L'Épicerie

Lyon


Done out like an early-20th-century grocer's, with distressed cupboards full of china and old boxes and canisters, this place serves thickly sliced tartines (open-faced sandwiches) with toppings such as brie, walnut and honey, as well as delicious desserts – the chocolate mousse is astonishingly good.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Lyon attractions

1. Musée de l'Imprimerie

0.2 MILES

From early equipment through to computerised technology, this absorbing museum traces the history of the city's printing industry.

2. Palais de Justice

0.23 MILES

Facing the river in old Lyon, the grandiose neo-classical Palais de Justice is well worth a gander.

3. Le Petit Musée Fantastique de Guignol

0.25 MILES

The star of this tiny, two-floor museum is Guignol, the Lyonnais puppet famous for its slapstick antics and political commentary. Various animated scenes…

4. Musée Miniature et Cinéma

0.25 MILES

This maze-like museum on tourist-busy rue St-Jean provides an unusual insight into the making of movie sets and special effects achieved with the use of…

5. Cathédrale St-Jean-Baptiste

0.26 MILES

Lyon's partly Romanesque cathedral was built between the late 11th and early 16th centuries. The portals of its Flamboyant Gothic facade, completed in…

6. Place Bellecour

0.28 MILES

One of Europe’s largest public squares, gravel-strewn place Bellecour was laid out in the 17th century. In the centre is an equestrian statue of Louis XIV.

7. Musées Gadagne

0.29 MILES

Housed in a 16th-century mansion built for two rich Florentine bankers, this twin-themed exhibition space incorporates an excellent local history museum,…

8. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.35 MILES

This stunning and eminently manageable museum showcases France's finest collection of sculptures and paintings outside of Paris, from antiquity onwards…