Brasserie Georges
Lyon, France
The read// why locals go
Brasserie Georges has stood on Place Antonin Poncet since 1836 and remains one of the largest brasseries in Europe. The hall seats hundreds under an Art Deco ceiling, and the scale is the point: waiters in long aprons crossing the room, choucroute and andouillette leaving the kitchen in volume, île flottante arriving in a bowl built for sharing. Mains run around €28. Lyon uses it for everything — birthdays, business lunches, reunions, the meal after the train pulls into Perrache next door. Few restaurants stay this useful to a city for nearly two centuries.
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Place Antonin Poncet 30, 69002 — Lyon
The read// why locals go
Brasserie Georges has stood on Place Antonin Poncet since 1836 and remains one of the largest brasseries in Europe. The hall seats hundreds under an Art Deco ceiling, and the scale is the point: waiters in long aprons crossing the room, choucroute and andouillette leaving the kitchen in volume, île flottante arriving in a bowl built for sharing. Mains run around €28. Lyon uses it for everything — birthdays, business lunches, reunions, the meal after the train pulls into Perrache next door. Few restaurants stay this useful to a city for nearly two centuries.
