PARIS — Sant Ambroeus, the storied Milan pastry shop turned New York cornerstone, is opening Monday in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Tucked on a corner of Rue Saint-Benoît, a side street to busy Boulevard Saint-Germain, the 3,000-square-foot restaurant is nothing less than “the perfect location,” according to Alireza Niroomand, the hospitality brand’s creative director.

“This is the epicenter of Paris, culturally — and I went to school in the neighborhood,” he told WWD ahead of the opening. “I feel I won the lottery with this location; the stars are aligned.”

Catty-corner with the Café de Flore, the address was previously a popular French brasserie and the location of the now-defunct Silencio des Prés and is surrounded by art galleries, high-end antiques specialists and boo

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