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a bistro that got ambitious and put beer in the name.
means a casual french restaurant, often attached to a brewery, serving hearty classics all day long.
from french for brewery, from brasser meaning to brew; alsatian brewers in the 1800s started serving food alongside their beer and the name stuck to the food long after the beer became optional.
open hourstraditionally serves continuously, no afternoon closing
menu staplesteak frites appears on nearly every one
alsace originborn from brewers fleeing german annexation in 1871
for instance
brasserie lipp — paris, 1880, hemingway wrote there between drinks
bofinger — paris, 1864, oldest brasserie still serving choucroute
balthazar — new york, 1997, brought the format to soho