Club Saint-Germain, Jazz venue in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France.

Club Saint-Germain was a jazz and dance club in the cellar of a stone building at 13 rue Saint-Benoît, 6th arrondissement. Its three vaulted rooms ran under the street toward rue de l'Abbaye, reached by a reinforced-concrete stair built up to the street. The interior was decorated with carved wood incorporating debris from a 16th-century Breton frigate.

The venue opened in 1947 with five founders including Boris Vian and quickly became a meeting place for European and American jazz musicians. During the 1950s and 1960s it played a central role in shaping the Paris jazz scene.

The club took its name from the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter. Its clientele was screened more strictly than at the Tabou, the zazou cellar it helped close: checked shirts were turned away and ties were expected. Marc Doelnitz staged themed nights such as Nuit 1925, Nuit du cinéma and Nuit du Western, and the club later hosted "Miss Saint-Germain" contests.

The club no longer operates; its former cellar at 13 rue Saint-Benoît, reached by a reinforced-concrete stair built up to the street, lies near the Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. The building later housed the supper club Bilboquet. Look for the former entrance while walking the 6th arrondissement; no performances take place there today.

The club's live albums were released on major labels: Barney Wilen's "Barney" on RCA, two volumes of Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers au Club St. Germain on RCA, and Bobby Jaspar's "Modern Jazz au Club Saint Germain" on Barclay. The building later housed the supper club Bilboquet.