Café Metro

Pierre has worked for Louis Bouchard as a bartender. Now he runs a cafe. He gives information in return of the box hidden in The Serpent Rouge.

## Known references

### 06A.01 – Massimo Buon Mercato poster

In gameThe poster
Taking their inspiration from Paris’ La Fayette and Bon Marché, the Mele brothers brought the concept of Belle Époque department stores to Italy. Operating from 1889 to 1932. The Mele brothers are Emiddio Mele (died 1928) and Alfonso Mele (1918).

* Painter: Aleardo Villa (1865-1906)
* Name: Unknown
* Year made: c. 1899
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aleardo\_Villa\_-\_Mele\_Emporium.jpg

### 06A.02 – Dance 1892 poster

In gameThe poster
* Painter: Jules Chéret (1836-1932)
* Name: Carnaval 1892
* Year made: 13 February 1892
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bal\_de\_l%27Op%C3%A9ra\_1892.jpg

### 06A.03 – Vino Vermouth poster

In gameThe poster
* Painter: Adolf Hohenstein (1854-1928)
* Name: Vino-Vermout
* Year made: 1900
* Original: https://www.artnet.com/artists/adolfo-hohenstein/vino-vermouth-lSIG7ke\_2ZmXzT-oMrqz5Q2

### 06A.04 – Casino de Paris poster

In gamePoster
Searched everywhere, found the original but couldn't find the details of the image. It is probably a postcard.

### 06A.05 – Another Massimo Buon Mercato poster

In gamePoster
* Creator: Unknown
* Name: Pubblicità Grandi Magazzini Mele
* Year made: 1900
* Original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Grandimagazzinimele2.jpg

This picture is an Easter egg! Find out more here.

### 06A.06 – WAR newspaper

In the gameOriginal newspaper
The WAR newspaper comes from the New Orleans States newspaper. It meantions: “Congress votes war on Japs after F.D. request.” so it must be from the WW2-era. Why it is in, is still unknown. Found an original: https://www.idnes.cz/technet/foto/PKA24c23a\_i\_w2war.jpg

It was found on Tomb Raider Forums.

### 06A.07 – Plates on the tables

Plates with pasta in Bolognese sauce (right) and cooked eggs (left). It was found on Tomb Raider Forums.

### 06A.08 – Cigarettes

Lara looks at a cigarette box with the mark: “Fags” (not to confused with the American word for something else). The cigarette box a bit like Marlboro.

### 06A.09 – Italian Coffee machine

In the gameItalian coffee machine
I think it is an Italian coffee machine.

### 06A.10 - Cafe Metro

The looks like a typical cafe or bar from Paris. The location could be in the 9th or 10th arrondissement.

### 06A.11 - Stained glass of the cafe

The stained glass on the window came from an pineapple stained glass. It's exact source is unknown. I found it on pinterest.

### 06A.12 – Fighting Force I reference

This picture is an Easter egg! Find out more here.

## Unknown references

### 06A.13 – Le Biers and Boissons

It is a bit hard to read. But it says: beers and drinks in French.
Under Boissons, I can recognise Coca Cola and Fristy..

### 06A.14 – More drinks

It is possible to read some of the card. It is in the second picture.

### 06A.15 – Old photos

Some old photos, hanging around in the cafe.

### 06A.17 – Towel with Paris on it

This is a piece found in the GMX-files. It has al sorts of  monuments on it. First the Eiffel-tower, a train and something like that.  It can be found at the desk from Pierre’s Cafe. It looks very similiar like the cooking apron from Margot Carviers apartment.

### 06A.18 – Box of Addiction & Royal

A box of “Addiction & Royal” maybe a parody on a certain branch.

### 06.20 - Unknown items

I don't know what these are but they costs some pounds.

### 06A.21 – Nobby Sign

Outside Cafe Metro you can find the “Nobby” sign, which is English for a person with great wealth. According to this it is also short for people with the names Norbert or Clark or Clarke. But none the people made TRAOD has Norbert or Clark in his name except Oliver Clarke-Smith.

## Trivia

### 06.22 - References to Cafe Alphonse

In and outside the cafe are clues that the Café Metro once was called **Café Alphonso**. It must be done in an earlier stage of the process. There is nothing in the level files, not in interviews that mention Cafe Alphonso.. In Parisian Backstreet level there is a rue d'Alphonso. Maybe it stood once there.. It could be that Alphonso is a reference to **Alphonse Mucha**, the artist from Prague.

Café Alphonso Pour La Vie, C'est Bon! A clue that Cafe Metro was once Cafe Alphonse.

A promotional board for the cafe that say "Ouvert Cafe Metro" but also "Ouvert Cafe Alphonse".

### 06.23 - background music

* First song: **Quand on s'promène au bord de l'eau** by **Jean Gabin**.
* Second song: **Comme de bien entendu** by **Albert Préjean**, thanks to Dunhill from Tomb Raider Forums.
* Third song: **Le Plus Beau Tango Du Monde** by **Tino Rossi**

### 06.24 - Pierre talking to the phone

These are text translated by **Joey79100** on Tomb Raider forums. It is what Pierre says in French on the telephone. These bits can be found in the audio files (AWD) and can be extraced with a tool like awd2wav.exe. I don’t know for sure some are used and others don’t.

### 06.24 - Destroying posters in the cafe

Most of the posters at the cafe can be shooted at.

Is Pierre a bad owner or is Lara Croft rude? :-)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ https://www.napoliunplugged.com/the-mele-posters.html
2. ↑ https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiddio\_e\_Alfonso\_Mele
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules\_Ch%C3%A9ret
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo\_Hohenstein