The chalk hill of the champagne houses, where Pommery, Taittinger and Ruinart run cellar visits in old chalk pits and the Crayères estate keeps a two-star room and a brasserie.
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.
Le Parc Les Crayères is the two-Michelin-star dining room of the Crayères estate in Reims, where chef Christophe Moret cooks beside over 1,000 champagnes.
OrderThe Menu Signature at €270, the top of three set menus that start at €120.
TipThe Menu Inspiration at €120 is the entry point; a formal dress code applies, though no tie or jacket is required.
Polychrome is Taittinger's lunch-only table d'assemblage in Reims, where chef Charles Coulombeau's menus are paired glass by glass with the house champagnes.
OrderThe four-course menu at €80, or €125 with the three-glass champagne pairing.
TipThe entrance is through the Taittinger cellar-visit door on Place Saint-Nicaise, and the last lunch service is at 13:45.
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