Guinguette

Guinguettes were popular taverns, which originated in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities. Later they spread all over the country. Some of them also had a restoration or have been used for dancing.

History

The name probably derives from guinguet from, a simple, light white wine from the Ile- de -France. A similar concept is goguette but it refers to a choral society.

In the 19th century, prior to the incorporation of many villages and hamlets, were trade goods, particularly alcohol, cheaper outside the city limits, as in Paris itself, being free from state taxes. This led to a boom in the Guinguettes outside the city gates, which were particularly crowded on Sundays and holidays, when the Paris distraction searched from everyday life and wanted to get drunk cheap. The development of railways in the 1880 taxes and the construction of the railway station " Gare de la Bastille " with its many trains from the eastern suburbs, such as Nogent -sur- Marne, favored the success of Guinguettes.

Today, the term is used throughout France nor for water near refreshment places, such as open-air festivals.

Location

Much of the Guinguettes can be found on the banks of the Seine or the Marne, and some on the outskirts of Rouen. But near the shore is not a requirement, as the picturesque Guinguettes of Le Plessis -Robinson show that going about their business under the chestnut trees.

Tradition - decline and recovery

End of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century were Guinguettes interesting places for painters such as Renoir and van Gogh. In the interwar period, French cinema was in the Guinguettes a charming motif (see movies). Also Georges Simenon's novel La Guinguette à deux sous plays in such a tavern.

The television viewing habits and the swimming ban in the rivers (lack of water hygiene and water pollution), in the 1960s, heralded the demise of the popular tourist spots. Increasing ship traffic and the associated risks (accidents, drowning) did the rest to it. So the Guinguettes went into a nostalgic remembering, as the French writer Michel Audiard once complained.

In the 1980s, there was a renaissance. Have, especially in the river bends of the Marne, Créteil, Champigny -sur- Marne, Joinville- le -Pont, Nogent -sur- Marne, Pont- d'Ouilly and Champigny, since 2008, many Guinguettes back regularly open on weekends.

Even the Los Angeles Times registered now return and gradual rise of these taverns and reported in 2011, in a column about it.

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