Cafe Presse, Seattle meet Cafe Presse, Paris [update 1]

Wandering the streets of Paris in celebration of our 10th anniversary last month, my wife and I spotted a sign that stopped us in our tracks. It was the familiar Cafe Presse logo -- transported 5,000-plus miles and rotated a bit. Compare: Cafe Presse, Seattle vs. Cafe Presse, Paris.

No mere coincidence! After all, Cafe Presse (and Le Pichet) owners Joanne Herron and Jim Drohman have created a couple of successful, informal French restaurants in Seattle and are very deliberate in cultivating authenticity. Jim studied the culinary arts in France. [Update 1:] And, as a commenter below noted, the "Cafe Presse" logo is somewhat ubiquitous in Paris. It's used (licensed?) as a symbol by news vendors.

Unfortunately, this particular Cafe Presse location was closed when we walked by, so we couldn't compare the experience, but a peek inside the darkened windows indicated that it lacked the charm and ambiance of its Seattle doppelganger. We also very much doubt this particular Parisian establishment offers chicken quite so tasty as the cooked-to-order Poulet roti a votre commande of the 12th Avenue location (you've not tried it yet? Sacrebleu! Recession or no, there's really no excuse!).

I sent an email last Thursday to the owners of Cafe Presse, Seattle to ask about the coincidence in logo design but have not yet received a response to that inquiry. Thankfully, it looks like CHS commenters have helped figure it out.