One French institution embraces another
Renowned Restaurant Guy Savoy has shifted to a grand top-floor space at Monnaie de Paris, the historic French mint building
Paris
FOR 28 years, one of this city's most famous restaurants operated out of a dark, starkly modern site on rue Troyon, a banal street in the 17th Arrondissement close to the Arc de Triomphe. Now diners at Restaurant Guy Savoy will enter a grand 4,300 square foot top-floor space on the site of both the oldest institution in France and the oldest factory in Paris: the Monnaie de Paris - the French mint.
Chef Savoy officially moves his signature restaurant next Tuesday, but the celebration has already begun. Hundreds of friends and associates turned up recently for a tour and a taste of some of the classics that have earned the chef three Michelin stars: artichoke with black truffle soup served with toasted mushroom brioche and truffle butter; a "club sandwich" amuse-bou…
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