The Costes brothers, the Paris restaurant gurus, have come up with yet another surprise - Café Germain. The café-brasserie spreads over three floors, each featuring a vibrant, playful, yet so elegant ambiance, achieved through Costes collaboration with the architect and designer, India Mahdavi, a well-known figure on the international design scene. The first floor bar is done in the style of the 70s, with prevailing black and white surfaces, supplemented by glossy red and yellow hues in design elements and furniture.
A centerpiece and a distinctive mark of the café is a massive yellow sculpture, which as if grows out the black and white checkered tile floor and reaches through the ceiling. Created by the French artist, Xavier Veilhan, it's entitled „Sophie" and represents a lady dressed in a raincoat and high heels. The head and the upper part of the torso reappear in the upstairs lounge, contrasting with its bright blue walls. The lounge, with its quirky pink pool table, a huge round mirror and bright red design details has an entirely different feel about it. Germain's large windows and a decorative glass ceiling fill the brasserie with an abundance of natural light.
The stylish Parisian spot attracts an equally stylish public. Perhaps they come from the nearby St.Germain Blvd, packed with fine shops, nightclubs and numerous gathering places of Paris intellectuals. The French film , Catherine Deneuve, lives in the neighborhood, too, and, who knows, maybe you can catch a glimpse of her, coming out to fetch fresh bread and cheese for her breakfast.
