Through September 15, Le Meurice is taking to the streets—with a signature lunch box, a tricycle serving artisanal ice cream, and Bar 228, dedicated to rosé champagnes. A luxury hotel that’s choosing summer over the off-season.
Some luxury hotels close for the summer. Others open. Le Meurice, Paris’s premier luxury hotel overlooking the Tuileries Garden, has clearly chosen its side: for the summer season, and through September 15, the hotel on Rue de Rivoli is rolling out a culinary program that reaffirms its mission to offer a Paris experience beyond what’s found in guidebooks.
The “Palace” lunch box is perhaps the most unexpected initiative. Not because the idea of a takeout lunch is surprising in itself, but because the menu—designed by Chef Clementine Bouchon—has a level of sophistication that transforms an office lunch into an experience. A seasonal salad, a veal pastrami bun, or a vegetarian option, along with honey-propolis-vanilla madeleines and cookies by Cédric Grolet: all for 28 euros, available for pickup Monday through Friday at the reception desk of Le Dali restaurant.
The idea of extending this lunch box under the arbors of the Tuileries Garden says something important about how Le Meurice conceives its relationship with Paris—not as a backdrop, but as a space to be lived in. The luxury hotel isn’t just a place to stop by; it’s a starting point for exploring the city.
The ice cream truck from the Alain Ducasse Ice Cream Factory is also returning to 228 Rue de Rivoli. Eight flavors, served in cups: praline-pistachio, three varieties of vanilla, cherry-orgeat, Madagascar chocolate, fresh herbs, mango-passion fruit-cilantro, praline-hazelnut, and grapefruit. At 11 euros per 160-ml cup, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., this delivery tricycle calls for a break that the city rarely refuses.
At Bar 228, finally, an exclusive selection of rosé champagnes is being featured for the summer. Set against a backdrop of majestic wood paneling and a marble bar, lulled each evening by soft music, the bar offers what Parisian summers often lack: a quiet place, slightly removed from the world, where delicate pink bubbles provide a refreshing counterpoint to the city’s heat.
Nothing about this is revolutionary. It’s simply just right—which, for a luxury hotel of the Meurice’s caliber, remains the highest of ambitions.
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