In the literary heart of Paris, within the walls of a 17th-century edifice that once housed French jewelry house Chaumet, Moët Hennessy has debuted its first-ever cocktail bar. The brainchild of Franck Audoux, Cravan is expanding its presence from the 16th arrondissement to the storied district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Envisioned by Belgian designer Ramy Fischler, the glimmering new venture—which pays homage to Arthur Cravan, the multifaceted poet-boxer and a harbinger of the Dada and Surrealist movements—unfurls across four levels, complete with three cocktail bars, a custom bookstore collaboration with Rizzoli NY, and a private atelier and invite-only rooftop kiosk.
Audoux, a passionate cocktail historian and author of French Moderne: Cocktails from the Twenties and Thirties, is behind a drink menu that features champagne-based concoctions such as the Royal Basilic, a combo of Ruinart Brut, basil flowers, and black truffles from the Périgord region, as well as spirit-forward offerings like the tequila-spiked Isadora with morello sour cherries.
