Customers can be taken to another continent at Café de la Fontaine
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:22 am
During this revolution, the queen of France Marie-Antoinette would have shouted: “Let them eat cake!” and it is not a problem at the Cross either.
Fancy an eclair, a pancake, a traditional French pastry, a croissant, a galette or even a real baguette? Try the Café de la Fontaine, a little corner of Paris where Macleay Street meets Darlinghurst Road, opposite the famous Kings Cross Fountain, which opened in March of last year.
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“I think during COVID-19 in particular, it was nice to have something that is so reminiscent of being elsewhere,” said Stephanie Onisforou, co-owner of the cafe decorated with French antiques and featuring a miniature Eiffel Tower. outside.
“It’s a pure escape, plus you can have a beautifully authentic eclair or job function email database pastry and be in a place you remember or dream of going. French cuisine is so classic, and we always come back to classic dishes.
The cafe hopes to have an approved liquor license, so by December it will open later for wine and cheese or a pancake.
Last February, Bistrot 916 on avenue Challis opened its doors, on the site of the old Lotus. Dan Pepperell, of the town’s Gallic Hubert Restaurant icon, has a menu that includes a chicken liver parfait, pepper steak and pasta snails.
“Maybe it’s back in fashion and maybe it’s because of COVID and the inability to travel to France, and maybe it’s just not common to cook French dishes at home, “he said. “It can be difficult.
Fancy an eclair, a pancake, a traditional French pastry, a croissant, a galette or even a real baguette? Try the Café de la Fontaine, a little corner of Paris where Macleay Street meets Darlinghurst Road, opposite the famous Kings Cross Fountain, which opened in March of last year.
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“I think during COVID-19 in particular, it was nice to have something that is so reminiscent of being elsewhere,” said Stephanie Onisforou, co-owner of the cafe decorated with French antiques and featuring a miniature Eiffel Tower. outside.
“It’s a pure escape, plus you can have a beautifully authentic eclair or job function email database pastry and be in a place you remember or dream of going. French cuisine is so classic, and we always come back to classic dishes.
The cafe hopes to have an approved liquor license, so by December it will open later for wine and cheese or a pancake.
Last February, Bistrot 916 on avenue Challis opened its doors, on the site of the old Lotus. Dan Pepperell, of the town’s Gallic Hubert Restaurant icon, has a menu that includes a chicken liver parfait, pepper steak and pasta snails.
“Maybe it’s back in fashion and maybe it’s because of COVID and the inability to travel to France, and maybe it’s just not common to cook French dishes at home, “he said. “It can be difficult.