Playing Games in Paris

Do any of you folks who live in Paris know if the place called Oya Cafe still exists? It is/was located in the 13e at 25 rue de la Reine Blanche (Metro: Gobelins). phone number: 01-47-07-59-59

Apparently the hours are/were Tues-Sat 2pm-12am and Sunday 2pm-9pm. Apparently it is for ages 6 and up. As best I can understand, it is a place to go to play games and have a soft drink/coffee. You can also purchase any of the games there which you enjoy. I haven%26#39;t heard of any of the games mentioned so I am guessing they are French games--board games??

Here is one of several sites (this one is in French) which discuss the place and how much people enjoy it.

…cityvox.fr/bars-et-boites_paris/…Avis-Lieu

This might be a great place to either take kids or for adults to check out who have the time in Paris to explore something other than the usual sites.

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Bump! Any Paris regulars or natives who know about this? Thanks.

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Sorry to be a pain about this but I would love a response. Thanks.

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Bump.

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Hi,

Playing cards and board games is my favorites hobby, especially when it comes to Paris which is my favorite city 

I%26#39;m not local, but I can tell you that this place exists. I planned to take my sister to OYA, so I went to check how to locate it and what the opening hours are. Unfortunately, eventually my sister and I didn%26#39;t have time to go there so there%26#39;s something left for my next trip to Paris.

You can see their catalog in their site http://www.oya.fr/

And if we%26#39;re talking about games, I MUST mention Variantes – it’s a wonderful and unique small shop in Paris (http://www.variantes.com/). Going there and buying myself a new deck of cards becomes my %26quot;routine%26quot; whenever I%26#39;m in Paris.

And a couple of days ago, I discovered (on the internet, I%26#39;ll definitely go there next time when I%26#39;m in Paris…) a museum of playing cards (Le Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer). There are plenty of activities there, you can download for free the audioguide, and there%26#39;s also a boutique of the museum.

See the details on issy.com/index.php/…musee_de_la_carte_a_jouer and on http://www.issy.com/musee/

By the way, although the museum is located on Issy (16, rue Auguste Gervais

92130, Issy-Les-Moulineaux) you can take from Paris metro #12 to Mairie d%26#39;Issy station (notice that this station doesn%26#39;t require a special rate ticket, so you can use a %26quot;regular%26quot; metro ticket or your free daily/weekly pass)

Please tell me if anything else is needed

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Thank you so much OhadB for all of this information. I will check out the cards museum, etc. too.

Has anyone else actually been to the Oya Cafe?

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I thought I would bump this one last time to see if anyone else has any feedback about Oya Cafe. Thanks.

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