Le Dôme Café
| Industry | Restaurant |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1898 |
| Headquarters | Paris , France |
Area served | Paris |
| Products | Seafood, traditional French cuisine |
| Website | www |
Le Dôme Café (), frequently referred to as Café du Dôme, is a landmark dining establishment situated in Montparnasse, Paris, founded in . Inspired by the precedent set by La Closerie des Lilas (1847) and alongside peer institutions such as Café de la Rotonde (1911) and La Coupole (1927), Le Dôme gained prominence as a vibrant intellectual meeting place throughout the interwar years. It functioned as a dynamic forum for artistic and literary exchanges, drawing painters, sculptors, authors, poets, models, and art merchants associated with the School of Paris.
Subsequently, Le Dôme became a focal point for American writers residing on Paris's Left Bank. Initially accessible to financially constrained artists—offering affordable meals like Saucisse de Toulouse accompanied by mashed potatoes for just $1—it has since transformed into an esteemed seafood restaurant, once honored with a Michelin star. The establishment preserves its traditional atmosphere, earning acclaim from culinary critic Patricia Wells for its oysters and sole meunière.
Address
108 bd. Montparnasse, Paris, 75014
Nearest Métro station: Vavin
Dômiers
The designation Dômiers identifies the diverse international community of visual artists and writers who congregated at Café du Dôme, including:
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
- Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
- Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
- Robert Capa (1913–1954)
- Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
- Constant Detré (1891–1945)
- Max Ernst (1891–1976)
- Leonor Fini (1907–1996)
- Ernesto de Fiori (1884–1945)
- Tsuguharu Foujita (1886–1968)
- Yitzhak Frenkel (1899–1981)
- Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
- Ida Gerhardi (1862–1927)
- Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
- Elmyr de Hory (1906–1976)
- Youssef Howayek (1883–1962)
- Gwen John (1876-1939)
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
- Moïse Kisling (1891–1953)
- Eva Kotchever (1891-1943)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)
- Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)
- Anaïs Nin (1903–1977)
- Méret Oppenheim (1913–1985)
- Jules Pascin (1885–1930)
- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
- Man Ray (1890–1976)
- Louis Schanker (1903–1981)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943)
- Ernesto Sábato (1911–2010)
- Ré Soupault (1901–1996)
- Gerda Taro (1910–1937)
- Mika Waltari (1908–1979)
Literary Mentions
- Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer (1934)
- Elliot Paul, The Mysterious Mickey Finn: or Murder at the Cafe Du Dome (1939)
- References to the Parisian literary milieu at Le Dôme by Ernest Hemingway, including The Torrents of Spring (1926), The Sun Also Rises (1926), and With Pascin at the Dôme in A Moveable Feast (1964)
- "Paris", song lyrics by Édith Piaf
- Frequent visits during magical retirement by Aleister Crowley
- Depictions in works by Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay (1943)
- Appearances in writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, such as Intimacy (1939) and The Age of Reason (1947)
- Mentioned in Abaddon el Exterminador by Ernesto Sábato (1976)
- Included in Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin (1977)
- Featured in The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944)
- Referenced in Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys (1939)
- Appears in Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis (1929)
- Cited in Gilles by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle (1939)