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Early in the century, France counted roughly 300,000 cafes for 38 million inhabitants, according to Robert Henry, head of the cafe section of the restaurateurs union. Today, he laments, the number has dropped to 62,000 for a population of 58 million. Over the past decade, bistros have gone out of business at the rate of 3,500 a year. "Each time a cafe closes, a little bit of liberty and democracy disappears," says Henry, a 71-year-old who was suckled in his parents' Val-d'Oise cafe, north of Paris. From his bistro, Le Petit Poucet, Henry...
...many French, no other institution so embodies their civilization as le zinc. Today the counter of the typical cafe-bistro is rarely made of zinc -- metal alloys and Formica are easier to clean -- but the rituals remain. The owner who shakes hands with the regulars. The blue-uniformed laborer downing his half-liter of beer. The war veteran nursing his Calvados-laced coffee. In villages, farmers gather after a day's harvest for a shot of pastis and a dice game. In cities, shopgirls pause for orange juice and a croque monsieur, the grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich that...
...closing of cafes reflects a revolution in the French way of life. Postwar prosperity brought refrigerators, so bistros no longer had a monopoly on cold drinks. Television now entertains people who once dropped by the local cafe to pass the time. Moreover, alcohol consumption has dropped a third in the past decade, and cheaper supermarket prices encourage people to do their tippling at home. Another sign of the times: le cocooning, the preference of a stressed-out generation to stay home to relax. "People used to come and tell us their little problems," says Pierre Domingue, owner of the Cafe...
...worry--you won't be bored. Aspen has shops. Aspen has art galleries. Aspen has a Hard Rock Cafe and a Boogie's Diner, where you can browse through outrageously priced fashionable clothing while waiting for burgers and fries...