Le Lèche-Vin – Piety meets debauchery

A veritable feast for the senses, the Lèche-Vin is fun and it won’t break the bank. Tucked away on the rue Daval, it is highly recognisable thanks to the life-sized, fairly-light dripping Virgin Mary glowing in the window. The interior of the bar is adorned with religious paraphernalia to varying degrees of irreverence and tackiness. All is complimented by a warm red glow.

Happy Hour (18:00 – 22:00) offers an array of well-priced drinks with beers by the pint at € 4.00 (€ 5.00 after 22:00) and cocktails at € 4.50. The Lèche-Vin draws a young crowd, the atmosphere is laid-back and the staff affable and unhurried. Tables are swiftly reoccupied when vacated, the remaining space throngs with friendly banter and a ready willingness to squeeze in and around others or onto the long cushioned benches along the rear wall.

Towards the back room – with its bare, painted walls giving the definite imprion of a cave – is the toilet: a curious and highly note-worthy addition to the already quirky setting. Leaving piety at the rickety wooden door, these less-than-modern facilities possess the very antonym of godliness and a good measure of explicitness…

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Le Lèche-Vin | Bars | Pint of beer (Happy Hour) € 4.00
13 rue Daval | Marais/Bastille | +33143559891
18:00 – 01:30 daily