Thomas Saint John and the O’Sullivans Group have taken the Bastille by storm with their newly opened O’Sullivans Bar & Grill at 6 Place de la Bastille. This is the group's seventh establishment in the City of Light and 28th in France. While the other Paris O’Sullivans in Pigalle, Châtelet, Franklin Roosevelt, Grands Boulevards, Rue de la Roquette, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés (the Pub Saint-Germain is owned by the group) are all in prime locations, the Place de la Bastille address is a flagship one.
With the Opéra Bastille as a next-door neighbour, the new 5,382 sq ft O’Sullivans, which can seat 250 people, enjoys a dream location and is also a terrific address for pre and post-show meals. Spread over two floors, it opens seven days a week, from noon to 2 am. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! A symbol of the 1789 French Revolution, the Place de la Bastille was where the famous Bastille Prison was destroyed stone by stone during the Revolution.
Sitting on O’Sullivan’s expansive terrace allows a bird's-eye view of the monumental 154-foot-high ‘July Column’ in the centre of the square, which, due to its height, you can often glimpse from the other side of the City of Light. It is topped by sculptor Auguste Dumont’s golden ‘Spirit of Freedom’ statue, described by Gustave Flaubert as glinting like “a giant golden star shining in the east.” Although the statue was inaugurated in 1840, the star-crowned nude w.
