The French word brasserie refers to a small eatery, café or brewery. In such a place you can sit at a table or at the bar, enjoy a delicious, simple meal and drink coffee or beer. During the summer, most Parisian restaurants and cafés arrange characteristic gardens in front of their premises. Metal or wooden chairs as well as round tables tightly fill the sidewalks, which creates the specific atmosphere of the city that allows social life to flourish both at breakfast time and late in the evening. Some eateries also have glass walls.
