Thin diamond-cut strips of orange-blossom-and-rum dough, deep-fried until pale gold and shower-dusted with fine sugar. The Lyon Mardi Gras pastry, eaten warm from a paper cone.
Bugnes are Lyon's Mardi Gras specialty, on sale at every patisserie from Epiphany through Lent. The Lyonnais form is the thin crisp version (bugnes fines), not the puffy soft version of nearby Saint-Etienne. Pignol, Bernachon and Voisin all run a bugnes season; Maison Pralus carries them at Halles Paul Bocuse and on Presqu'ile, and stalls at the Marche Saint-Antoine fry them on the spot during Carnival.
3 editor picks for Bugnes lyonnaises in Lyon, ranked by editorial score. All Lyon signature dishes · Bugnes lyonnaises across every city.
Maison Pralus ★ 4.8
Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse, 102 Cours Lafayette, 69003 Lyon
Maison Pralus runs the bean-to-bar chocolate house Auguste Pralus founded in 1955, with a Lyon counter at Halles Paul Bocuse for the praluline brioche.
Bernachon ★ 4.8
42 Cours Franklin Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon
Bernachon in Lyon's 6e is the bean-to-bar chocolatier founded by Maurice Bernachon in 1953, with a Rue Franklin Roosevelt salon de the and a full pastry.
Pignol ★ 4.4
8 Place Bellecour, 69002 Lyon
Pignol is the multi-generation Lyonnais bakery and patisserie with a Place Bellecour counter for the pink-praline tart, sandwiches and chocolate eclairs.