉ DE LA BELLE EPOQUE À PARIS ISBN 978.2.7373.5949.1 Publisher: Éditions Ouest-France, Édilarge SA, Rennes. Year 2013. Written by: Évelyne Saez http://www.editionsouestfrance.fr 120 pages text and full color pictures. I ordered the book at the publisher by internet and love it. Fred Westen, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Hi Fred, thank you for your useful comment. It reminds me that I have a similar book; it’s about the Modernisme bars in Barcelona. Great, these books can help us a lot when compiling the list. Keep me posted Fred!
Here’s the link: http://barcelonabooks.com/Magento/llistat-tematic/sortim-ruta-del-modernisme-de-barcelona.html
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Hi! Great idea, I would buy such app in a heartbeat. For Brussels, the Cirio on the other side of the Flastaff square is also worth mentioning, as is La Porteuse d’eau http://www.laporteusedeau.be/nl/
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Hi Krisje, thank you for your tips. I photographed La Porteuse d’Eau just last week! Hope to write about it on my blog soon (first need to find out a little about the history of the building). Will have to check out the Cirio as I haven’t been there yet… Thanks!
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It’s not as beautiful as the Falstaff, but you simply have to go in and have an ‘half and half’ as the ‘ketjes’ do in Brussels 😉 I’ll check out your blog!
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Cirio is one of my favs. It is small but perfect. Even the waiters look original!
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They probably are 😉
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A wonderful project. Last June I was in Paris for a series of Art Deco events but we did have lunch one day at Brasserie Julien which was a delight! I’d be interested to find out if there are any Art Nouveau cafes and restaurants here in the U.S.
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Hi Stephan, thank you for reading my blog and taking the time to comment. I’m sure we’ll find some in the USA as well. The first one that comes to mind is the Oysterbar in New York. It doesn’t have luscious whiplashes and slender female decorations, but it features typical Guastavino tile vaults, originating from Valencia.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Oyster_Bar_%26_Restaurant)
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The Prague Municipal House café http://www.kavarnaod.cz/photo-gallery-1/
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Yes! That’s a great one too! We had coffee and cake there in May. Lovely atmosphere and great cakes. Thank you for contributing to the list!
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You’re welcome 😉
Just remembered another one in Brussels. La Poteuse d’eau http://www.laporteusedeau.be/en/contact-info
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Great one! Took a lot of pictures there just last week. Will write about it soon!
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Oh, and the Willow tea rooms in Glasgow – Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan Street – by Rennie Mackintosh
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Yes, have to add those to the list as well. One of them though, I have been told while in Glasgow, is not original… Will have to find out…
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There’s Café Majestic in Porto, Portugal:
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There’s Café De Bonte Koe in Leiden, Netherlands:
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There’s Bibendum Oyster Bar & Restaurant in London, UK:
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There’s Casa de Cha tearoom in Aveiro, Portugal:
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Oops, posted the same photo twice:
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Hi Andrei,
Thank you só much for your help! I will add all of them to the list immediately.
(And I deleted the photo you posted twice. no worries)
All help is welcome and much appreciated!
Olga
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You’re welcome!
Are you only interested in authentic Art Nouveau restaurants dating back to the Belle Epoque? I know a place in Moscow decorated in Art Nouveau style but it’s certainly not old.
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Frank Derville has a list of world’s Art Nouveau restaurants on his web site:
http://www.art-nouveau-around-the-world.org/en/faq/resto.htm
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Thanks, I will incorporate his list into ours!
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There’s Le Petit Zinc restaurant in Paris (Saint-Germain area) but I’m sure it must be in the book mentioned earlier.
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I suggest for your list the railway station by Otto Wagner, Karlsplatz in Vienna. There are two identical stations there. One is a small museum and the other a restaurant. Fred Westen, The Hague.
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Thanks Fred, I will add it to the list!
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Speaking of railway stations, maybe the coffehouse in the Prague’s magnificent Main Railway Station (Hlavní Nádraží) should be included as well?
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Thanks Andrei, adding this one to the list as well! Great tip!
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Hi Olga, this summer I went to Darmstadt, in Germany. I suggest the JugenstilBad. http://www.jugendstilbad.de You can appreciate the historical pool in Jugenstil, the SPA and … the gastronomy in the SPA and sauna area.
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Hi Barbara, that is a great idea. I will add the Jugendstilbad to the list. (I’m afraid your pictures didn’t upload. If you e-mail me their URL I can add them to your message from this end)
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I’m sorry, I tried twice …
It was not allowed to take picture inside the bath, so the images that I wanted to e-mail you were from Google. But also the ufficial link gives a good idea
I hope to work this month on the pictures of the buiding for my web-site. I’ll e-mail them to you asap.
But, reallly, I must confess that I went to Darmstadt to see Mathildenhohe and take pictures.
It was a deep immersion into jugenstil and in the beginning of 1900.
A drug for art-nouveu lovers
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Dear Olga, yesterday I forgot to suggest few places in Corsica:
Bar, reastaurants with beautiful dehors in Place Pasquale Paoli at L’Ile Rousse
http://bmagni.piwigo.com/index?/category/68-l_ile_rousse_place_pasquale_paoli
and in Piana the Hotel “Les roches rouges”
http://www.lesrochesrouges.com/hotel.html
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Hi Olga, I love this idea of yours and so enjoy your blogs. I always research art nouveau, deco, oldest and quirky cafes and restaurants before travelling. I sought out Café Iruna in Bilbao last month, so beautifully decorated with tiles and murals, a real feast for the eye. Also the Grand Café El Mercante, only had a quick look as modern shouty music was blaring and the A.Nouveau was neglected. El Tilo, previously a bar, has been updated into a vintage café but they have retained the character features. Lastly Café la Granja, full of charm.
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Thank you Deryn! Are they all in Bilbao? I’ll look them up and add them to the list!
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Dear Olga,
great idea! Here are links to such Jugendstil places in Germany:
1. Hotel and restaurant in Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland Palatinate
http://bellevue-hotel.de/
2. Restaurant in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony http://www.klinkerburg.de/
3. Café in Hamburg http://www.cafeparis.net/
4. Café in Berlin http://grosz-berlin.de/
Kindly regards
Herm
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Thank you Herm! Particularly Traben-Trarbach is high on my wish list. I really, really, really want to visit that town… soon… !
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What a great idea! In Helsinki there might be several places of interest.
Aschan Café Jugend (Pohjoisesplanadi 19). A former bank hall of Privatbanken. Designed by architect Lars Sonck in 1904. Finnish Jugendstil / National Romanticism.
http://www.aschan.fi/jugend/cafe-jugend.html
http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/see-and-experience/sights-and-attractions/aschan-cafe-jugend
http://bit.ly/2duLqO6
Hotel Seurahuone / Bar Socis (Kaivokatu 12). A traditional hotel and its restaurant in Helsinki. Designed by Armas Lindgren in 1914. Jugendstil / Classicism of the 1910’s.
http://www.hotelliseurahuone.fi/en
http://bit.ly/2cSE9Vx
Restaurant Juttutupa (Säästöpankinranta 6). A traditional working class restaurant in the Helsinki Workers’ House. Lenin spent time here before the Russian revolution. Also the building served as the headquarters of the Socialist side in the Finnish Civil War in 1918. Designed by Karl Lindahl in 1908. Finnish Jugendstil / National Romanticism.
http://www.juttutupa.fi/tarina/
http://bit.ly/2deagjH
Also you should definitely consider adding Eliseyev Emporium (St. Petersburg) and Hotel / Restaurant Metropol (Moscow) to the list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliseyev_Emporium_(Saint_Petersburg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Metropol_Moscow
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Thanks a million! I’ll add them all!
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As for Hotel Metropol in Moscow, it’s most certainly an Art Nouveau masterpiece on the outside but for the life of me I can’t see anything remotely Art Nouveau-ish in its interiors…
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We’ll have to sort them out, before the app goes online…
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Le Perroquet in Brussels http://www.smarksthespots.com/le-perroquet-brussels/
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what a great idea!!1 love it!!
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Thank you Renate! If you have any suggestions regarding Art Nouveau Bars/Hotels, please let me know!
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I love Art Nouveau interior design and bars in particular, but I am retired in central Florida, and a little too old and poor to travel overseas much. Younger days I did some. You would think I could maybe drive to Miami to find some examples, but I guess not. NY seems to be the closest place. Am from Chicago, worked there my entire life (40 yrs) but all I did was work, nose to the grindstone. Now that I have time, it’s too late so I use the internet and travel in my imagination. Seems like Belle epoch just before WWI started the end of the beautiful age and the beginning of the modern age of war and industry, and it’s happening again, but maybe it’s just a continuation of WWI,WWII… Possible Victorian age was not so nice as I imagine it to be, but I am not about to judge it, just love it for its beauty and desire to embrace nature, wood, curves, light, plants, … Art deco was, awful.
Sorry to take so much of your time but I have a lot of it these days
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