A la Tête d’Or
6, rue des Lavandières Sainte Opportune
75001 Paris
Phone : (33) 01 42 36 85 91
Métro Châtelet-Ligne 1

Open from monday untill friday

Service from 12 to 3hpm
and from 6 to 10 pm

How to get A la Tete d'Or

Nearby the Rivoli Street, stands a bistro which resists to the present time trend of uniformity. A la Tete d’Or (the golden head), is one of the historic bistros located in the heart of Paris, which have came accross the years without change.
A la Tete d’Or, is one of these bistros where members of the corporations working each night in « les Halles de Paris » gathered at dawn. Here, scores of butchers, merchants of vegetables or flowers, leaned on theirs elbows at the bar, eating, drinking, laughing with another corporation : prostitutes.

Despite all the area transformations, A la Tête d’Or remains an authentic Parisian bistro run by the same aveyronnaise family for thirty years ; the Panis Familly. They are natives of Naucelles in Segala region. The son Charles is now running the restaurant with his wife Guylène for twelve years. They are very strict on the quality of the products they propose. These products are directly coming from Aveyron. One can order beef of Aubrac breed, Calf from Segala and cheese from Roquefort or Ecir d’Aubrac. The Foie gras is home made. Charles is also very strict on the freshness of the products. So, once a week, he wakes up at 3 AM and drives to Rungis, the professsional market for the food in the south suburb of Paris to find genuine products directly from the producers.

A la Tete d’Or, is a convivial place. The dining rooms are confortable and warm, with an authentic decor of wood. The great speciality of the house is the « Pavé of Aubrac beef au jus de Marcillac » (special wine from Aveyron). Every day, the bistro formula changes with menus from 15 to 19€. Concerning wines, Charles is found to make discoveries. Each week, he will propose you a selection of delicious little known wines from the Rhone valley or Languedoc region.