A few months ago, we didn't book at Café Max, but at Valdo, first name of the former owner.
The scrap dealers of the silver fork found themselves there as informed ripailleurs: politicians escaped from the National Assembly and neighboring ministries, senior civil servants, men from the CAC 40, police officers… maintaining a carnal relationship with the main courses.
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In 1941, already, the address was a hideout (28 covers) where clandestine meetings of resistance fighters were organized - Max is the first name of a hero who fought with Jean Moulin.
Loud in mouth,
"the eye of the shepherd, and the heart of the lamb"
would have said Brel, Valdo Riva had made this bistro a canteen where a certain confidentiality reigned, where the faithful brushed in the direction of the pan also came for him.
And now that he has given up his apron after fifty-nine years in the business, how is it?
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The atmosphere would be younger, the clientele more eclectic.
The play has lost its lead actor, but a…
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