Chez l'Ami Louis

{{Short description|Restaurant in Paris, France}}

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| name = Chez l'Ami Louis

| founded = {{start date and age|1924}}

| founder = {{ubl|Antoine Magnin}}

| hq_location_city = Paris

| hq_location_country = France

| owner = {{ubl|LVMH Group|{{smaller|(2024–present)}}}}

| website =

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Chez l'Ami Louis ({{IPA|fr|ʃe lami lwi}}, Our friend Louis's) is a restaurant at 32, rue du Vertbois, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France, founded in 1924.

The restaurant, which has been called "the world's most famous bistro"Ruth Reichl, [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/17/dining/paris-bistro-is-a-rare-pleasure.html Paris Bistro is a Rare Pleasure] at nytimes.com dated 17 September 1997 and "the worst restaurant in the world",A. A. Gill, "[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/04/lami-louis-201104 Tour De Gall]" at Vanity Fair dated April, 2011 has only fourteen tables and serves meals in a traditional French setting. It was founded by the chef Antoine Magnin, who died in 1987.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/19/obituaries/antoine-magnin-86-french-chef-noted-for-wood-fire-cuisine-dies.html |title = Antoine Magnin, 86, French Chef Noted for Wood-Fire Cuisine, Dies|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 November 1987|last1 = Miller|first1 = Bryan}} Gault Millau said of him that he had "an eagle eye for choosing produce" and that the meat and poultry he served was the best in Paris. The current host is Louis Gadby.New York magazine, vol. 30, issues 25-28 (1997), p. 41

L'Ami Louis specializes in traditional bistro-style French cuisine, including roast chicken, thickly sliced foie gras, and roast lamb.[http://www.10best.com/destinations/france/paris/all/restaurants/chez-lami-louis/ Chez L'Ami Louis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306184604/http://www.10best.com/destinations/france/paris/all/restaurants/chez-lami-louis/ |date=6 March 2011 }} at 10best.com Notable clients have included Francis Ford Coppola and Alice Waters, who has named it as her favourite restaurant. L'Ami Louis has been visited by Bill Clinton and Jacques Chirac, was the venue for the 60th birthday party of writer Anthony Dias Blue, as well as the 70th birthday party of R. W. Apple, Jr.Todd S. Purdum, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/nyregion/05applecnd.html?ex=1317614400&en=7e231b4a0234f616&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss# R. W. Apple, a Times Journalist in Full, Dies at 71] dated 4 October 2006 in The New York Times online On 12 November 2021, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris dined there with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.{{Cite web|title=Vice Presidential Pool Reports of November 12, 2021 {{!}} The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/vice-presidential-pool-reports-november-12-2021|access-date=2021-11-14|website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}

After being acquired in June 2024 by LVMH Group, the century-old Parisian restaurant became part of the LVMH Hospitality Excellence division.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lvmh.com/publications/lvmh-completes-the-acquisition-of-iconic-paris-restaurant-chez-lami-louis|title=LVMH completes the acquisition of iconic Paris restaurant "Chez L’Ami Louis"|work=LVMH Group|access-date=2024-10-25|language=en}}