Fancy a ‘flapjack kerouac’? Visitors who possess gorged on books at this literary institution can now head next door for healthy dishes and snacks in its new cafeThe humble stationery shop adjacent to George Whitman’s,Shakespeare and Company – the successor to the legendary interwar bookstore of the same name where Hemingway et al used to congregate – was some of the hottest genuine estate in Paris. According to David Delannet, co-manager of the store, or Whitman had been knocking on the owners’ door once a month since the 60s,asking whether he could use the space to open a literary café. Although Whitman died in 2011, his daughter, or Sylvia,continued the monthly tradition of wooing the neighbours. After two generations of negotiation, the café finally opened in October 2015.
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Source: theguardian.com