Bistro lyonnais · since 2016
What's on the mirror is what you eat tonight
Lyonnais bistro on the square. A menu du jour every day, the bouchon classics, wine by the glass or the pot at the zinc bar and an upstairs room for 24 guests.
Jeudi
Menu du jour
- EntréeVelouté de potiron, crème fraîche
- PlatPot-au-feu
- DessertTarte aux pralines roses
38.50 + 3 verres 21
Written afresh by Léon every morning
Bonsoir.Come in, there's always a spot at the bar.
Le Petit Coin is a Lyonnais bistro, not a smart restaurant. You eat at small tables with a paper cloth, the plates come quickly and full, and the house wine arrives in a pot on the table.
In Lyon a place like this is called a bouchon: an eating house where silk weavers once had their midday meal. Hearty, honest and no fuss. Léon grew up above his uncle's bouchon and brought that cooking to Voorbeeldstad.
Every morning he stops by the market. What is good goes on the mirror that evening. The rest of the menu moves with what the farmers harvest, but the classics stay: steak frites, coq au vin, the quenelle and the pink praline tart.
Imke runs the floor and picks the bottles. She knows the winemakers of the Beaujolais and the Rhône and loves to pour something you have never had before. Not sure? Ask for a taste.
A bistro is not a restaurant. It's your second living room, with better wine.
Léon Ravier, chef
Chaque jour son platEach day its own plat, as in Lyon.
Blanquette on Tuesday, fish on Friday, a whole chicken to share on Sunday. The plat du jour is also the main course of the menu du jour. When it's gone, it's gone, so come early.
- LundiFerméClosed on Monday. Léon goes to the market.
- MardiTuesdayBlanquette de veauVeal stew in white cream sauce, mushrooms, rice25.50today
- MercrediWednesdayHachis parmentier de canardDuck leg under a blanket of mashed potato24.50today
- JeudiThursdayPot-au-feuBeef and winter vegetables from the broth, mustard and sea salt25.50today
- VendrediFridayBrandade de morueSalt cod with olive oil and potato, from the oven24.50today
- SamediSaturdayBœuf bourguignonBeef cheek in red wine, pearl onions, tagliatelle26.50today
- DimancheSundayPoulet rôti du dimancheWhole chicken for the table, jus, gratin dauphinois26today
La carteA taste of the regular menu.
- Salade lyonnaiseFrisée, bacon lardons, garlic croutons and a poached egg14,50
- Steak frites, sauce béarnaise250-gram bavette, twice-fried chips, béarnaise we whisk ourselves28,50
- Quenelle de brochet, sauce NantuaLight pike quenelle from the oven, with crayfish sauce. Lyon's calling card27,50
- Tarte aux pralines rosesLyonnais tart of pink candied almonds and cream. Sweet, and that's fine9,50
Au zincA glass, a pot or the whole bottle.
The bar at Le Petit Coin comes from a bistro in the Croix-Rousse. Sixty years of zinc, and every dent has a story. No need to book: pull up a stool and order a board of rosette with it.
In Lyon you drink the house wine from a pot lyonnais: a bottle with a thick base that holds 46 centilitres. Enough for two or three glasses. Cheaper than by the glass, and more sociable.
Blancs
Rouges
La salle d’en hautThe upstairs room, an evening all yours.
Above the bistro is a room with tall windows, its own bar and space for 24 guests at a nine-metre table. You get your own waiter and Léon plans the menu with you in advance.
- 12 to 24 guests seated, 35 standing
- Menus from 32 to 59 euros per person
- No room hire, but a minimum number of guests
Un Lyonnais et une HollandaiseA chef from Lyon and a host from Voorbeeldstad.
They met in a bouchon on the Rue Mercière. He was in the kitchen, she was on holiday and ordered the praline tart twice.
Ten years later they opened their own little corner on the square. He cooks, she pours. Both know their guests by name.
« On vous attend. » Imke
Une table pour ce soir ?Book here, or give us a call.
During the week there is often room. For Friday and Saturday evenings it's best to call ahead. At the zinc you never book: it's first come, first served.
We answer the phone from 15:00. More than eight of you? Have a look at the upstairs room.