Le Polidor

On Gil's first night in the 1920s, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald bring him to this old Left Bank bistro, where he sits down with Ernest Hemingway. Polidor's wood-panelled dining room needed little dressing to pass for the 1920s, and it is still a working restaurant.

More Midnight in Paris places nearby

• Shakespeare and Company8 min600 m away · 8 min on foot
• Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont9 min660 m away · 9 min on foot
• Place Dauphine10 min750 m away · 10 min on foot

Famous places nearby

Not places of the story, but worth the walk.

• Luxembourg Gardens

  6 min450 m away · 6 min on foot

  Green chairs around the pond, the Medici fountain and the Senate palace.

• Sainte-Chapelle

  9 min710 m away · 9 min on foot

  A royal chapel whose upper level is walled almost entirely with stained glass.

• Notre-Dame Cathedral

  11 min800 m away · 11 min on foot

  Linked to the story

  Notre-Dame appears twice in the opening montage, seen from Île Saint-Louis and from Pont de l'Archevêché.

From other stories, nearby

• 12 Rue de l'OdéonA Moveable Feast2 min170 m away · 2 min on foot
• Le RostandParis, je t'aime3 min220 m away · 3 min on foot
• Église Saint-SulpiceThe Da Vinci Code6 min420 m away · 6 min on foot
• Jardin du LuxembourgEmily in Paris6 min450 m away · 6 min on foot

Where to eat nearby

• Bouillon Racine

  2 min140 m away · 2 min on foot

  classic French€€

  1906 Art Nouveau dining hall, restored in 1996 and listed as a historic monument

• Le Rostand

  3 min220 m away · 3 min on foot

  French bistro€€

  Café facing the Luxembourg Garden; a Paris, je t'aime location (Quartier Latin)

• Brasserie Balzar

  3 min240 m away · 3 min on foot

  French brasserie€€

  Latin Quarter brasserie founded in 1894; Camus and Simone de Beauvoir were regulars