Les Deux Magots

Les Deux Magots was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway (in The Sun Also Rises, Jake met Brett here) and Jean-Paul Sartre (he and Simone de Beauvoir met here). Jim Morrison is said to have written songs here.

The name: "Magot" literally means "stocky figurine from the Far East". The two magots standing by the cafe are two statues representing Chinese "mandarins", or "magicians" (or "alchemists"). The statues are the originals from before it was a cafe.Read more