This article is about the restaurant in Paris. For other uses, see
Chartier .
Restaurant in Paris, France
Bouillon Chartier View of entrance of Chartier.
Established 1896 Food type French Dress code Casual Street address 7, Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre City Paris Country France Reservations No Website bouillon-chartier.com
Bouillon Chartier , or simply Chartier , is a "bouillon " restaurant in Paris founded in 1896,[ 1] 9th arrondissement and classified as a monument historique
History
The restaurant was created in 1896 by two brothers, Frédéric and Camille Chartier, in a building resembling a railway station concourse.
The long Belle Époque dining room has a high ceiling supported by large columns which allows for a mezzanine , where service is also provided.
It opened with the name "Le Bouillon " (lit. broth , or stock , but in this context, a type of brasserie ;[ 2] Grands Boulevards , the Hôtel Drouot , the Musée Grévin , and the Palais de la Bourse . The restaurant has had only four owners since opening.[ 3]
Service
The restaurant is open 365 days a year with a menu [ 4] French cuisine . The table service is provided by waiting staff dressed in the traditional rondin waistcoat with multiple pockets and a long white apron .
The restaurant's popularity leads to lines in the courtyard or under the porch and sometimes on the sidewalk outside. Tables are shared between strangers. The bill is written directly on the disposable paper tablecloth at the end of the meal.[ 3]
In popular culture
The restaurant is mentioned in Albert Willemetz 's 1939 song "Félicie aussi ", sung by Fernandel .
In Les Beaux Quartiers , Louis Aragon mentions Le Bouillon Chartier: the young medical student character Edmond Barbentane has lunch there regularly.
A description of dining at Le Bouillon Chartier in the early 1970s is given by John Adamson in Footloose in France .[ 5]
See also
Notes
^ Listed in Baedeker, Karl (1907). "Restaurants" . Paris and environs: with routes from London to Paris Baedeker . p. 21.
^ Thomazeau, François; Ageorges, Sylvain (2007). The Brasseries of Paris New York Review of Books . pp. 54, 81, 181. ISBN 978-1-892145-49-9 ^ a b Carisey, Regis. Hommes et établissements des métiers de bouche ISBN 9781291465747 ^ Solène (13 April 2023). "Bouillon Chartier Menu Prix France Mis à jour pour 2023" . frmenu.com (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2023 . ^ Adamson, John, and Clive Jackson, Footloose in France , Cambridge: John Adamson , 2023, ISBN 978-1-898565-18-5 .
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