Editing Eiffel Tower (section)

===Floors===
====Ground floor====
[[File:Paris Eiffel 092.JPG|thumb|Base of the Eiffel Tower]]
The four columns of the tower each house access stairs and lifts to the first two floors, while at the south column only the lift to the second floor restaurant is publicly accessible.

====1st floor====
The first floor is publicly accessible by lift or stairs. When originally built, the first level contained three restaurants—one French, one Russian and one [[Flemish Region|Flemish]]—and an "Anglo-American Bar". After the exposition closed, the Flemish restaurant was converted to a 250-seat theatre. Today there is the {{lang|fr|Le 58 Tour Eiffel}} restaurant and other facilities.

[[File:La Tour Eiffel - terrasse de la première plate-forme.jpg|thumb|A promenade {{convert|2.6|m|adj=on}} wide ran around the outside of the first level]]

====2nd floor====
The second floor is publicly accessible by lift or stairs and has a restaurant called {{lang|fr|[[Le Jules Verne]]}}, a [[gourmet]] restaurant with its own lift going up from the south column to the second level. This restaurant has one star in the [[Michelin Guide|Michelin Red Guide]]. It was run by the multi-[[Michelin star]] chef [[Alain Ducasse]] from 2007 to 2017.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dali Wiederhoft|url=http://www.bonjourparis.com/story/eiffel-tower-sightseeing-restaurants-links-transit/|title=Eiffel Tower: Sightseeing, restaurants, links, transit|publisher=Bonjour Paris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040320/http://www.bonjourparis.com/story/eiffel-tower-sightseeing-restaurants-links-transit/|archive-date=6 January 2014}}</ref> As of May 2019, it is managed by three-star chef [[Frédéric Anton]].<ref name=ParisDigest>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parisdigest.com/monument/tour-eiffel.htm |title=Eiffel Tower in Paris | year=2018 |publisher=Paris Digest |access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref> It owes its name to the famous science-fiction writer [[Jules Verne]].

====3rd floor====
The third floor is the top floor, publicly accessible by lift.

Originally there were laboratories for various experiments, and a small apartment reserved for Gustave Eiffel to entertain guests, which is now open to the public, complete with period decorations and lifelike [[mannequin]]s of Eiffel and some of his notable guests.<ref name=Morton>{{cite web|author=Caitlin Morton|title=There is a secret apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/eiffel-tower-paris-secret-apartment?sp&sp|website=Architectural Digest|publisher=Conde Nast|access-date=30 June 2015|date=31 May 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Gustaves Apartment - Eiffel (3384390462).jpg|thumb|Gustave Eiffel's apartment at the third floor]]

From 1937 until 1981, there was a restaurant near the top of the tower. It was removed due to structural considerations; engineers had determined it was too heavy and was causing the tower to sag.<ref>{{cite news |last= Marcus|first= Frances Frank|date= 10 December 1986|title= New Orleans's 'Eiffel Tower'|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/10/garden/new-orleans-s-eiffel-tower.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= 22 November 2018}}</ref> This restaurant was sold to an American restaurateur and transported to New York and then New Orleans. It was rebuilt on the edge of [[Garden District, New Orleans|New Orleans' Garden District]] as a restaurant and later event hall.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://wgno.com/2015/09/15/where-can-you-find-pieces-of-the-eiffel-tower-in-new-orleans/|title= Where you can find pieces of the Eiffel Tower in New Orleans|last= Thomas|first= Jabari|work= WGNO|date= 15 September 2015|publisher= [[WGNO]]|access-date= 22 November 2018}}</ref> Today there is a champagne bar.