Gentlemen 1919
Bar — Faubourg du Roule (Paris)
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Gentlemen 1919 est un speakeasy parisien unique situé dans le 8ème arrondissement, combinant un barbier de luxe et un bar à cocktails clandestin inspiré de l'époque de la Prohibition. Caché derrière une façade de salon de coiffure traditionnel, l'établissement offre une expérience immersive dans les années 1920, avec un fumoir élégant, une sélection impressionnante de whiskys (plus de 80 références) et des cocktails créatifs. Distingué parmi les meilleurs fumoirs à cigares mondiaux en 2020 et 2023, ce lieu incarne l'élégance masculine avec un accueil chaleureux et sophistiqué. Les mixologues talentueux proposent des créations classiques et expérimentales, tandis que l'ambiance rétro et intimiste rappelle les bars clandestins américains.
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Gentlemen 1919 | Cigar Aficionado
Co-owner Maxime Simonneau selecting cigars In the front, there are hair cutters; in the back, cigar cutters. If you’re vacationing in Paris, love cigars and are looking for something different, then an establishment with the unusual name of Gentlemen 1919 is a place you might visit. It’s definitely for gentlemen. And 1919? Read on. From the outside, on a street in Paris’ central Eighth Arrondissement, not far from the Champs-Élysées, Gentlemen 1919 simply looks like a barber shop behind a golden storefront door, with three barber chairs and even the opportunity for a shoeshine. And it is, in part, a barber shop, offering cuts for men the old-fashioned way, comb and scissors with no clippers. The sedate and comfortable cigar lounge, located in the back of Gentlemen 1919 in Paris. The year in the name harkens to the days of Prohibition. But sometimes a barber shop is not just a barber shop. Head to the back of the store and there’s another door, a kind of secret door. If you’ve made a reservation, you dial a provided phone number and you will be allowed inside, first into a speakeasy-style bar with a 1920s look and feel. And then into a cigar lounge with comfortable seating and a huge selection from which to choose. It’s modeled after the hidden, secret speakeasies that sprouted in the United States after Congress passed the Volstead Act in 1919—hence the year in the establishment’s name—formally outlawing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The combination of haircut, shoeshine, bar and cigar lounge serves as a kind of masculine-themed spa, says Maxime Simonneau, the establishment’s creator and co-owner, who came up with the idea and opened Gentlemen 1919 eight years ago. (His partner in Gentlemen 1919, Antoine Drieu, joined a few months later.) “So many spas in Paris were only or mostly for women,” Simonneau says. “So I wanted to create something that men would enjoy. And I wanted to create something with the atmosphere of the 1920s.” The decor is quite lush, providing a quiet ambiance, with much wood and Chesterfield armchairs in brown leather. The cigar lounge has red walls with old drawings and photos. Gentlemen 1919 offers 60 types of cigars, many of them Cuban, as one would expect in Paris, but also choices from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and elsewhere, in a humidor filled to the brim with 1,500 smokes. “In France, young people like to discover cigars from places like the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua that are less expensive than Cohibas and other Cubans,” Simonneau says. “We also have vintage cigars, for instance from 2008 and 2010.” The vast drink selection at Gentlemen 1919. The bar can mix a generous number of creative cocktails as well as serve multiple types of rums, gins, Tequilas and single-malt Scotches, among others. “We have about 50 types of rums and many whiskeys,” Simonneau says, including a large selection of single malts. Sales, he says, are split evenly between spirits and cocktails, and the most popular drink is an Old Fashioned. Although the name is Gentlemen 1919, and the barber shop is strictly for men, Simonneau wants to make it clear that the bar and lounge are very much for both men and women. He says his establishment attracts about 100 to 150 patrons a day, and the area behind the secret door is “75 percent men and 25 percent women. Last night there were five women at a table,” he says, “and they were all smoking cigars.”
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Speakeasies and Hidden Bars of Paris - Paris • Cocktails • Bars
Paris Cocktail Talk Speakeasies and Hidden Bars of Paris 00:00 / 24:28 RSS Feed This month I’m being interviewed by Oliver Gee about speakeasies and hidden Paris bars for his show, the Earful Tower. We talk about secret places, CBD cocktails and the changing landscape of the Parisian speakeasy. The Earful Tower is a podcast, videos, and blog posts about Paris and France. Oliver Gee is the guy behind it and he also wrote Paris On Air, Kylie the Crocodile, and more recently Roger the Liger. PLACES MENTIONED IN THE HIDDEN PARIS BAR EPISODE FULL LIST OF THE SPEAKEASIES AND HIDDEN BARS I SHARED WITH OLIVER FOR HIS SHOW REHAB IN HOTEL NORMANDY: 254 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris This is one of the city’s truly hidden bars that requires hotel staff to guide you through ongoing construction work to an unmarked door. Take the slim spiral staircase down to a dreamy underground den of CBD cocktails that transport you to another time and place. (non-CBD cocktails available too!) GENTLEMEN 1919 11 Rue Jean Mermoz, 75008 Paris Need a shave and a haircut and a dry martini? This ‘gentlemen’s club’ (that happily welcomes ladies, too) is hidden behind a hip little barber shop. Soak in the retro vibe while sinking into the comfy chesterfield sofas. Cigar smokers will appreciate the fumoir area. L’ÉPICIER 24 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris Like its sister bar, Lavomatic, the entrance to this bar is completely hidden within a different facade. Here, rather than a laundromat, you step into a miniscule shop and check the shelves stocked with boxes of couscous, harissa and various other sundries until you pull just the right box off the shelf to open the secret door to this Moroccan flavoured speakeasy. YAGO 25 Rue Victor Massé, 75009 Paris While not officially a speakeasy, the entrance to this very new and sexy little boudoir style SoPi cocktail bar is discrete enough and its online presence minimal enough that it’s a very confidential address to have in your backpocket – especially for a romantic date night. 1905 25 Rue Beautreillis, 75004 Paris Hidden above the busy bistro Aux Vins des Pyrénées is the belle epoque inspired bar, 1905. With a sweet little terrace and comfy corners it’s a perfect way to finish the night after dinner downstairs. Please also has an interesting history, with this space being known as a spot where Jim Morrison did his wine shopping for the day MOBSTER BAR 8 Rue de Crussol, 75011 Paris New York bar PDT was one of the OG of the Speakeasy bars with its entry hidden with a phonebooth in a hotdog shop. Paris now has their own version, and it’s all 20s feeling with old phonographics, art deco lamp shades and its own phone booth entrance. CASTOR CLUB 14 Rue Hautefeuille, 75006 Paris Though it’s been around for many years now, this is still a hush hush address with an unmarked door. No pretension, just know which door to open and enter into a bar with a vibe of “colonial hunting lodge meets English gentlemen’s club.” As I descried it for one publication. Since then, I’ve seen it referred to as a lodge in Iceland, a Norwegian village tavern, something from Twin Peaks, and a Siberian chalet. And somehow all of these are appropriate. Plus the cocktails are topnotch. LE SECRET 8 BUDDHA BAR 8-12 Rue Boissy d’Anglas, 75008 Paris It may have been years since you went to the Buddha Bar, but there’s a secret door now hidden within its walls that make it well worth a revisit. If you know the password and can find the door you enter into a cabinet of curiosities and a truly secret bar within a bar. Discover the password by solving the riddle of the week posted on their instagram page. SERPENT A PLUME 24 Place des Vosges Jewel tones and kitschy Wes Anderson vibes are a good way to describe this cool bar hidden within a Paris concept shop. It’s a beautiful-person kind of spot with stylish people who come to buy the hip PJs in the store and then listen to cool DJ’s in the bar. SPOOTNIK 57 Rue des Gravilliers 75003 Hidden with the Datsha restaurant, downstairs is a new Russian cosmic themed bar called Spootnik. PARIS SPEAKEASIES AND HIDDEN BARS WE REFERENCES FROM PREVIOUS EARFUL TOWER EPISODES: Lavomatic Little Red Door Moonshiner Candelaria Hotel Saint James COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: BEE’S KNEES 2 ounces (60 ml) gin ¾ ounce (22 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice (freshly squeezed) ¾ ounce (22 ml) honey syrup* ((1 tablespoon honey mixed with 1/2 tablespoon warm water)) *Honey syrup: mix equal parts honey and warm water until honey dissolved Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Big thanks to… Oliver Gee of Earful Tower World Radio Paris for editing and production Son Little for the music we use and YOU for tuning in, downloading and listening! YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE OF THE BEST PARIS COCKTAIL TALK AT: 52 Martinis site or if you’d like to carry me around in your pocket, download the iOS app, Paris Cocktails. Paris Cocktail Talk is available on iTunes, World Radio Paris, 52 Martinis or wherever you get your podcasts. As usual, we remind you to drink responsibly. Finally, if you like what we’re doing, please help us spread the cocktail word and leave a quick review.
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Gentlemen 1919 – speakeasy • Paris (75) Le 3C Churchill Cigar Club | Expériences Épicuriennes et Dégustations de Cigares de Luxe
Découvrez Gentlemen 1919, un speakeasy d’exception au cœur du 8ème arrondissement de Paris, situé au 11 rue Jean Mermoz. Ce lieu singulier marie l’élégance d’un club anglais avec l’atmosphère feutrée d’un fumoir haut de gamme, offrant une expérience unique aux amateurs de cigares et de spiritueux. Le Fumoir & la Cave à Cigares Le fumoir de Gentlemen 1919 est un véritable havre pour les aficionados, alliant espace, raffinement, et une ambiance conviviale. Contrairement à de nombreux fumoirs parisiens souvent exigus ou mal ventilés, celui-ci offre un cadre spacieux et parfaitement aménagé pour savourer des cigares dans le confort de canapés en cuir et de fauteuils club. La cave à cigares, soigneusement approvisionnée, propose une sélection impressionnante qui saura ravir même les plus exigeants. L’Accueil & Expertise de Maxime Simonneau L’une des forces majeures de Gentlemen 1919 réside dans l’accueil exceptionnel de Maxime Simonneau, l’un des propriétaires des lieux. Reconnu pour sa vaste connaissance des cigares et des spiritueux, Maxime incarne l’esprit de convivialité et de partage qui caractérise cet établissement. Son expertise est un atout indéniable pour ceux qui souhaitent découvrir de nouveaux crus ou affiner leurs préférences dans une ambiance chaleureuse et détendue. L’Atmosphère Dans ce cadre unique, le décor industriel chic se mélange aux boiseries et cuirs vieillis, créant une atmosphère intime et sophistiquée. Les lumières tamisées et les objets chinés ajoutent une touche vintage, parfaite pour les gentlemen et ladies appréciant les plaisirs de la vie dans un cadre élégant. Le Bar Caché En poussant une porte dérobée, vous découvrirez un speakeasy intimiste, un véritable trésor caché au sein du barbershop. Ici, la carte des cocktails, élaborée par Maxime, évite les clichés et se concentre sur les classiques intemporels, tout en proposant une sélection de plus de 80 références de whiskies, dont certaines pépites rares pour les véritables connaisseurs. En somme, Gentlemen 1919 n’est pas seulement un lieu pour fumer un cigare ou déguster un verre, c’est une adresse incontournable pour ceux qui recherchent l’excellence, le partage et le raffinement au cœur de Paris. Pour découvrir le Gentlemen 1919, c'est ICI !!!
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