114 editor-picked brasseries across 41 cities.
The brasserie is the French restaurant that never closes. The word means 'brewery' and the format was imported to Paris by Alsatian refugees after the 1871 Franco-Prussian War, who opened beer halls serving choucroute, sausages, and oysters from morning until late at night. The 19th-century Parisian brasserie became the template: a large, mirror-walled room, leather banquettes, brass railings, white tablecloths, a long bar, a seafood platter on ice, and a menu that runs from 11am to midnight.
The cooking grammar is broad and unchanging. Oysters and seafood plateaus by the half-dozen or dozen, choucroute garnie, steak tartare, sole meuniere, steak frites, andouillette, croque monsieur, escargots, onion soup, and the dessert anchors (creme brulee, ile flottante, profiteroles, baba au rhum). The menu rarely shrinks and never reinvents itself. A brasserie that updates its menu has lost the plot.
At the table, the brasserie is a Parisian institution that runs on its own time. Waiters are career professionals in long aprons (the tablier), the seafood is shucked by a dedicated ecailler at the front of the room, and the wine list runs from a 25cl pichet to grower Champagne. Lunch crowds and pre-theater dinners are when locals fill the room; tourists arrive at the wrong hours and eat alone.
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La Cigale has faced the opera on Place Graslin in Nantes since 1895, an Art Nouveau brasserie of tiles and gilt classed a historic monument in 1964.
SignatureSeafood platters, Choucroute de la mer
TipOpen from breakfast to past midnight daily; the tiled front room built by Émile Libaudière is the one to sit in, not the annexe.
Lilou Brasserie on South Gay Street, Aaron Thompson and Jessica King's French room in the old Sapphire space, runs all-day breakfast and jazz brunch.
OrderSteak frites at dinner or a Saturday jazz brunch plate with the daily happy-hour pour.
TipDaily happy hour runs 16:00-18:00; Saturday and Sunday brunch sits 10:00-14:00.
The Avery Bar and Brasserie is chef Cal Elliott's room, where a James Beard semifinalist builds braised meats and handmade pastas around Idaho seasonality.
Blue Ribbon Brasserie on Sullivan Street has poured drinks and raw oysters until the small hours in SoHo New York City since 1992. At 97 Sullivan Street.
TryPu pu platter, fried chicken, raw bar
TipCounter walks-in from 22:00. Industry crowd builds at midnight; the kitchen runs strong until close.
Restaurant ET on Mindegade is a Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient where French brasserie cooking meets Danish creativity in an elegant 19th-century courtyard.
OrderThe changing three-course menu; the kitchen applies classical French technique to Danish seasonal produce.
Book1 week ahead
TipBook a week ahead. The courtyard terrace is one of the most pleasant outdoor dining spots in Aarhus in summer.
Bisou Bisou is the all-day French brasserie inside Hotel X on Brunswick Street. Oyster and caviar bar, mussels, rotisserie chicken, steak frites.
SignatureMussels frites, Rotisserie chicken, Steak frites
Oliver Ridgeway's London-inspired brasserie on Capitol Mall, Sacramento, is a Michelin Recommended downtown room of spit-roasted meats and charcuterie.
OrderSpit-roasted half chicken, the charcuterie board, Welsh rarebit
TipLunch and dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The bar takes walk-ins; private dining seats 24.
Lee Brasserie on Uus is sommelier Kristjan Peäske and chef Janno Lepik's Michelin-listed brasserie, with local Estonian ingredients and a deep wine list.
OrderOrder from the short seasonal menu and let Peäske pair from the cellar.
Book1 week ahead
TipWas previously called Leib. Part of the LP Hospitality group (Janno Lepik and Kristjan Peäske) alongside Uma, Lore Bistroo and Lessner Bar.
Dôme in Antwerp is a French brasserie under an 1893 rotunda in Zurenborg. Frédéric and Evangeline Chabbert run the room on Grotehondstraat. Priced at €€€.
OrderThe côte de boeuf for two with béarnaise; the wine cellar runs deep across Burgundy.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book the round table directly under the dome.
Le Quatrieme Mur in Bordeaux's Grand Theatre is Philippe Etchebest's one-Michelin-star brasserie under the colonnade, with a high-end terrace looking.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe brasserie side at lunch is the price-friendlier entry; the starred dining room takes evening bookings only.
Brasserie Le Jardin is the Bib Gourmand brasserie of the Les Crayères estate in Reims, with a park terrace and a three-course Menu du Jardin at €42.
OrderThe €42 three-course Menu du Jardin, with wild boar carbonade if it is on the board.
TipOpen seven days a week for lunch and dinner; the €42 Menu du Jardin is the value route into the Crayères kitchen.
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market serves brasserie plates and bison short ribs inside Fort Collins' Elizabeth Hotel, with a retail wine wall to browse.
OrderBison short ribs with a bottle pulled from the wine market shelves
TipLate-night menu runs to 23:00 nightly and the Bowerbird coffee counter opens at 06:00, so it covers both ends of the day.
La Cigale has faced the opera on Place Graslin in Nantes since 1895, an Art Nouveau brasserie of tiles and gilt classed a historic monument in 1964.
SignatureSeafood platters, Choucroute de la mer
TipOpen from breakfast to past midnight daily; the tiled front room built by Émile Libaudière is the one to sit in, not the annexe.
Lilou Brasserie on South Gay Street, Aaron Thompson and Jessica King's French room in the old Sapphire space, runs all-day breakfast and jazz brunch.
OrderSteak frites at dinner or a Saturday jazz brunch plate with the daily happy-hour pour.
TipDaily happy hour runs 16:00-18:00; Saturday and Sunday brunch sits 10:00-14:00.
The Avery Bar and Brasserie is chef Cal Elliott's room, where a James Beard semifinalist builds braised meats and handmade pastas around Idaho seasonality.
Blue Ribbon Brasserie on Sullivan Street has poured drinks and raw oysters until the small hours in SoHo New York City since 1992. At 97 Sullivan Street.
TryPu pu platter, fried chicken, raw bar
TipCounter walks-in from 22:00. Industry crowd builds at midnight; the kitchen runs strong until close.
Restaurant ET on Mindegade is a Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient where French brasserie cooking meets Danish creativity in an elegant 19th-century courtyard.
OrderThe changing three-course menu; the kitchen applies classical French technique to Danish seasonal produce.
Book1 week ahead
TipBook a week ahead. The courtyard terrace is one of the most pleasant outdoor dining spots in Aarhus in summer.
Bisou Bisou is the all-day French brasserie inside Hotel X on Brunswick Street. Oyster and caviar bar, mussels, rotisserie chicken, steak frites.
SignatureMussels frites, Rotisserie chicken, Steak frites
Oliver Ridgeway's London-inspired brasserie on Capitol Mall, Sacramento, is a Michelin Recommended downtown room of spit-roasted meats and charcuterie.
OrderSpit-roasted half chicken, the charcuterie board, Welsh rarebit
TipLunch and dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The bar takes walk-ins; private dining seats 24.
Lee Brasserie on Uus is sommelier Kristjan Peäske and chef Janno Lepik's Michelin-listed brasserie, with local Estonian ingredients and a deep wine list.
OrderOrder from the short seasonal menu and let Peäske pair from the cellar.
Book1 week ahead
TipWas previously called Leib. Part of the LP Hospitality group (Janno Lepik and Kristjan Peäske) alongside Uma, Lore Bistroo and Lessner Bar.
Dôme in Antwerp is a French brasserie under an 1893 rotunda in Zurenborg. Frédéric and Evangeline Chabbert run the room on Grotehondstraat. Priced at €€€.
OrderThe côte de boeuf for two with béarnaise; the wine cellar runs deep across Burgundy.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book the round table directly under the dome.
Le Quatrieme Mur in Bordeaux's Grand Theatre is Philippe Etchebest's one-Michelin-star brasserie under the colonnade, with a high-end terrace looking.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe brasserie side at lunch is the price-friendlier entry; the starred dining room takes evening bookings only.
Brasserie Le Jardin is the Bib Gourmand brasserie of the Les Crayères estate in Reims, with a park terrace and a three-course Menu du Jardin at €42.
OrderThe €42 three-course Menu du Jardin, with wild boar carbonade if it is on the board.
TipOpen seven days a week for lunch and dinner; the €42 Menu du Jardin is the value route into the Crayères kitchen.
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market serves brasserie plates and bison short ribs inside Fort Collins' Elizabeth Hotel, with a retail wine wall to browse.
OrderBison short ribs with a bottle pulled from the wine market shelves
TipLate-night menu runs to 23:00 nightly and the Bowerbird coffee counter opens at 06:00, so it covers both ends of the day.
Sturehof at Stureplan in Stockholm's Östermalm is the 1897 brasserie locals run on; oysters, Toast Skagen, herring boards and a 365-day kitchen until 02:00.
OrderToast Skagen and a half-dozen oysters at the counter; the snaps tray is the table ritual.
TipThe bar counter is walk-in until late. The Vita Bar room is the quieter sit-down table.
Le Bibent on Toulouse's Place du Capitole is the 1861 Napoleon III brasserie revived in 2009 with chef Christian Constant, a national monument.
SignatureCassoulet de Toulouse, Plateau de fruits de mer, Souffle au Grand Marnier
TipBook a window table to see the square; the lunch menu is the value play. Belle Epoque interior worth the price tag on its own.
Mon Amie Maxi runs Frankfurt's most theatrical brasserie room in the Westend: oysters, chandeliers and steak frites until midnight most nights.
OrderOysters from the raw bar, then steak frites with béarnaise
TipThe oyster bar takes walk-ins even when the book is full; Sunday lunch is the calmest way to see the room in daylight.
Boulon Brasserie at Water Street in Tampa serves modern French classics, a working in-house bakery and a brunch menu that lands among the city's best.
OrderSteak frites medium rare, the onion soup gratinee and a fresh croissant from Boulon Bakery counter on the way.
TipPastry chef Summer Bailey runs the bakery counter from 7am for grab-and-go croissants, kouign-amann and pain au chocolat.
Boulon Brasserie at Water Street runs modern French brasserie service with a working in-house bakery and a brunch menu that lands among Tampa's best.
Book1-2 weeks ahead
Garrett Harker's Eastern Standard reopened in the Bower complex on Beacon Street in 2023, recovering the Kenmore Square brasserie template Boston lost.
OrderThe ESK burger with house frites and an Aviation cocktail.
TipPre-Sox-game dinner books out by 17:30. Late-night service runs to midnight on weekends.
La Belle Helene is the refined French brasserie at 300 S Tryon in uptown Charlotte, with a raw bar, banquettes and a dedicated cocktail program.
OrderThe steak frites and a chilled glass of Sancerre. The seafood tower is the showpiece for groups.
TipBook on OpenTable for dinner; the lunch service runs weekdays only.
Parc in Philadelphia is Stephen Starr's Rittenhouse Square French brasserie on 18th Street, a Parisian-cafe room that runs croissants by 08:00 and onion soup.
OrderSteak frites with bearnaise; the croque madame at brunch; a half-bottle of Sancerre.
TipThe outdoor sidewalk seats on 18th Street face Rittenhouse Square. Book them specifically in summer.
The French Window at Bellavita Xinyi runs a one-Michelin-star French brasserie tasting menu under crystal chandeliers, classic French technique throughout.
OrderFoie gras course and the Wagyu beef Wellington.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipClosed Mondays. Reserve via Bellavita's website or by phone.
Le Diplomate in Washington DC is Stephen Starr's 14th Street brasserie at the P Street corner, the city's anchor French room since 2013 with a wraparound.
OrderThe steak frites with bearnaise.
TipThe walk-in bar takes the same menu and runs at a third the wait. Brunch is the busiest slot of the week.
Brasserie Georges on Cours de Verdun in Lyon's 2e is the 1836 brasserie that runs full kitchen until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, with walk-in tables.
TryChoucroute, steak tartare, onion soup
TipWalk-in after 21:00 for the no-reservation slot; steak tartare is made tableside.
Bar de la Marine in Marseille's 7e on Quai de Rive Neuve has held the spot since 1929, the Pagnol-trilogy room serving pastis and brasserie tapas late.
TryPastis, brasserie tapas and lunch plates re-served late
TipOpen daily 7am-2am; the terrace fills on weekend nights with the youth crowd.
Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse near Hamburg's Rathaus runs an art nouveau French brasserie open daily from 09:00, with bistro classics until midnight.
OrderThe Steak frites and a glass of house red.
TipOpen daily; kitchen closes at 22:30 Mon to Sat, 21:30 Sun. The ground-floor saal is the busy room.
Le Paris-Brest puts Christian Le Squer's Breton brasserie inside Rennes station's departures hall, pâté en croûte to a reworked paris-brest, open every day.
OrderThe contemporary paris-brest, the dessert the room is named for
Brasserie on 7 on Split's Riva is an all-day Mediterranean kitchen with French-Croatian dishes, from breakfast platters through to grilled fish at midnight.
OrderHand-cut tagliatelle with Adriatic prawns and aged tomato.
TipDaily 08:00-23:00; the Riva terrace is best at sunset, when the kitchen pivots from brunch to grill.
A converted Seefeld cinema in full art-deco rig: brasserie cooking with the kitchen's exotic detours, long bar, culture programme. Closed Sunday and Monday.
SignatureBrasserie plates with exotic detours
Justine's Brasserie in Austin is a late-night French brasserie in a 1937 East 5th cottage, owned by Justine Gilcrease since 2009 and open until midnight.
OrderThe steak frites with bearnaise; the kitchen runs until 12am Friday and Saturday.
TipThe Pagoda room and patio handle the smoking crowd; the Tuesday closure is firm, so plan around it.
Brasserie des Haras fills a converted 18th-century stud farm near Petite France, where Marc Haeberlin oversees refined French and Alsatian brasserie cooking.
La Brasserie Bordelaise in Bordeaux's Saint-Pierre is the golden-triangle institution on Rue Saint-Remi with non-stop kitchen service from noon to midnight.
OrderBeef cheek a la bordelaise with a glass of Saint-Estephe
TipKitchen runs without a break so a 22:30 plat principal is no problem; book a window table for the after-theatre crowd.
Brasserie du Boulingrin is an Art Deco brasserie opposite Les Halles in Reims, serving seafood, andouillette and tête de veau since 1925 with a €25 formula.
OrderThe €25 formula, then a seafood platter, or the AAAAA andouillette with gratin dauphinois.
TipDinner service runs from 18:30 to 23:00, Monday to Saturday, and the €25 formula is all-inclusive.
Au Pied de Cochon in Paris is the 24/7 Les Halles brasserie that fed market porters from 1947 and still pours onion soup at 03:00. Trotters, oysters.
TryOnion soup, pig's trotters
TipThe kitchen runs continuously; the 02:00-05:00 shift is the quietest seating window of the day.
La Brasserie du Cerisier is the ground-floor room under the starred kitchen on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille, a weekly market card and a cocktail list.
OrderThe market menu, rewritten every week.
TipIt shares an address and a phone line with the starred dining room upstairs, so specify which one you want.
The Foodbarn in Noordhoek, Cape Town, is French chef Franck Dangereux's cafe by day and tapas bar by night, with tapas dinners Tuesday to Saturday.
OrderTapas dinner sharing plates, order enough to cover the table
TipThe tapas dinner only runs Tuesday to Saturday, so come for breakfast or lunch on a Sunday or Monday; the deli shop next door opens daily until 20:00.
The all-day French brasserie from Culinary Director Bruno Davaillon and co-founder Stephan Courseau, opened in Preston Center in June 2025. Located in Uptown.
OrderSteak frites; croque-monsieur at lunch.
TipThe patio is the destination on warm evenings. Weekday lunch is relaxed; weekends fill from noon.
Maverick Texas Brasserie sits on the South St Mary's strip downtown, a brasserie known for its mimosa-service weekend brunch and a burger that holds its own.
BookBook on Resy ahead
TipWeekend brunch is the social draw, with mimosa bottle service. The burger holds its own against any in town.
Jordan Toft's brasserie above The Newport on Sydney's northern beaches. Oysters, lobster and Mediterranean coast cooking in a 1930s-styled room.
Book2 to 3 weeks ahead
Bouillon Pigalle in Paris reopened the bouillon model in 2017 and now seats 300 with no reservation, no shortcut, a mains-under-€12 daily menu.
OrderPoulet rôti, frites maison, île flottante with caramel.
TipQueue from 19:00 for dinner; the line moves and tables turn every 45 minutes.
Le Square Trousseau in Paris's 12e is the kind of belle-époque brasserie a fashion editor uses for a long Saturday lunch on the Marché d'Aligre side.
OrderSteak tartare cut by hand, crème brûlée; a pichet of Sancerre at lunch.
TipOpen daily; no booking required for the terrace, reserve indoor seating in winter.
Prinsen on Mäster Samuelsgatan in Stockholm's Norrmalm has cooked classic Swedish brasserie food since 1897; a long bar, wood-panelled rooms.
OrderSteak tartare with the full mise-en-place of capers, onion and yolk.
TipOpen seven days, late kitchen until 23:00. The bar counter is walk-in even on Saturday.
Vassa Eggen on Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm's Östermalm has run a long-bar brasserie since 1998; classic Swedish-French brasserie food and a daily.
OrderSteak tartare and a daily chalkboard fish.
TipThe bar runs late; kitchen until 23:00. Walk-in friendly at the long counter.
Grand Cafe des Negociants in Lyon's 2e on Place Francisque Regaud is the 1864 brasserie that runs restaurant service until midnight and cafe service.
TryLyonnais brasserie classics and oysters
TipBook a table before midnight for the full menu; after midnight it is bar snacks only.
Le Comptoir Tournie is Stephane Tournie's casual sister room to Les Jardins de l'Opera on Place du Capitole. Reservations recommended in season.
Book1 week ahead
TipCheaper sister room to the starred Les Jardins; lunch is the value entry. Same kitchen team, simpler plates.
Pampa Bar & Brasserie serves brasserie classics in Montpellier's 1770 bathhouse off the Comédie, courtyard tables under century-old palms at Les Bains.
TipThe former shower cabins around the courtyard are the most-requested tables; the bar side runs late Thursday to Saturday.
Brasserie Félix sits over the Saint-Félix canal by the Lieu Unique in Nantes, brasserie classics under the eye of starred chef Jean-Yves Guého.
SignatureBrasserie classics, Canal-side seafood
TipThe canal-side terrace is the seat in summer; on show nights at the Cité des Congrès dinner shifts earlier, around 18:15.
Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson's Tribeca brasserie holds a Michelin star in New York City. Duck frites, plateau de fruits de mer, a deep natural-wine list.
Book3 weeks ahead
Le Galopin has run its seafood brasserie on Avenue Jean Janvier in Rennes since 1965, Cancale oysters and whole lobster a short walk from the station.
OrderSix Cancale oysters, then the 600g lobster with house fries
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003 in a former 1921 Wolseley showroom, runs from breakfast.
OrderEggs Benedict and a flat white at breakfast, or the Wiener schnitzel and a glass of riesling at dinner.
TipBreakfast from 07:00 is the un-touristed slot. Pre-theatre dinner from 18:00 books a fortnight ahead.
Bocadero in Antwerp is a beach-bar brasserie at Rijnkaai 150 on the Eilandje waterfront. Outdoor seating, casual plates and a long summer aperitivo.
OrderThe fish and chips; the harbour terrace fills mid-afternoon on sunny days.
TipOpen seasonally with shorter winter hours. Reservations only on the indoor side; the beach is first-come.
Berlin in Antwerp is an all-day brasserie on Kleine Markt. The kitchen serves breakfast through to late-night plates, popular for unbookable weekend brunch.
OrderThe brunch plate with eggs and the in-house granola; the kitchen runs it from open until 16:00.
TipWalk-in only on weekends. Arrive before 11:00 if you don't want to queue.
Cafe du Port in Bordeaux's Bastide is the all-day brasserie under the Pont de Pierre on Quai Deschamps, with a generous fruits-de-mer counter and the best.
SignaturePlateau de fruits de mer, Entrecote, Sole meuniere
TipThe terrace fills at sunset; book a riverfront table for the floodlit view of Place de la Bourse and the Miroir d'Eau.
Café de la Paix is the brasserie of the Hôtel de la Paix on Rue Buirette in Reims, open seven days with homemade menus and a pink-biscuit tiramisu.
OrderThe Menu Brasserie, finished with the tiramisu made from Reims pink biscuits.
TipThe entrance is through the Hôtel de la Paix at 9 Rue Buirette, and a lunch menu runs Monday to Friday.
La Grande Brasserie BIB serves classic brasserie dishes in a former cloister on Rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, with a courtyard terrace and a cocktail bar.
OrderThe day’s semainier dish, or the pâté en croûte at €12 and mimosa eggs at €9.
TipYonder lists a weekly rota: duck parmentier on Tuesday, aïoli on Friday and croque-madame on Saturday.
Le Petit Bouillon Alcide on Rue des Débris Saint-Etienne in Lille keeps the bouillon model alive, a plat du jour formula at 12.90 euros off the Grand-Place.
TryFormule plat du jour
TipDinner runs Thursday to Saturday only. Lunch is the reliable service.
Le Cafe de la Banque in Marseille's 6e in the Estrangin former banking district is a Haussmann brasserie with a wide terrace running the day's specials.
OrderThe plat du jour at lunch, a charcuterie board at aperitif.
TipOpen daily from breakfast through aperitif tapas to dinner; reservations for evening only.
Le Capucin in Marseille's 1er runs the brasserie ground floor of the Mercure Canebiere Vieux Port, chef Noel Baudrand cooking Mediterranean plates sublimated.
OrderThe daily fish off the cart at lunch with a glass of Bandol white.
TipOpen daily for lunch and dinner; sunny terrace, family-friendly, ECOTABLE-labelled.
Brasserie Les Beaux-Arts on Quai de la Daurade is the Flo group seafood brasserie facing Pont Neuf, with a Belle Epoque interior and Garonne terrace.
SignaturePlateau de fruits de mer, Sole meuniere, Bouillabaisse
TipReserve a riverfront terrace table at sunset for the Pont Neuf view; the plateau de fruits de mer is the canonical order.
Macoha faces the Loire from the north quay of the Île de Nantes, a brasserie room that runs later on Friday and Saturday than most of the island.
SignatureBrasserie plates
TipIt shuts Sunday and Monday, which catches out visitors doing the Machines de l'Île at the start of the week.
Pigalle in Green Point, Cape Town, is a 350-seat supper club under custom chandeliers, pairing nightly jazz, swing and salsa with Chalmar steak and seafood.
OrderChalmar steak, or the fresh seafood the room is known for
TipLive jazz, swing and salsa play from the central stage every night, and DJs take over at weekends, so book for a long evening on the dance floor.
Café Poupette runs brasserie service beside the Sa Feixina park in Palma, open from 09:00 to 21:00 every day for coffee, lunch and evening plates.
OrderA brasserie plate on the park terrace, at whatever hour suits.
TipOne of the few Palma kitchens serving straight through, useful between Santa Catalina and the old town.
La Chicorée has run on Place Rihour in Lille since 1903, three floors of regional brasserie cooking that keep serving long after the bars close.
OrderMoules-frites, at whatever hour you arrive.
TipThis is the room that solves a 03:00 hunger in Lille. The south-facing terrace is heated in winter.
Felix on Avenue Felix Faure faces the Coulee Verte garden in Nice's Carre d'Or, the historic city brasserie reopened under a new name with French.
OrderThe classic salade nicoise at lunch; the pizza, pasta and wine by the glass anchor the value menu.
TipOpen 7 days a week, 11:45-01:30; continuous service through the afternoon, a rare thing in Nice.
La Brasserie des Loges seats guests beside the Musée des Beaux-Arts on Place du Théâtre in Dijon, serving Burgundian brasserie classics daily.
OrderThe Menu Bourguignon, a set three-course run through the region's classics.
TipIt stays open every day of the year bar three, useful for a Sunday or holiday table when smaller kitchens shut.
L'Edito is a brasserie right on Place Darcy in Dijon, running continuous service with unlimited mussels and homemade burgers most of the day.
OrderThe all-you-can-eat mussels, served mariniere, provencale or in a cream sauce.
TipContinuous service means no dead hours between lunch and dinner, useful for an off-schedule meal.
Grand Café Barretta occupies what it calls Avignon's oldest café, founded in 1773, with a hackberry-shaded terrace on Place Saint-Didier and a brasserie menu.
OrderA plate from the brasserie menu, with a bottle from the sommelier’s list, priced from €18 to €55.
TipThe site says hours change with the season; one room becomes a theatre during the Festival, and the wine list runs from €18 to €55.
Brasserie du Conservatoire faces the market halls on Place Pie in Avignon, serving food and wine from 07:00 to 01:30 under century-old plane trees.
OrderA brasserie plate such as a grill, pasta or pizza, with a glass of wine on the terrace.
TipThe tourism listing for 2026 gives à la carte at €12 to €20 and menus at €19 to €30; vegetarian dishes are on the carte.
Antwerp8 places
Dôme, Bocadero
Bordeaux8 places
Le Quatrieme Mur, La Brasserie Bordelaise
Reims8 places
Brasserie Le Jardin, Brasserie du Boulingrin
Avignon7 places
La Grande Brasserie BIB, Grand Café Barretta
Paris6 places
Au Pied de Cochon, Bouillon Pigalle
Fort Collins5 places
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market
Lille5 places
La Brasserie du Cerisier, Le Petit Bouillon Alcide
Stockholm5 places
Sturehof, Prinsen
Lyon4 places
Brasserie Georges, Grand Cafe des Negociants
Marseille4 places
Bar de la Marine, Le Cafe de la Banque
Nice4 places
Felix
Toulouse4 places
Le Bibent, Le Comptoir Tournie
Montpellier3 places
Pampa Bar & Brasserie
Nantes3 places
La Cigale, Brasserie Félix
Boise2 places
The Avery Bar and Brasserie
Cape Town2 places
The Foodbarn, Pigalle
Dallas2 places
Frenchie
Dijon2 places
La Brasserie des Loges, L'Edito
Frankfurt2 places
Mon Amie Maxi
Hamburg2 places
Cafe Paris
Knoxville2 places
Lilou Brasserie
New York City2 places
Blue Ribbon Brasserie, Frenchette
Palma2 places
Café Poupette
Rennes2 places
Le Paris-Brest by Christian Le Squer, Le Galopin
Split2 places
Brasserie on 7
Tampa2 places
Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, Boulon Brasserie
Zurich2 places
Razzia
Aarhus1 place
Restaurant ET
Austin1 place
Justine's Brasserie
Boston1 place
Eastern Standard
Brisbane1 place
Bisou Bisou
Charlotte1 place
La Belle Helene
London1 place
The Wolseley
Philadelphia1 place
Parc
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Le Diplomate
The classical Parisian brasserie tradition centers on a handful of historic rooms: Bofinger (oldest Alsatian, 1864), La Coupole (the Montparnasse art-deco landmark), Brasserie Lipp (Saint-Germain), Le Train Bleu (in the Gare de Lyon), Au Pied de Cochon (Les Halles, open 24 hours).
Where the brasserie came from. Strasbourg's winstubs are the regional cousins: smaller, wood-paneled, serving the same choucroute, baeckeoffe, and tarte flambee with Alsatian wine instead of Parisian wine.
Start with oysters and a glass of Muscadet or Champagne. Half a dozen Belons or fines de claire is the standard opener. Then choose: a plateau de fruits de mer to share, a choucroute, a steak tartare, or a sole meuniere. Two courses (entree plus plat or plat plus dessert) with a 25cl pichet of red is the local lunch rhythm; three courses at dinner. The seafood arrives on ice; the meat arrives on a hot plate; the dessert cart comes around the room.
The rookie mistakes: ordering oysters in months without an R (the rule is outdated for farmed oysters but real for wild beds), asking for ketchup on the frites (the chef will judge), expecting fast service (a brasserie meal is paced over two hours), and assuming the menu changes seasonally (it does not, and that's the point).
Champagne and Alsatian whites (Riesling, Sylvaner) anchor the seafood and choucroute side of the menu. Beaujolais and Cotes du Rhone for the steak and sausage dishes. Pilsner or Alsatian lager (Kronenbourg 1664, Meteor) by the half or pint, especially with choucroute. Coffee at the end; a small Calvados or Armagnac after. The brasserie is one of the few French rooms where ordering beer with dinner is genuinely traditional.
Paris holds the world's brasserie inventory: Bofinger, Brasserie Lipp, La Coupole, Le Train Bleu, Brasserie Flo, Vagenende, Brasserie Lutetia. Strasbourg and Nancy hold the Alsatian originals. Outside France: London (Balthazar Soho, Brasserie Zedel), New York (Balthazar in SoHo, Pastis), Brussels (La Quincaillerie, Cafe Belga), and Montreal all keep the format alive, often run by French expat chefs.
The Parisian brasserie scene exploded after 1871 when Alsace was annexed by Germany and tens of thousands of Alsatians fled to Paris. They brought beer culture, choucroute, and the long all-day restaurant model. The format peaked in the 1900-1930 belle epoque, with the great mirrored rooms of Bofinger, La Coupole, and Brasserie Lipp dating from this period. Most surviving historical brasseries are now owned by the Flo Group or the Bertrand Group rather than the original Alsatian families.
A cafe serves drinks and a short food menu (croque monsieur, salads, omelets). A brasserie serves a full menu of restaurant dishes all day. A cafe rarely has a seafood platter or a sommelier; a brasserie always does.
Yes for the room, sometimes also for the food. Bofinger, Le Train Bleu, and Brasserie Lipp all hold their kitchens to a solid Parisian standard. The room itself (the mirrors, the brass, the ecailler shucking oysters) is the experience.
Absolutely. The brasserie is built to handle a half-dozen and a glass at the bar. Many locals stop in for exactly that on the way home.
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