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Jean-Paul and Monique Picot took the bistro's name from the
avant garde comedy La Bonne Soupe by the French playwright
Félicien Marceau, which had a long successful run in Paris
in the 1950's. The three-act play, starring Jeanne Moreau
and Marie Bell, ends with the words "Et hop! Par ici, la bonne
soupe!" here meaning: "step up (to the roulette tables), and
put your money down, which will give you winnings and ensure
you the good life." The play was such a success, it was followed
in 1963 by a Twentieth Century Fox Film bearing the same title
and based on Félicien Marceau's original 1958 play. Among
top-ranking stars in the film were Annie Girardot, Jean-Claude
Brialy, Claude Dauphin and Franchot Tone.
The phrase la bonne soupe has come to mean the good
life, with health, wealth and happiness.
The Picots thought this was a most appropriate name for their
little bistro, and were delighted when they were browsing
along Left Bank shops in Paris and came upon a vintage poster
for the play. They bought it, framed it, and hung it on the
wall next to the staircase at La Bonne Soupe. You can see
it there to this day.
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"La Bonne Soupe is proud to feature the photographs of France
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