A casual and wallet-friendly favorite in Dijon is La Menuiserie, the hip, Friends-feel café run by a young, passionate crew. Standouts include the giant muffins in the morning, pâté en croûte (meat pie) for lunch and tapas for dinner. Other cool new restaurants to check out in Dijon include: Le Malto, run by a mom-and-son duo featuring haute cuisine; Monique, a farm-to-table bistro by chef Clara Reydet (female-led kitchens are still pretty rare in France); and Origine by Japanese chef Tomofumi Uchimura, who trained under some of the country’s most notable chefs and was recently awarded a Michelin star of his own, too.
