This venerable restaurant sits on the corner of Boulevard Saint Michael and Boulevard Montparnasse, making just a few minutes’ walk from The Five Hotel. Like its neighbors Le Dome and La Rotonde, La Closerie des Lilas, opened in 1847, is the former stomping ground of the likes Hemingway, Modigliani, Fitzgerald, Sartre and Cézanne. This place couldn’t come with a higher recommendation. And if you have to wait for a table, I know you’ll be perfectly happy at the bar enjoying a champagne julep and listening to the syncopated sounds of the jazz pianist. I’m sure Hemingway was.