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Private excursion to Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits (full day)

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La Table du Square

After a top-to-toe makeover, this bistro on the main boulevard sports a lovely contemporary decor complete with wooden floors, black and white striped walls and photos of the stars of French cinema enjoying good food. Cooking has no secrets for chef Romain Escoffier (well, he does share the name of a legend of French cuisine!): he chooses local produce (such as succulent lamb reared at the Ferme de Clavisy) with which to craft his market-fresh cuisine. The à la carte menu and set menu (derived from the à la carte menu) are updated every fortnight. Given the location in Beaune, you won't be surprised to learn that the wine list boasts some 800 labels – so drink up!

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Soul Kitchen

“Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen” hauntingly sang Jim Morrison on the Doors’ first album and you can always ask Mathieu Guennal, the owner-chef who works alone in this dinky (12 seats only) downtown eatery in Beaune, if he’s willing to put you up! Mathieu works with local producers (chalked up on the blackboard) and cheerfully dishes up soul-warming, heartfelt nosh, as good as it is unfussy (such as slow-cooked pork belly, a ginger reduction and gratin of helianthus) in two gloriously priced €30 menus (one of which changes weekly). Take a seat and soak up the friendly, casual vibe of this small eatery with wooden floors and a raftered ceiling in the company of a generous chef.

L'Expression

This city-centre establishment serves top-drawer ingredients, many of which are to share (whole fish from the market, rib of Galice beef, butterflied, plump fattened Bresse Miéral chicken), in two trendily appointed dining rooms (open kitchen, glazed wine cellar and high tables). The food is cooked in a wood-fired oven. Extroverted, friendly atmosphere. Beautifully curated wine list.

Le Carmin

On Place Carnot, not far from the Hôtel-Dieu, this restaurant with a modern façade occupies the ground floor of a picturesque old house. After stints with Robuchon and Ducasse, chef Christophe Quéant crafts modern, seasonal cuisine based on traditional textbook foundations. His top-quality ingredients are transformed into spot-on, straightforward dishes, blessedly free of fancy frills. The contemporary-style dining room, which sports a beige colour scheme and exposed stonework, is the perfect foil for delicious dishes such as caramelised quail breasts and legs, white asparagus and baby carrots and the hot Grand Marnier soufflé – to die for!

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