The first theme restaurant? A passport to Hell --

[alfreda89]

Writer Martha Wells found this crazy Paris nightclub, which went up in the late 19th century and was operating until the mid-20th century. Take a look at the details! This is very strange and wondrous -- and clearly belongs in a fantasy novel. Check out Martha's work to see Ile-Rien, a place this nightclub might feel right at home.

http://www.evilsunday.com/pariss-hells-caf-19thcentury/

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Agatha Christie must have known about this place. It's pretty clearly the model for the "HELL" nightclub in her short story "The Capture of Cerberus" (in the Hercule Poirot collection The Labors of Hercules).

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Makes sense. I haven't read that story.

[ramblin-phyl.livejournal.com]

If I get to write another Tess book, that cafe is so going into it.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I would put it into another steampunk BVC story!