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Dubbed Les Négos by locals, this café-style brasserie with mirror-lined walls and a
tree-shaded terrace has been a favourite meeting point with Lyonnais since 1864.
BRASSERIE GEORGES €€
( 04 72 56 54 54;
www.brasseriegeorges.com
;
30 cours de Verdun, 2e; menus
€18.50-24; 11.30am-11.15pm Sun-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri & Sat; Perrache)
Opened as a brewery in 1836 and still in the business (with four brews on tap), Ge-
orges' enormous 1924 art deco interior can feed 2000 a day! Famous customers
have included Rodin, Balzac, Hemingway, Zola, Jules Verne and Piaf; food spans
onion soup, sauerkraut, seafood and Lyonnais specialities.
Brasserie
BRASSERIE LÉON DE LYON €€
Brasserie
( 04 72 10 11 12;
www.leondelyon.com
;
1 rue Pléney, 1e; menus €19.50-34; Hôtel
de Ville)
Renowned Lyonnais chef Jean-Paul Lacombe has turned his Michelin-
starred gastronomic restaurant into a relaxed brasserie - same 1904 decor, same
impeccable service, more-affordable prices.
MAGALI ET MARTIN €€
Lyonnais
( 04 72 00 88 01; 11 rue Augustins, 1er; lunch/dinner menus €19.50/35; lunch &
dinner Mon-Fri, closed 3 weeks Aug & late Dec-mid Jan; Hôtel de Ville)
Peep into
the third of the trio of large glass windows fronting this fantastic eating space to
watch the chefs turning out traditional but lighter, more-varied
bouchon
-influenced
cuisine.
Drinking & Entertainment
Weekly 'what's on' guides include
Lyon Poche
(
www.lyonpoche.com
,
in French; at
corners)
.
PLACE DES TERREAUX
(12 rue Ste-Catherine, 1er; Hôtel de Ville)
The bounty of café terraces on the Pres-
qu'île's central square buzz with drinkers all hours.
Cafés
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