It seems that most if not all of the grand old brasseries have been taken over by Flo. I can%26#39;t stand it! I%26#39;ve been looking for one but they%26#39;re either Flo, or they receive terrible reviews. Is anyone still doing it the way it should be done? Thanks!
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There are literally dozens. Keep searching. You%26#39;ll find them eventually.
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Here are a coupla Art Nouveau beauties I like Bouillon Racine bouillon-racine.com/en/restaurant/index.html and the Vagenende www.vagenende.fr/us/p1.html
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Justy wondering,, what changes have you noticed now that said brasseries are taken over by the Flo chain. Last time I was there( summer 2008) the menu and food and atmosphere at La Coupole did not seem much changed from years before ( time beoore last year I had been there was about 7 years ago)
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Lots and lots......
Gérard Joulie is another chain of several classic brasseries.
http://www.gerard-joulie.com/
Mollard across from Gare St. Lazare
http://www.mollard.fr/
Gallopin across from La Bourse
http://www.brasseriegallopin.com/
Vagenende on Blvd Saint-Germain
http://www.vagenende.fr/
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Au Pied de Cochon
http://www.pieddecochon.com/index.php?lang=fr
Open 24 hours since 1946 allegedly...
A friend of ours had the signature dish (something to do with St Anthony if memory serves) which was a platter of, err, unusual pig parts: snout, trotter, tail, ears!!!
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I don%26#39;t even consider the Flo places (or the Pied de Cochon or other similar places) to be brasseries at all -- they are restaurants with the word %26quot;brasserie%26quot; in the name, just like some restaurants have the word %26quot;bistro%26quot; or %26quot;bistrot%26quot; in their name even though that just means %26quot;bar%26quot; in French. There are also restaurants with names like %26quot;Café de l%26#39;Industrie%26quot; which is not at all a café anymore but a restaurant near Bastille.
A brasserie is a big café with full restaurant service, but it is not at all the same thing as a classic restaurant, because the fact that it is a café means that you can stand and have a drink at the bar, or sit at a table and just have a drink -- which you cannot do in a restaurant.
A lot of restaurants started out as brasseries (Terminus Nord across from Gare du Nord comes to mind), but they have moved on in the last 50 years, causing much confusion among tourists who are not clear about the actual meaning of all of these various names as used in France.
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We were going to put a footnote to our post as to whether Au Pied de Cochon is a brasserie or not as we%26#39;ve never really understood the different categories - thanks kerouac2 for explaining it...
Would that mean that La Coupole was a true brasserie as it has the cafe tables at the front (and you can stand at the bar to the side) as well as dining at the back?
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I echo InnaMontreal%26#39;s reco of Boullion Racine. It%26#39;s a lovely brasserie on r. Racine off blvd. St. Michel just up from the Cluny metro stop. I%26#39;ve never had a bad meal there.
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Yes, ragoora, La Coupole is still a brasserie because it has café service.
As for the Bouillon Racine, it is just a restaurant.
However, I do understand the urge to use the word %26quot;brasserie%26quot; for any casual restaurant, even though it is incorrect -- it sounds less stuffy.
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kerouac, I think we %26quot;tourists%26quot; associate (read: confuse) the word brasserie with the glamorous Belle Époque décor: the shiny brass, frosted glass lamps, engraved mirrors, the ornate woodwork etc. - more than with an actual procedure of serving.
That%26#39;s what I tend to do, anyway. Are there any modern brasseries at all ??
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