Gay Lussac Jazz Café

Bistrot Rive Gauche next to the Luxembourg Gardens and the Pantheon. Traditional and friendly cuisine, popular jazz concert.

A bistro or bistrot is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant, serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting with alcohol. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. French home-style cooking, and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet, a bean stew, are typical.