"Sainsbury's is permitted to have a cafe on the ground floor under their existing permission, " she said.

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Just a short walk from the tourist hoards of Montmartre, Le Bal is a cultural photography centre on an out-of-the-way mews, with a cafe on the ground floor facing out onto a small park.

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Grab an inexpensive lunch at Whole Food's cafe (and then treat yourself to a truffle at Godiva Chocolatier on the ground floor).

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The development would see the toilet building and cafe knocked down and replaced with "modern vandal proof facilities, keeping the ladies, gents and disabled all on the ground floor".

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