Le Procope 13 Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris, France Established in 1686, Le Procope is the oldest café in Paris. It was a popular gathering place for Enlightenment thinkers like ...

Le Procope, France's oldest brasserie, was founded in Paris in 1686, and is an emblematic place where history and French gastronomy meet.

Le Procope restaurant in Paris. Picture: Getty Images Over the next couple of hours, we take to the streets like obedient ducklings behind their mother, starting at elegant Place Saint-Michel.

We find the grounds of this history in France. In late 17th-century Paris, the Sicilian-born Francesco Procopio opened — mais oui — the Café Procope. What made his café so novel was not that ...