Restaurants in Alsace & Lorraine
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L'Étude
Hugely popular with local cognoscenti, this eatery is a quintessentially French mixture of the intellectual (the walls are lined with books) and the gastronomic (French, of course) - a coming together of the mind and the stomach, if you will. There's live music (jazz, chansons, Roma - the website has the schedule) from about 20:00 on Friday and Saturday (except in July and August; reservations recommended).
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Au Renard Prêchant
A stuffed, bespectacled renard (fox) preaching to ducks presides over this warm, woody and very Alsatian restaurant, housed in a 16th-century chapel. Gibier (game) bagged by Molsheim-area hunters is an autumn and winter speciality. Take bus 30 to get here.
Located in a former medieval church, this hearty restaurant serves quality Alsatian cuisine. The menu features game in season.
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Canada'Venture
So you're tired of French food, eh? How about brochettes de bison grillées (grilled bison brochettes) washed down with a Canadian beer, eh? At this themed eatery, the cuisine, like the décor - snow shoes, a wooden canoe, stuffed racoons and even a cigar store Indian straight out of 'Seinfeld' - are the Canadophilic owners' heartfelt, if cringe-inducing, homage to the Great White North.
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Au Crocodile
This hushed temple of French gastronomy is named after a stuffed toothy critter (now suspended over the foyer) brought back from Egypt by one of Napoléon's generals. Artistically presented specialities such as smooth foie gras with rhubarb chutney and filet mignon in a mountain-cheese crust have won Au Crocodile a Michelin star. Advance reservations recommended.
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Winstub Le Clou
Diners sit together at long tables with paisley tablecloths, so come here for an evening in the company of fellow diners, not an intimate tête-à-tête. Specialities include baeckeoffe (around €17.90) and wädele braisé au pinot noir (around €15.90). A dozen Alsatian wines are available by the glass.
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La Choucrouterie
Naked ladies straddling giant sausages (on the menu, we hasten to add) and eccentric chefs juggling plates of steaming choucroute garnie are just the tip of the theatrical iceberg at this inimitable bistro and playhouse double act. Speak a few words of Alsatian and you'll get extra helpings of everything, guaranteed.
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Moozé
A hip and hugely popular Japanese place, given good marks by local cognoscenti, where colour-coded plates (around €3.50 to around €6) go round on a dual-carriageway conveyor belt. The bathrooms are integrated into a rock garden so those who come seeking physical relief will find spiritual repose as well.
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Maison des Tanneurs
Even locals book ahead at this former tannery, creaking under the weight of its 16th-century beams and billowing geraniums. Choucroute with fat pork knuckles and garlicky Alsatian-style escargot are matched with top-notch pinots and rieslings. Snag a window table for fine views of Petite France's canals.
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Tiger Wok
Locals chic-sters tired of pigs' knuckles and fois gras flock to this wokkery, where you choose your ingredients (vegies, fish, meat) and then tell your personal wokeur (wok guy) - muscular and short-sleeved - how to prepare them and with which sauces. The result: a quick, crunchy meal.
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La Cambuse
All portholes and polished wood, this shipshape bistro is the closest you'll get to dining on a private yacht in Strasbourg. The experimental chef infuses seafood with Asian spices – think sweet and sour turbot and fish choucroute with saffron. Reservations essential.
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Brasserie Excelsior
As opulent as a Fabergé egg with its stucco and stained glass, Excelsior whisks you back to the decadent era of art nouveau. Brusquely efficient waiters bring brasserie classics such as oysters (in the R months), juicy steaks and banquet-like seafood platters to the table.
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Chez Tony
Generously heaped plates of antipasti, freshly made pasta, colourful garden chairs, big smiles all round – it's a Tuscan garden party every lunchtime at Chez Tony in Nancy's covered market. Toast your find with a glass of olive liqueur or Chianti.
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Bistrot et Chocolat
Chocolate fondue, organic hot chocolate with ginger, chocolate soup sprinkled with gingerbread croutons… this boho-chic bistro is an ode to the cocoa bean. Weekend brunches are a treat. Check the website for details on children's cooking classes.
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El Theatris
Serves traditional French cuisine with 'echoes from ailleurs' (elsewhere). The neoclassical décor mirrors the architecture outside. The candles are calming and so is the music, which ranges from Glenn Miller to light opera.
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Crêperie Le Chouchen
Gussied up like a Breton village, this restaurant - named after Breton honey wine - is the best place in town for sweet and savoury crêpes washed down with cidre (cider) or a beer from Brittany. Salads are also available.
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Restaurant Thierry
Walking into this spice-scented, lantern-lit restaurant is like stepping into the glammest of Marrakchi riads. An open fire crackles in the salon, where an aperitif works up an appetite for Asian- and Moroccan-inflected dishes, such as delicate prawn nems (spring rolls), seafood tagines and beautifully cooked sole with tempura. Often full, so call ahead if possible.
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La Cloche à Fromage
Au revoir diet…loosen a belt notch or three for Strasbourg's gooiest fondues and raclette at this temple to fromage, saving an inch for the 200-variety cheese board of Guinness Book of World Records fame.
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Aux Délices du Palais
Purple walls and glitter balls, this shabby-chic bistro serves whatever the jovial chef fancies cooking – from flavoursome tagines to fajitas. Great value, so it's no wonder it has an enthusiastic local following.
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La Bouche á L'Oreille
Chandeliers and flowery wallpaper give this bistro the feel of an overgrown doll's house. The menu places an emphasis on cheese, from creative salads to raclette and fondues. Service can be slooow.
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L'Assiette du Vin
Market-fresh cuisine with a twist, discreet service and an award-winning wine list lure discerning foodies to this rustic-chic bistro in the old town. The plat du jour is a snip at €8.50.
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La Bourse
Under a trompe l'œil sky, this art deco brasserie serves deliciously crisp tartes flambées, flavoursome baeckeoffe and meaty Alsatian staples like fleischnacka.
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Au Coin des Pucelles
This snug winstub has just six tables, a red-checked tablecloth on each, and solid Alsatian fare such as choucroute au canard. Perfect for a late dinner.
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Chez Tanésy – Le Gastrolâtre
A 16th-century town house has been transformed into this homey, intimate bistro specialising in mouth-watering Lorraine- and Provence-inspired cuisine, including fowl.
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La Tinta
Words smother the walls of this boho-flavoured literary café. It's a blissfully relaxed spot for lunch or a cup of organic tea with a slice of homemade tart.
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La Baraka
Fancy a change? This unassuming North African place rustles up just-right tagines, meltingly tender lamb and couscous properly infused with saffron.
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