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St-Germain & Les Invalides


An advance online booking is essential at this glorious 'bistro nature', showcase for the earthy but refined cuisine of chef François Gagnaire who ran a Michelin-starred restaurant in Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne before uprooting to the French capital. He still sources dozens of regional products – Puy lentils, meat from Haute-Loire, St-Nectaire cheese – from small-time producers in central France, to stunning effect.


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