Many of Paris’s museum cafes and restaurants now offer a lot more than coffee and cake. You can now expect great food and magnificent art – and some take their cuisine so seriously they merit a visit in their own right
The Louvre has 15 eateries. You can have a cocktail on the roof of the Centre Pompidou. And well-known chefs are getting in on the act too, with Michelin-starred Jean-Louis Nomicos opening a restaurant in the city’s latest cultural hotspot, Fondation Louis Vuitton, while one of the greatest French chefs, Guy Savoy, will be opening a restaurant soon at Monnaie de Paris. But it isn’t all haute-gastronomie: the standard of cuisine in Parisian museum cafes and restaurants is being upped across the board, and food lovers realise you don’t have to pay the entrance fee to sit down for a great meal in often stunning surroundings. Here are 10 of the best offbeat, affordable museum dining experiences.
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