Places in Paris: Café Germain

Take a coffee beside a giant woman: Since spring 2009 there is the Café Germain at 25 Rue de Buci, Paris. With vintage materials, checked tiles, threadbare velvet and lether the first floor reminds on the 80s. The second floor is more 70s with sofas, soft cushions and an imperial red pool table. In the middle of the Café a monumental work from Xavier Veilhan, the woman Sophie, breaks through the ceiling and connects the first floor with the second one: