Rue Berbisey and Rue Monge run south to Place Émile Zola, a strip of bars, small restaurants and wine shops that stays busy well into the evening.
Azerole is chef Xin Meng's Michelin Selected neo-bistro on Rue Berbisey in Dijon, a solo kitchen folding Chinese spice into French seasonal produce.
OrderThe pork loin with chimichurri, courgette cream and green curry, Meng's signature crossover plate.
TipMeng cooks alone most services, so the weekday lunch menu moves at a relaxed, unhurried pace.
Parapluie is a pocket-sized Michelin Selected room on Rue Monge in Dijon, running a spice-touched mystery tasting menu on most evenings there.
OrderThe mystery multi-course evening menu; there is no other option after dark.
TipAt lunch there is a choice menu at a gentler price than the blind evening tasting format.
Azerole is chef Xin Meng's neo-bistro on Rue Berbisey in Dijon, a casual weekday-only lunch room folding Chinese spice into French seasonal produce.
OrderThe pork loin with chimichurri, courgette cream and green curry, Meng's signature crossover plate.
TipMeng cooks alone most services, so the weekday lunch menu moves at a relaxed, unhurried pace.
Staff Pizza is a Dijon takeaway and dine-in pizzeria on Rue le Notre, open every single day of the week from late morning into the evening hours.
OrderA Duo-size pizza on the tomato base, the format regulars order most.
TipIt is one of the few Dijon kitchens open every single day, useful when other spots are shut.
L'Atelier Focaccia bakes naturally leavened focaccia on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, sandwiches for meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans alike.
OrderA focaccia sandwich built on the 48-hour sourdough base, in a meat, vegetarian or vegan version.
TipIt stays open until 23:00, later than most Dijon lunch-counter kitchens on the same square.
Les Caves de La Fine Heure pairs a wine shop with a restaurant on Rue Berbisey in Dijon, where chef Jonathan Mollion cooks Burgundian food from local produce.
PourA commented tasting flight through the week's open Burgundy bottles
WineBurgundy bottles and premier crus, expanded into a standalone wine shop in 2021
FoodBistro lunch formula and an evening tasting-plate menu
TipThe lunch bistro formula is the better-value seating; the adjoining shop sells the same bottles to take home.
Au Vieux Millésime is a caviste and wine bar on Rue Monge in Dijon, selling bottles by day and pouring them at the bar until midnight late in the week.
PourA Burgundy Pinot Noir chosen from the caviste's own shelves
WineBurgundy and Pinot Noir alongside other French regions
FoodShop snacks to accompany a glass at the counter
TipThe shop side sells the same bottles poured at the counter to take home at retail price.
Le Triton à Casquette pairs craft beer and natural wine on Rue Monge in Dijon, a cave and bar with about ten rotating taps near Place Émile Zola.
PourA grower's cuvee chosen for the night at the bar
WineWines from independent growers alongside craft beer
FoodNone; a bar and cave, drinks only
TipThe wine shop next door is calmer for advice and takeaway bottles; the bar side is livelier for a draught beer.
Le 19 is the cocktail bar of the Maison Philippe le Bon on Rue Berbisey in Dijon, a 1920s-style room with finger food and a listed Gothic courtyard.
DrinkMixology-led seasonal cocktails
FoodFinger food menu
TipIn autumn the courtyard gets blankets and hot chocolate; the vaulted cellar below the bar holds an indoor pétanque court.
The Blue Dog is a beer and sports bar on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, with a draught list that changes regularly and big matches on screen until 02:00.
DrinkRotating draft craft beers
FoodHomemade burgers and sharing boards
TipThe draft list rotates often; ask which keg is newest before defaulting to a familiar style.
Les Garçons is a bar à manger on Rue Monge in Dijon, pairing local microbrewery beer and house cocktails with homemade world-cuisine plates since 2021.
DrinkLocal microbrewery beers and on-site cocktails
FoodHomemade world cuisine plates
TipThe wine list includes bottles from friends' vines that the team helped harvest, and the sharing plates change with the seasons.
Les Berthom pours a dozen rotating draught beers on Rue Monge in Dijon, a reclaimed-wood beer bar near Place Émile Zola with a nightly happy hour.
DrinkTwelve rotating draught beers
FoodSimple bar snacks alongside the tap list
TipHappy hour runs 17:00 to 20:00 daily on twelve taps; two new kegs and four bottles rotate in every month.
L'Atelier Focaccia sells sourdough focaccia sandwiches from around €9 on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, a budget-friendly Italian street-food counter.
TrySourdough focaccia sandwiches
TipIt stays open until 23:00, later than most Dijon lunch-counter kitchens on the same square.
Staff Pizza sells takeaway pizzas on Rue le Notre in Dijon at budget prices, open every single day of the week from late morning into the evening hours.
TryWood-style pizzas made to order
TipIt is one of the few Dijon kitchens open every single day, useful when other spots are shut.
Aki serves ramen, donburi and okonomiyaki on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, a Japanese counter with every main dish priced under fourteen euros.
TryRamen, donburi rice bowls and okonomiyaki
TipSunday lunch is closed, so this is an evening-only day for a bowl of ramen here.
L'Atelier Focaccia stays open to eleven at night on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, later than most lunch-counter kitchens sharing the same square.
TrySourdough focaccia sandwiches
TipIt stays open until 23:00, later than most Dijon lunch-counter kitchens on the same square.
Staff Pizza bakes until eleven every night on Rue le Notre in Dijon, one of the few kitchens in the city serving a full seven-day late schedule.
TryWood-style pizzas
TipIt is one of the few Dijon kitchens open every single day, useful when other spots are shut.
The Blue Dog is a beer and sports bar on Place Émile Zola in Dijon, with a draught list that changes regularly and big matches on screen until 02:00.
TipThe draft list rotates often; ask which keg is newest before defaulting to a familiar style.
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