Père Lathuille's cabaret, and later restaurant, was situated in the Batignolles quarter, on the site now occupied by a cinema at 7 Avenue de Clichy, just after the Barrière de Clichy so as to escape Parisian wine taxes. During the defence of Paris on 30 March 1814, marshal Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey had used it as his command post. Just before the enemy arrived, Père Lathuille had handed out complimentary drinks to the soldiers, saying "Drink, my friends, drink for free - don't leave a single bottle of my wine in the casks".