Famous Paris Restaurant - Fouquet's

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Famous Paris Restaurant - Fouquet's

Artist

Roy Williams

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Photograph - Scanned 35mm Transparency

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This image, captured with a Nikon F 35 mm camera, brings back fond memories of my time in Paris in 1977.

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"Le Fouquet's is the name of three cafes- restaurants. Usually, it means the restaurant of the Champs-Elysees in Paris but two other Fouquet's Also in Cannes and Toulouse."

"Le Fouquet's Paris was created in 1899, renovated in 1999, the restaurant is listed in the inventory of historical monuments. The building also includes the Hotel Fouquet's Barriere. The two establishments belong to the Lucien Barriere Group."

"Le Fouquet's is famous in the world of French cinema. It houses every year the lunch named a few weeks before the ceremony cinema Caesar, and a party with many personalities from the cinema after the ceremony. It also has a number of events and art prizes such as Price Angels & Demons scenario."

"The restaurant has also been given the spotlight after Nicolas Sarkozy are celebrated with his family and friends his victory in the 2007 presidential election. As a result of this episode became a symbol of the character "bling-bling" that some attribute to his presidency and that inspired a book two reporters Ariane Chemin and Judith Perrignon, the term "band of Fouquet's" was commonly used to refer to Nicolas Sarkozy's entourage."

"Le Fouquet's Toulouse, which opened in 2007, is located in the large Casino Theatre Barriere along the Garonne."

"Lina Renault (ancient vegetable) and his two brothers Peter (old delivery driver) and Michel (retired plasterer), three Burgundian retirees, have fought for decades to assert their heritage."

"This heritage dates back to the Countess Octavia Coetlogon, died in 1865 without children, who had left his fortune to her husband and a cousin, Joseph Paul Mauprivez, who himself had passed his legacy grandparents brothers and sister Renault."

"Since the death of his mother in 1958, Lina Renault aged 73 years, residing in Rouvray, in Cote-d'Or, gathered documents and obtained from the High Court of Croteil in 1978 and of the Court of Appeal in Paris in 1992, and the first mortgage office in Paris in December 2006, recognition of the legacy."

"However in June 2008, justice reversing its decision two years ago, ruled against three retired.
Following the court ruling, the Paris Cafe Restaurant Company (Lucien Barriere group being a tenant for the Fouquet's) who considers himself owner of the building since 1930, Renault has assigned justice."

"The Renault family permanently loses the legal battle in 2012 when the cassation ruled in the Company's Paris Cafe Restaurant." --Wikipedia

Le Fouquet's Paris was created in 1899 , renovated in 1999 , the restaurant is listed in the inventory of historical monuments 1 . The building also includes the Hotel Fouquet's Barriere . Both institutions belong to the Lucien Barriere Group .
Le Fouquet's is famous in the world of French cinema . It houses every year on lunch appointed a few weeks before the ceremony cinema Caesar and a party with many film personalities after the ceremony. There is also a number of events and art prizes such as Angels & Demons price scenario.

The restaurant has also been given the spotlight after Nicolas Sarkozy celebrated there with his family and friends his victory in the 2007 presidential election . As a result of this episode, became a symbol of the character " bling-bling " that some attribute to his presidency and inspired a book two reporters Ariane Chemin and Judith Perrignon 3 , the term "band of Fouquet's " was commonly used to refer to Nicolas Sarkozy's entourage.

Le Fouquet's Toulouse , which opened in 2007, is located in the large Casino Theatre Barriere along the Garonne.

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