restaurant

Les Caves Madeleine

Les Caves Madeleine (Beaune)

© Les Caves Madeleine

  • Date
  • share

Wine crates, a big blackboard menu hanging on the wall, wine posters, a communal table in the middle of the room… At this unfussy cave à manger, chef-proprietor Martial Blanchon pampers Beaune’s high society with a seemingly endless wine list and authentic dishes to boot. Served à la carte the night we went: a lively, freshly marinated amberjack over a bed of herbed eggplant caviar; excellent slow-roasted Quercy lamb ravioli in an incredible lamb and fig leaf broth, served with a carrot purée; before a delicate chocolate flan pâtissier served with cocoa sorbet. The six-course dinner menu is worth considering as well, featuring dishes like hanger steak tartare with hazelnuts and Parmesan; vegetable and verbena soup with country bacon and an egg from La Ruchotte; chuck steak with a tarragon sabayon; and a moist biscuit with hazelnut praline ice cream. Plus, there’s a much more affordable prix-fixe lunch menu served during the week – lemony carrot and celery rémoulade with a poached egg and bread chips; Dombes carp quenelle in bisque; a layered bitter chocolate dessert. // G.D.

FEELING THIRSTY? 700 labels to choose from, three quarters of which are from Burgundy: an Aligoté from the Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat (€6 a glass), a Volnay from Lucien Boillot (€9), a Mâcon white from Philippe Valette (€37 a bottle), a Chassagne-Montrachet white from the Domaine Ramonet (€93)… and even a 2009 Puligny-Montrachet from the Domaine d’Auvenay (€1,868) or a more reasonable Poulsard Arbois from the Domaine des Murmures (€52).

PRICE: Menus €23 (weekday lunch) and €55 (dinner), à la carte €41-53.

Late-night munchies?

Le Fooding’s 2023 Guide is ready to dazzle with its brilliant selection of the year’s latest hotspots, including 500 restaurants, bars, bedrooms, shops and cellars across France; a highly-anticipated award’s list; and ever-more enlightening in-depth articles sprinkled throughout the extravagant, 228-page edition of the yearly magazine, illustrated by the crème de la crème of emerging artists.

2021 Le Fooding guide frontcover
I WANT IT!
About

Le Fooding is a print and digital guide to all the restaurants, chefs, bars, stylish hotels and B&Bs that make up the “taste of the times,” plus an annual awards list for new establishments across France, a series of gastronomic events, a tool that allow you to make reservations at some fantastic bistros, and an agency specialized in event planning, content production and consulting… In short, something to keep you on your toes at all times!

Fooding® is a registered trademark.