The former general hospital by the canal, reopened in 2022 as the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin, with its wine school, cooking school and food counters.
Meurette et Persillé is chef Florent Colombo's Burgundian dining room inside the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin complex in Dijon.
OrderThe oeufs en meurette, the dish the restaurant is named for and its clearest signature plate.
TipIt sits inside the Cité de la Gastronomie complex, so pair a meal with the free permanent exhibitions on the French gastronomic meal.
Boulangerie Eiffel bakes traditional baguettes, viennoiserie and savoury snacks on Avenue Gustave Eiffel, a family bakery near Dijon's food quarter.
Worth the queueTradition baguette
TipClosed Mondays like most Dijon bakeries; the savoury counter runs sandwiches, croques and fougasses through lunch.
Le Moulin is the bakery of Dijon's Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin, milling partner bread and pastries on Rue du Faubourg Raines.
Worth the queueCountry bread from Minoterie Forest flour
TipInside the Cité de la Gastronomie complex, so pair a loaf with the free permanent exhibitions or a class at the cooking school.
La Cabane à Burger grills its smash burgers to go on Rue Salvador Allende in Dijon, a takeaway counter across from the Lidl supermarket in town.
TrySmash burger
TipClosed Mondays; the Lidl car park opposite is the easiest place to park for a quick takeaway order.
Un Singe en Hiver brews four year-round beers on-site in a former flour mill on Rue François Robert in Dijon, with a bar and cultural events room.
TipSeasonal brews join the four year-round beers; the upstairs room programmes concerts, talks, exhibitions and screenings.
Marché du Port du Canal lines the renovated canal esplanade in Dijon with cheese and produce stalls every Wednesday morning beside the moored barges.
TipVendors set up along the esplanade in front of the moored barges; a cheese and dairy stall is a fixture most weeks.
The École des Vins de Bourgogne pairs five Burgundy appellations with five regional bites in a 45 minute to one hour workshop at the Cité de la Gastronomie in Dijon, with a 360-degree projection.
TipSessions are in French, adults only, and the ticket also opens the Cité's permanent exhibitions; arrive five minutes early, as late arrivals are not admitted.
The École des Vins de Bourgogne's 40 minute tasting initiation at the Cité de la Gastronomie in Dijon walks beginners through colour, nose and palate on a crémant, a white and a red.
TipNo wine knowledge is needed and the session runs in French; an English-language session is bookable from the same page, and under-18s cannot attend.
La Cuisine Expérientielle runs a Sunday brunch inside Dijon's Cité de la Gastronomie, products from its own shops and Meilleurs Ouvriers de France.
OrderA plate built from the Cité's own boutiques, cheese, charcuterie and pastry together.
TipThe brunch runs every Sunday of the year at the Cité, drawing on the products sold in its own food shops.
Un Singe en Hiver turns its former flour mill into a stage on Rue François Robert in Dijon, with concerts, DJ sets and exhibitions most weekends.
TipSeasonal brews join the four year-round beers; the upstairs room programmes concerts, talks, exhibitions and screenings.
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