I know Lyon is considered the capital of French gastronomy, but I didn’t anticipate the long list of possibilities provided by our cuisiniere. How to choose? If anyone has experience with the below selections (good, bad, or so-so), please let me know.

Hilarious that she included:

Yoga classes in English :

O Yoga

19 rue Cuvier 69006 Lyon

Tel: 04 78 41 09 82

LYON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LUCY VANEL

For takeout food, charcuterie, fresh oysters, greatcheese selections :

Les Halles Paul Bocuse

23 Cours Lafayette

69003 LYON

For locally processed escargots in cans for shipping and shells to go with

Maison Malatre

One location in Les Halles Bocuse, another on Quai St. Antoine

Excellent cheese shop on the CroixRousse plateau:

Didier Gallant

8, rue d’Austerlitz 69004

Excellent butcher

Tete Beche

18 rue Pierres Plantées

Restaurant Copain Copines sur la Colline (café, market cuisine)

3 rue Duvlard

69004 Lyon

Nice lunch choice

Restaurant Albert

10 place Fernand Rey

69001 Lyon

Tél : 04 78 27 95 56

Nice bistro for a tete à tete, reserve for dinner,

You can sometimes get a table at lunch without a reservation.

Leon de Lyon – classic Bistrot, always correct...

1 r Pleney 69001 LYON

04 72 10 11 12

Café Archange

6 Rue Hippolyte Flandrin, 69001 Lyon

04 78 28 32 26

Restaurant Les Apothicaires

23 Rue de Sèze, 69006 Lyon

04 26 02 25 09

Nice place for dinner in Vieux Lyon :

Les Adrets

30, rue de Bœuf 69005 LYON

04 78 38 24 30

A Bouchon that is open on Sunday for lunch and dinner :

Bouchon des Filles

20 rue Sergent Blandin

69001 LYON

04.78.30.40.44

Café des Fédérations (bouchon)

10 rue Major Martin

69001 Lyon

04.78.28.26.00

This is an old school Bouchon

Le Potager des Halles – the wine bar by the Fresque des Canuts has nice small plates and a good wine list. (NOTE: The bistro next door ismore formal and less value for the money)

3, Rue de la Martinière

69001

04 72 00 24 84

Out shopping near Bellecour and need a convenient place for an informal but quality lunch choice:

Restaurant Pignol

17 rue Emile Zola

Bistro with a nice menu and feel, lunch and dinner

Balthaz'Art

7 Rue des Pierres Plantées, 69001 Lyon

04 72 07 08 88

The boulangerie where we normally purchase our breads:

L'Atelier Du Boulanger

159 bd Croix Rousse
69004 LYON

Another bakery that is worth a trip off the beaten path for their excellent breakfast pastries (cash only)

Partisan Boulangerie

2 Rue du Chariot d'Or, 69004 Lyon

Chocolate Shop and also Salon de Thé withclassic French pastries and hot chocolate in silverpots and the possibility to choose your pastry from a tray:

Bernachon

42, Cours Franklin Roosevelt

69006 LYON

04.78.24.37.98

Chocolate shop with novel gifts and fabulous hot chocolate to go (when the weather's cold) :

Sebastien Bouillet

3 r Austerlitz
69004 LYON

Excellent Knife Store (this is the place you can getgood French knives and knives made by the owner) :

La Coutellerie de Lyon

5 Place Bellecour

69002 LYON

Charcuterie made in-house, traditional sabodet, sauccison sec, etc.

Reynon

13 rue Archers, Lyon 69002

Kitchen Ware and supplies shop with French pastry supplies (tarte rings, piping tips, etc.)

G Detou will have verjus, escargots, and alsopastry supplies like fondant, almond flour...

A Simon / G. Detou

4 r Plat
69002 LYON

Fresh quenelles if you have a kitchen in your accommodations :

Au Petit Vatel

1, rue Pierre Corneille (on the corner with rue de Seze)

69006 Lyon, France

04 78 52 11 45

Clothing to measure and not too expensive:

Boutique XIX

19 r Charité
69002 LYON

less than a week turnover

Flea Market, Saturdays and Sundays

Le Puce du Canal

1 r Canal
69100 VILLEURBANNE

Kitchenware and notably Emile Henry products (Tarte Tatin set, for example):

Cuisine d’Emile

18 r Brest
69002 LYON

04 78 37 33 43

Aprons like the ones we use at Plum:

Bragard

24 Boulevard des Brotteaux, 69006 Lyon

Phone: 04 78 24 66 02

Kitchenware and pastry supplies and equipment

A place to go for natural wines (wines made without chemicals):

Ô vins d'anges

2 Pl. Bertone, 69004 Lyon

09 51 88 20 99

Close to the Kitchen:

Good cavise near the kitchen (also sells dried sausage for an evening snack):

Les Vins Magnifiques

120 Montée de la Grande-Côte, 69001 Lyon

Great olives and Italian style aperitif items (takeout)

Mangiabuono

48 Rue Sergent Blandan Ancienne Voie du Rhin, 69001 Lyon

09 86 71 69 45

Coffee Shops serving good coffee with wifi signal

Café Mokxa

3 Rue de l'Abbé Rozier, 69001 Lyon

Cafe Le Tigre

91 Montée de la Grande Cote, 69001 Lyon

Slake Coffee

9 Rue de l'Ancienne Préfecture, 69002 Lyon