Definitions for "Bouchon"
a small, brasserie-style restaurant serving local specialities of Lyon, France's gourmet capital - that explains where this establishment gets its name from
a small, simple style restaurant serving local specialities in Lyons, France's gourmet capital
A bouchon is a type of restaurant found in Lyon, France, that serves traditional Lyonnaise cuisine, such as sausages, duck pâté or roast pork. Compared to other forms of French cooking such as nouvelle cuisine, the dishes are quite fatty, and heavily oriented around meat. There are around 20 officially certified traditional bouchons, but a larger number of establishments describing themselves using the term.