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The Closerie des Lilas was the nearest good cafe when we lived in the flat over the sawmill at 113 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, and it was one of the best cafes in Paris. It was warm inside in the winter and in the spring and fall it was fine outside with the table under the shade of the trees.'
The café was also the scene of Hemingway's second meeting with F. Scott Fitzgerald, during which time Fitzgerald complained that The Great Gatsby was not selling.