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A historic new location is chiselled on the Parisian dinner’s map

5 January 2015

Erika Martino

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The historic home of Stern’s engraving atelier, an icon of 19th/20th century Paris, has been converted into what is announced already as one of the most magical and surreal coffee shop bistros of the city. Caffè Stern, the sixth place of gastronomic worship of the Alajmo brothers (Massimiliano and Raffaele), was designed by the famous designer Philippe Starck, who created the interior and the lighting.

It was designed by Dominique Averland and the famous desginer Phiilippe Stark
interior of the Cafè Stern, Paris

A cosy environment suspended between fairytale and tradition that has traits of innovative materials (some areas have suspended Candle Lights by Moritz Waldemeyer) is what characterises the interior of the caffè, where wooden panelling and engraving are mixed with stuffed animals (rabbits and foxes). Open from 8.30 am to midnight, you can pop by Stern in the morning for one of the many coffees selected by Gianni Frasi, a coffee roaster from the Jamaica Coffee Roasting Laboratory in Verona, or at lunch for a quick drink, or at dinner for a good Venetian liver with crispy polenta.

a weiter working at the Cafè Stern, Paris

The historic home of Stern’s engraving atelier, an icon of 19th/20th century Paris, has been converted into what is announced already as one of the most magical and surreal coffee shop bistros of the city. Caffè Stern, the sixth place of gastronomic worship of the Alajmo brothers (Massimiliano and Raffaele), was designed by the famous designer Philippe Starck, who created the interior and the lighting.
A cosy environment suspended between fairytale and tradition that has traits of innovative materials (some areas have suspended Candle Lights by Moritz Waldemeyer) is what characterises the interior of the caffè, where wooden panelling and engraving are mixed with stuffed animals (rabbits and foxes). Open from 8.30 am to midnight, you can pop by Stern in the morning for one of the many coffees selected by Gianni Frasi, a coffee roaster from the Jamaica Coffee Roasting Laboratory in Verona, or at lunch for a quick drink, or at dinner for a good Venetian liver with crispy polenta.

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