The best bistros and brasseries Route de la soie

Sheltered from the crowd, you can enjoy every moment of your meal at Quaranta Ladroni (the forty thieves). This small neighborhood brasserie seduces as much by its small romantic tables with candles along the canal as by its simple and tasty fish cuisine. You can see the Venetians (the real ones) parking their little boat to come here for dinner. And if you have to wait a long time for a seat, it is on the small bridge next door that you will wait, with a first glass in your hand, contemplating this timeless setting. Admit that there are worse things, right?

The harmony of wines is a warm place where there are no hours, or almost, to find among friends. Friendly and informal, at the same time as wine bar - with no fewer than 350 references - and restaurant, the Harmony des Vins is the perfect place to stay. The presence of the apparent stones only reinforces the authenticity of the place, and the councils of these wine cellars are best advised. On-site, you can accompany the precious beverage of cheese or cold meats or even more elaborate dishes such as the delicious spices of lamb lamb or the pennes of pistou and shrimps, not forgetting the ravioles, the speciality of the house. Wine harmony also offers oenology courses as well as tasting competitions on a Saturday afternoon. Note that it is also possible to purchase bottles. In short, this is a refined, innovative and pleasant place.

Workers, workers (please do not remind anyone?) and all those who wish to make a nice meal in this semi-pedestrian area between Guichard Square and Les Halles Paul Bocuse, here is a brewery that has taken our attention this year. A nice terrace with large umbrellas in a pleasant passage, wine cellar behind the counter and room with the current tones to offer us a map ready to satisfy all appetites, especially those - and they are many - lovers of tartars. La Brasserie de la Bourse offers the only "tartare bar" of the city with a dozen tartars on the menu. Quality meat for a tartar cut to the knife to savour according to its style: Lyonnais, Italian, Spicy, Japanese, Thai, Fresca (grapefruit, cucumber, green apple, dill, shallot and lemon juice: excellent), Tropical, Asian, South or Indian. There is even a tasting plate to taste a maximum. Salads, traditional dishes of brasserie (frites fries, chef of the chef) and more original dishes (magret of cherry cherry duck, bream filet, candied lemon, vinegar of raspberry) to the desserts with a carrot tartar and ginger, lemon foam, nougatine to the coriander seed. Interesting wine list. An entrance noticed in our guide. 

A few steps from the Palazzo Ducale, on the first floor of a period building, this small bistro is a pleasant discovery for gourmets. The walls of the room are covered with red paint and old newspaper sheets, which gives the place a certain charm. A literary atmosphere that whets the appetite for the excellent Genoese minestrone (vegetable soup, beans with pesto), the local stockfisch or the tasty lasagne. But for once, the meat specialities are the most popular here, including the exquisite hare in sauce.

Located on the pleasant campo San Stefano, the terrace is nice after a long walk. But the real interest of the address is the small pastry in the tea room where Venetian sweets are honored. From the famous baicoli (chat languages) to the Doge pan (dried fruit biscuit) through zaeti, you will regain strength and you will have the courage to measure you at the nearby Accademia Bridge. The Café also offers simple meals (pasta, pizzas…) at all times of the day.

The least we can write is that if this restaurant is not still unanimously appreciated, it has rectified its situation since our last not very rave reviews. Setting did not change and steps from Musée d'Art Moderne, the room is modern in white and red tone to highlight fluid forms, including this staircase leading to the mezzanine. The terrace overlooking the amphitheatre, sheltered by large parasols, offers a pleasant refuge. The point of improvement is both services, more responsive and friendly at the time of our visit, and the cuisine that will never be that of Mathieu Viannay, Christophe Marguin or Frédéric Berthod, three chefs combined in the business, but a good cuisine in a brasserie way with some gourmet refinement as extra. On an well-stuffed menu, a Marmande tomato tartare served with a half ball of real di bufalo mozzarella, pesto and condiments, a whole grilled fish according to the arrival, lobster salad, risotto worthy of this name or a roast veal sweetbreads in casserole, before enjoying the famous creamy chocolate fondant. Fine wine list for an address that move on top in our selection list.

Where the article is important, and where the woman wins, finally, on the male! The Left Bank is a peaceful island in a green park, Gerland Park, probably the most beautiful terrace in Lyon and one of the most pleasant in warm summer hours. To cool down, direction the bar all day. In order to delight you, we trust the choice of a patron in harmony and going, a former butcher who knows how to choose his good products, especially meat. If you can enjoy a generous salad made of fresh ingredients or a adjacent, you can come and enjoy the delicious dishes of the house. The beef tartar - large beef filaments chopped minute - to mix yourself offers a pure moment of happiness, while you love to enjoy the pleasure of eating a homemade burger with delicious homemade French fries as well as desserts with a strawberry tiramisu. An ideal place to spend a relaxing tour of Gerland.

At the end of the beautiful footbridge facing the law courts, benefiting from a new terrace on Quai de Saone, Buvette Saint-Antoine is not really a recent address, since it has been the "Lyon inhabitants' meeting place" since 1872! Yes, but, it's a place which we have abandoned in favour of the new banks of the Rhone which offer a more pleasant setting all the same, let's admit it. As time goes by, the banks of Saône was restored at the same time as this famous Bar which has found a new lease of life. On summer evenings, open-air café atmosphere with music and well-served seafood, but still pleasant snacks with salads which are largely worth others, ideal boards to accompany an aperitif, like this whole sausage or toasted spread available according to all the desires, without forgetting the ice-creams and the beautiful drink menu and a wide range of champagne. There are many "all inclusive" package to enjoy on the Quai de Saône within a very nice atmosphere.