Angelina (tea house)
Angelina is a famous tea house located at 226 Rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
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| Established | 1903 |
| Owner(s) | Groupe Bertrand |
| Previous owner(s) | Antoine Rumpelmayer |
| Food type | Pâtisserie |
| Street address | 226 Rue de Rivoli |
| City | Paris |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 75001 |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48.8649357°N 2.3284259°E |
| Other locations | Boulevard Haussmann Palace of Versailles Musée du Luxembourg Rue du Bac |
Angelina is known primarily for its almost pudding-like hot chocolate (chocolat l'Africain) and for its Mont Blanc dessert[1]. The name is also marketed internationally for sweets.
The interior design was by French architect Édouard-Jean Niermans in the Belle Époque style.
History
The salon was founded in 1903 by the Austrian confectioner Antoine Rumpelmayer (1832 – 1914), and originally named eponymously "Rumpelmeyer". Rumpelmayer's son René, and from 1916 his widow Angelina, continued the café and pâtisserie. It is named for their daughter. It became an institution frequented by elite Parisians, including Marcel Proust and Coco Chanel.[2]
The restaurant was owned by the Rumpelmayer family until 1963. In 2005, Angelina was taken over by Bertrand Restauration[3], a division of Groupe Bertrand, a French company, who have expanded the chain in the Middle East and Far East.
In 1982, the salon welcomes the cast of La Boum 2 to film some scenes for the movie with famous Sophie Marceau and Denise Grey.
Other venues
The original café is at the Tuileries. Another boutique is at the Galeries Lafayette on the Boulevard Haussmann, and a Boutique Angelina in the shopping mall at Palais des congrès de Paris.
In 2009, an Angelina café was opened at Petit Trianon in the Palace of Versailles. Two years later, another was opened there, in the Pavillon d'Orléans. There is another at the Musée du Luxembourg and a Boutique Angelina at 108 Rue du Bac. Another tea house opened recently at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne.
Since 2016, a temporary location for an additional Angelina tea house is located at the Hôtel National des Invalides during the busy seasons (usually from April to October).
References
- (in French)+(in English) Full Menu Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine - Official Website
- Levine, Ed (26 February 2003). "Winter Has a Dark Side: What Luck". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
Marcel Proust and Coco Chanel were dedicated fans
- (in French) Luxe : Salon de thé - Bertrand Restauration
Further reading
- Haslinger, Ingrid; Patka, Erika; Jesch, Marie-Luise (1996). Der süße Luxus. Die Hofzuckerbäckerei und die ehemaligen k. u. k. Hofzuckerbäcker Demel, Gerbeaud, Gerstner, Heiner, Rumpelmayer, Sluka (in German). Vienna: Kulturkreises Looshaus – Geyer & Reisser. ISBN 3-9500302-4-7.
