Qian Xi (N°11)


Qian Xi Restaurant (N°11) on 19 rue des Halles
just in between Showroom Paris N°1 and N°9
Qian Xi is a famous hi-class Chineese Restaurant.

Back in the 1980s it was the home of Les Bouchons
where you could have met Sao Schlumberger (1929 - 2007)
and Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987).
The facade was made by the sculptor Charles Gauthier (1831 - 1891)
and the architect Jean Philippe Lobrot (1845 - 1907)
under the influence of Empress Eugénie (1826 - 1920)


view on Qian Xi Restaurant,
in the background rue Saint Honoré
with Showroom Paris N°9 and the Eiffel Tower.

Picture taken march 2025 during a cocktail for Extrême / Nestle.
Small picture shows Henri Nestle (1814 - 1890)
who loved the area
as much as Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890),
a friend of Eugene Boch (1855 - 1941)
related to Showroom Paris N°1.




Maison Rouge (N°7 / N°8)


Restaurant Maison Rouge (N°7 / N°8) hosting a cocktail for van Dutch
in june 2023 during a PFW showroom at Showroom Paris N°6



Terrace of Restaurant Maison Rouge,
next to Showroom Paris N°6
Maison Rouge is a traditional French Brasserie
linked to the history of King Henry IV,
the first Bourbon King of France.

In the 1960s Coco Chanel that suffered from insomania
used to go there in the middle of the night
to observe the magic of the former les Halles foodmarket.
Sometime she was accompanied by her friend Aimée de Heeren
that captivated everybody by her beauty.

2016 april 7 Maison Rouge reopened
returning to it's former beauty thanks to Flore Prat.


Opening cocktail for a fashion event
at Showroom Paris N°6




Gladines (N°3)


Restaurant Gladines (N°3) facing Showroom Paris N°1
Gladines is an inexpensive Basque Restaurant
very popular with fashion models and young people.
The staff of the restaurant is very glamorous as well.


The restaurant is connected to the legend
to be the birthplace of many Love Stories.

One of them started in february 1939
between Aimee de Heeren,
Brazilian Secret Service agent
and Joe Kennedy Jr.

Aimée needed the help of the son of the American Ambassador in London
to transmit secret documents to President Roosevelt.
While the young Kennedy came to visit her in Paris
she showed him Cremerie de Paris
and the opposit restaurant N°3
that was was a fruit store at the time.
Aimee knew the place from Coco Chanel.


Aimée de Heeren and Joe Kennedy Jr are remembered
in historic insriptions on the facade of 11 rue des Halles .


Many other Love Stories started at the place,
in particular since march 2013
when André Rousseau
opened the Restaurant Gladines.

The picture shows the restaurant entrance
with Yann Villetorte, Daymoon
and a black and white image of Joe Kennedy Jr
who came 85 years earlier.
When the young Kennedys are in Paris they love to come by.

The 33 m long facade of the Restaurant
can be decorated in the look of a brand
who wants it's showroom to be very visible.
Together with the 16 m facade of Showroom Paris N°1
this makes a 49 m facade facing the main Paris metro exit



Restaurant Gladines (N°3) during a grand style opening cocktail at Showroom Paris N°1
for the japaneese Video Game company Konami



Bistrot des Halles (N°4)


Bistro des Halles is a very reputated traditional restaurant
from the times of the Halles Centrales foodmarket.
If you want to meet people that live in the area
it's the place to go.




Even though the restaurant is very French
it is part of the history of Coca Cola
as one of the very first places in Europe where it was possible
to get Coca Cola drinks back in 1918.

Nobody remembered the story.
It reappeared february 2023,
when Coca Cola and the Spanish singer Rosalia
came to Showroom Paris N°1
to present a new edition of Coca Cola.


Bistro des Halles durung the Opening night
of a UGG Shoe Showroom at Showroom Paris N°1




Rooting in the magic of the Halles Centrales
designed by Empress Eugénie


all the Restaurants and Showrooms Paris.com are connected
to the magic of the former Halles Centrales foodmarket,
map from 1903
The market and rue des Halles were constructed
under the reign of Napoléon III (1808 - 1873)



Empress Eugenie (1826 - 1920)
was the creative mind of rue des Halles,
where are located Showroom Paris
and the Restaurants mentionned in this.

Eugenie influenced architects like Victor Baltard (1805 - 1874)
or Jacque Philippe Lobrot (1845 - 1907)
to make the area so beautiful .

Today the former Empress of the French
would love to see how beautiful and glamorous
her beloved rue des Halles has become again
after having been neglected for a while
after the departure
of the Les Halles Foodmarket.


Old Empress Eugénie (1826 - 1920) loved children,
in above picture with Albrecht Techen (1897 - 1955)

In some way Eugenie contributed to it's return.
After leaving France in 1870 / fall of the Second Empire
Eugenie lived in the UK.
She told the stories about rue des Halles to children.
Growing up the children kept repeating the fairytales
to new children,
this is how they came to the ears of Gabrielle Chanel
and half a century later, the editor of this website.