Since 1893, the Maxim's restaurant has welcomed all the great and the good: royalty, big money and unforgettable celebrities, who took part in the Parisian parties that created the legend that is still everywhere on the over hundred-year-old walls.
Flagship of the French gastronomy, immutable symbol of a legendary lifestyle, Maxim’s forever stands among the mythical places where everybody dreams of being invited to taste the thousand and one flavours of an unequalled restaurant.
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The legend of Maxim’s started back in 1893 when Maxime Gaillard, a waiter, opened his first bistro, at n°3 of Rue Royale. He could have leaved it at that if it had not been for a young Parisian woman, Irma de Montigny, who appeared in his life. Thrilled and excited by what she discovered, she told Maxime Gaillard: “I will launch your bouchon”. And she kept her word! She spent much time at his place with her friends, their admirers, their protectors and that was how Maxim’s fabulous, dazzlingly elegant clientele of socialites was born. Unfortunately, unpaid bills started to pile up and Maxime Gaillard made way to Eugène Cornuché who was to make the house legendary.