Installation of coffee vers 1900 (≈ 1900)
Opening under the name * Halles-Bar* in the building.
1982
Addition of a ceramic panel
Addition of a ceramic panel 1982 (≈ 1982)
Transfer from the Post Office.
23 mai 1984
Historical Monument
Historical Monument 23 mai 1984 (≈ 1984)
Protection of the front and decor.
1er quart XXe siècle
Design construction
Design construction 1er quart XXe siècle (≈ 2025)
Ceramic works by Sarreguemines and Ringuet.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
Boulenger - Ceramicist
Author of decorations in faience.
E. Ringuet et fils - Entrepreneur
Installation of ceramic elements.
Origin and history
The Café-Bar Le Cochon in the ear, located at 15 rue Montmartre in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, occupies the ground floor of an 18th century building. The café was installed there around 1900 under the name Halles-Bar, before becoming Le Monkey Pèlerin, then adopting its current name. Its wooden facades and ceramic decorations, typical of the 1st quarter of the 20th century, make it an architectural and artistic testimony of the era.
The interior decorations, made by the Sarreguemines factories and laid by the Parisian entrepreneur E. Ringuet et fils, include friezes and panels illustrating the lively life of the Halles district. Three large panels depict emblematic scenes: Les Halles in the morning in front of the church Saint-Eustache, the arrival of the Baltard train at 1:00 am, and Les Halles after the bell. A fourth panel, initially installed at the Café de la Poste (rue de la Grande Truanderie), was transferred to the Pig in the ear in 1982.
Ranked Historic Monument by order of 23 May 1984, the site specifically protects its front and interior decoration. Ceramicists Boulenger and Ringuet and Yarn entrepreneurs marked this place with their know-how, combining crafts and social representation of a popular and commercial Paris. Today, the establishment perpetuates this memory while remaining a living place of Parisian heritage.
