喫茶店 la madrague (マドラグ)With the passing away of the owner of the classic cafe Seven, Kyoto seemed poised to lose an offbeat and off the beaten path place to get a great cup of coffee.
Located near the corner of Oshikoji and Nishinotoin a couple blocks north of Oike and east of Nijo Castle, Seven was a no-nonsense old-school machiya cafe.
In its place, under much younger and hipper ownership, the cafe has been reborn as La Madrague.
It is a shrine to "B.B." (Brigitte Bardot), chic things from the 1960s, and fashion.
The name of the cafe derives from a property Bardot owned (owns?) near St. Tropez, and which later became a well known French song.
The atmosphere is very casual, and the woman tending the shop was dressed and coiffed tres a la mode - that is, pre-hippie 1960s fashion.
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La Madrague Cafe
Tel: 075 744 0067
Hours: 11 am - 11 pm
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