La Belle Hortense

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Behind its charming chambray-blue façade, this creative wine bar named after a Jacques Roubaud novel fuses shelf after shelf of literary novels with an excellent wine list, rare varieties of armagnac, cognac, calvados and pastis, and an enriching weekly agenda of book readings, signings and art events.


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