Graham T. wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Lyon, France? All > price ranges considered as we expect to have grander as well as simple > meals out. > > Also, ideally fairly central as we won't have transport. For a fairly upscale restaurant (I think it's now got two Michelin stars), try Leon de Lyon. It used to be a combination of local cuisine and nouvellish, but now has omitted the local stuff (sausages in green lentils, etc.) However, it's still fantastic. Try the degustation. For a very upscale restaurant, but well worth the money, take the train to the Troisgros restaurant in Roanne, about 60 miles from Lyons. Be sure to make reservations well in advance. It's a three-star, but by far the best one of the four we ate at in France. We took the morning train from Lyon, arrived about noon for lunch, and then took the 4:30 train back to Lyon, having eaten the entire time. (We collapsed from overeating on the train and went to bed as soon as we got back to Lyon). They had a swell 660-fr. menu that was absolutely outstanding, including their famous salmon with sorrel, as well as about ten other dishes, a fabulous cheese course (it took two guys to carry the cheese basket to the table), and a great series of dessert trolleys (and, if you like cigars, they offer a big variety of Havanas after dinner). The wine list is fabulous, and one of the cheapest we've seen in a restaurant of this caliber. You won't be sorry--this is a once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience. The atmosphere is extremely friendly and not stuffy at all; the dining room is capacious and pretty. For the cheaper ones, Lyon is full of cheap bistros featuring the local cuisine; it helps if you like tripe, but they have many other dishes more congenial to the American palate. We like Tante Alice, and Patricia Wells lists several others in her "Food Lovers' Guide to France". Whatever you do, be sure to try the Saint Marcellin cheese, small discs the size of poker chips that are best served in a bowl when they have begun to liquify. Lyon is a fabulous eating town, and retains much of the atmosphere that Paris must have had in the 30's and early 40's.
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I just read a great story about "HIggins", an English restaurant in Lyon, and asked my friend Jacques, who visits Lyon regularly, if he was there and if he liked it. Yes, to both. To find an English restaurant in the middle of the Culinary capital of the world, which is how he described Lyon, is quite something. Oh, tby the way, the story I read was in September or October edition of Readers' Digest. Have a great time in Lyon. Dan Graham T. wrote: >Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Lyon, France? All >price ranges considered as we expect to have grander as well as simple >meals out. >Also, ideally fairly central as we won't have transport. >Graham >http://www.cix.co.uk/~gtigg/ (Restaurant reviews)