Brasserie Georges

The Brasserie Georges brews its own beer, a tradition from its inception, when water in Lyon was considered of exceptional quality.

[4] The location of the brasserie, on a land reclaimed from the swamps of the confluence of the Saône and the Rhône, was chosen because it corresponded to the stage coaches on the axis Paris-Lyon-Saint-Étienne-Marseille.

The construction of the Brasserie Georges was an architectural challenge: 710 m² ceiling are supported only by four 25-foot fir beams,[5] brought from Chartreuse by oxen.

In the late nineteenth century, the brasserie had five pool tables and walls were painted with a backdrop composed of vegetation with animals such as peacocks and monkeys.

[citation needed] In the entrance, four windows from the early twentieth century represent sculpture, geography, painting and music.

[citation needed] Many famous people have eaten in the restaurant, including Paul Verlaine, Jules Verne, Émile Zola, Édith Piaf, Colette, Ernest Hemingway, Jacques Brel, Alphonse Daudet, Anatole France, Léon Blum, Auguste and Louis Lumière, Luis Mariano, Auguste Rodin and many others.