Maxim's Paris

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The facade of Maxim's Restaurant
The facade of Maxim's Restaurant

Maxim's is the name of a restaurant in Paris, France, located on the rue Royale. It is known for its art nouveau interior decor.

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[edit] History

Maxim's was founded during the Belle Époque, on April 7, 1893.


Chefs that worked at Maxim's included a young Wolfgang Puck.

[edit] Today

Today, the restaurant and the Maxim's brand belong to Pierre Cardin. Other Maxim's restaurants have been opened in Monaco, Geneve, Brussels, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. The Maxim's brand has been extended to a wide range of goods and services.

[edit] In popular culture

  • Famous play of Georges Feydeau named La Dame de Chez Maxim (The Girl from Maxim's, 1899)
  • A popular Parisian urban myth has Ho Chi Minh working at Maxim's as a busboy and waiter when he was living as an exile in Paris in the early 1920s.
  • Maxim's was also featured in the movie Gigi featuring French actors Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan. The story focused on the effort of two older women to train Gigi, the granddaughter of one and grandniece of the other, to become a courtesan. The movie is set during the Belle Epoque.
  • Maxim's is mentioned in the short story "The Secret of Lieutenant Villar" from the collection "Secrets of the Foreign Office" (1903) by British thriller writer William Le Queux.

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