PARIS—There is one thing the guidebooks, the Francophiles, and the blissed-out romantics never tell you: The coffee in France is lousy. Paris is a city of café culture, not a city of coffee ...

Coffee in Paris. There was something that seemed so perfect in the scene that I imagined: a small bistro table, exquisite coffee, maybe a croissant.

The coffee scene in Paris may currently be 10 years behind that of Melbourne, San Francisco or London, but the French capital is catching up. France, a country with both a history of revolution ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told journalists shortly before the race started. “You need to walk fast, but not too fast,” one female contestant told local radio station France Bleu. Once underway ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told journalists shortly before the race started. “You need to walk fast, but not too fast,” one female contestant told local radio station France Bleu. Once underway ...

The “Course des Garçons de Café” (cafe waiters race) was first launched in 1914 to highlight the cafés and restaurants of the French capital, according to French historian Laurent Bihl.