Grand Pigalle Hotel 29 rue Victor Massé 75009 Paris  Given that craft cocktails are currently as fashionable as boutique or designer hotels, the two seem like a natural partnership for pulling in crowds in search of a la mode beds or beverages worth bragging about. Several years ago, Mama Shelter hit Paris with affordably chic sleeping options plus a bar with a more serious mixology bent. It’s hard to say if Mama Shelter has truly kept up their cocktail cred considering we hear so little about their drinks and their better-known bar staff have left for other projects. However, we now have a hip new hotel stepping in with a trendy “Bed & Beverage” concept in Paris’ coolest enclave, affectionately – or annoyingly depending on who you ask – known as SoPi. With the Grand Pigalle Hotel, the group behind the Experimental Cocktail Club finalizes their transition from groundbreaking, grassroots bar to global brand. The hotel features 37 rooms overlooking the cocktail hotbed that is Avenue Frochot and a private estate that was once the home of Toulouse-Lautrec. At current rates, basic rooms start around 175 Euros with the suites coming in at just under 300 Euros. The midrange room [...]