Le Grand Véfour
Le Grand Véfour (French: supraportes, continues its tradition of gastronomy at the same location, "a history-infused citadel of classic French cuisine."[8]
In 1983, the restaurant was destroyed in a bomb attack. It was then bought by Jean Taittinger who restored and reopened the place.[9]
When it lost one of its three
Taittinger Group, it was headline news.[11]
Notes
- ^ Elizabeth Sharland, A Theatrical Feast in Paris: From Molière to Deneuve 2008:40ff, "Le Grand Véfour".
- ^ A compliment to the aristocratic landlord, the duc de Chartres, soon to be known as Philippe-Égalité.
- ^ Rebecca L. Spang, The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, pp. 6, 64, 182, 187, 206, 220, 224, 226, 238f and 245.
- ^ Sharland 2008:41.
- ^ Pudlowski, Gilles (15 April 2024). "La Crème de la Crème : Guy Martin au Véfour : » je cuisine avec mes souvenirs. »". Le blog de Gilles Pudlowski. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Little brass plaques mark the favourite seats of notables like Colette and Victor Hugo.
- ^ ""Les étoiles du Grand Véfour"". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
- ^ Frommer's Guide
- ISBN 9780595374519.
- ^ The third star, awarded Olivier in 1953 and lost with his departure, had been regained in the 2000 Guide Michelin ("Les étoiles du Grand Véfour" Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine).
- ^ "Grand Vefour restaurant in Paris loses third Michelin star" International Herald-Tribune,, 3 March 2008
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