Café Procope

The Café Procope, also known as Le Procope, on the Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, is a café in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The original café was opened in 1686 by the Sicilian chef Procopio Cutò ; it became a hub of the Parisian artistic and literary community in 18th and 19th centuries. It sometimes is erroneously called the oldest café in the world in continuous operation ; however, the original café closed in 1872 and the space was used in various ways before 1957, when the current incarnation was opened, so the claim of "oldest café in continuous operation" is not supported.

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