I'm rarely super enthusiastic about a restaurant or a café, but this time I am. Yesterday (Sunday) I went to Coco & Co to brunch with some friends. I loved the place. Not only is it located in a very nice area (Saint Germain des prés), but on top of that it's beautifully decorated (even though pretty tiny) and affordable. They even have a little "hen house" (well, with no hens!) on the first floor (Look on the Making of). "Coco" is child language for eggs in French, so quite logically the place has a specialty of... eggs (have a look at the board also on the Making of)! Just one thing; if you come to Paris and want to go there (look up on Google Maps), make sure you book at least 3 days in advance... They seem to have a web site, but apparently down...
It looks very friendly. Are all the chairs named Pierre? :~} But you need to book 3 days in advance? Food must be really good!
ReplyDeleteJust went to see all your links, and I see a chair named Agnes. It does look like a really cute place—but it's not exactly cheap, is it??
ReplyDeleteHi, another great place to discover along the same lines is Le Pain Quotidien - no doubt you've already been there and photographed it, but just thought I'd mention it. It's a nice rustic cafe in the middle of Paris (rue des Petits Carreaux or something like that) where everyone sits together and just share what they want to eat and maybe even get talking to someone... or just check their e-mail.
ReplyDelete3 days in advance? Can't be too hungry, uh? ;P
ReplyDeleteSo I guess it's okay to be coocoo for Coco & Co if you're a coco--nut! ;-) ...I am.
ReplyDeleteWe may (hopefully) be visiting Paris next year and this looks like a lovely place to take my daughter. She's very excited as it's her first visit to Paris. I will remember to book 3 days in advance :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for another spot we'd never know about on our own, Eric. But, how does 'coco' come to mean les oeufs?
ReplyDeleteSorry Eric, I agree with Alexa and Sab. Although I find this place quite cute, it's not very cheap for just some eggs. I do like the atmosphere you show in your photos though, but much more prefer Pain Quotidien.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they need 3 days notice to spray your name onto the back of your chair. :)
ReplyDeleteVery sweet-looking place, Eric!
If you liked, I'd like! That's the way I feel. Nice white colored photo. Look clean. Too bad their website seems down. Hope they'll manage to fix it. Hope I'll follow you there too.
ReplyDeleteWe tried to go in November....but hadn't gotten the 3 day notice advise, and it was a day before we had to leave.....
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I've now looked around a bit and I'm guessing that 'coco' comes from les oeufs en cocotte. C'est vrai?!!
ReplyDelete@Carrie "I've now looked around a bit and I'm guessing that 'coco' comes from les oeufs en cocotte. C'est vrai?!!" Well I don't know actually. It could be. It could also come from the sound a "French" hen does: "Cot' Cot' Codette"!
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Did you rent out the whole resto? Where are the other diners?
ReplyDeleteHaving said I liked Le Pain Quotidien, I'm now more and more tempted to try out this place which seems to have sparked some interesting comments! Merci Eric, and looking forward to your next pic!
ReplyDeleteSo, Eric, it sounds like hens make a different sound than roosters, no? If I remember, roosters say ki-ki-ri-ki in France, correct? Here in the US they say cock-a- doodle-doo and the hens say nothing at all!!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a really cute place—but it's not exactly cheap,
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