The Lapin Agile historic cabaret near Montmartre was originally called the Cabaret des Assassins because tradition has it that one night a gang of assassins interrupted and killed the owner's son. In 1866 Adèle Decerf, a former cancan dancer whose culinary specialty was rabbit sautéed in a pan, took over the management of the restaurant, and in 1875 the caricaturist André Gill imagined as the restaurant's sign precisely a rabbit leaping out of a pan. From the play on words Le lapin à Gill, or Gill's rabbit was born the cabaret's emblematic name the agile lapin.
It was a favorite haunt of early 20th century bohemian artists such as Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob,Roland Dorgelès, Francis Carco, Modigliani, Apollinaire, Utrillo and Pierre Mac Orlan. The venue è consists of a small pink, vine-covered cottage located at 4 rue des Saules in the charming Montmartre district, and hosts performances by young Parisian artists every evening.
A very atmospheric venue where you are sure to spend an evening of cheerfulness and good humor.
