After yesterday's visit to the Rue de Presbourg we went in search for a cup of coffee (it was still morning). A few streets further on we found at the Avenue de Wagram a café that seemed nice and in any case we were attracted by its name: the Brasserie de l'Etoile 1903. And we weren't disappointed. The coffee was good, no problem, but we had a real surprise when we looked at the ceiling... several paintings of sporting events from 1903, for instance the first flight of the Wright brothers and a cycle race. Yet most attractive was this scene of the 1903 Rallye from Paris to Madrid with a stunning work of art of Marcel Renault. Due to many accidents the race was cancelled. Marcel Renault was involved in one of them and died 48 hours later.
The brasserie is well worth a visit We found a nice video of the interior, if you can look through all the food, you can also see the other paintings on the ceiling.