SOLD. Mid Century Menu Restaurant de la Pyramid 1964
Item: Restaurant Menu (11 May 1964)
Title: Restaurant de la Pyramide, Vienne (Isère) France
45 francs sans vin
Dimensions : 16 1/4” x 10 ½” ((h x w) framed)
Notes: Magazine clipping glued to verso of restaurant with owner & staff.
SOLD.
Asking $95.
Restaurant De La Pyramide popularly known as La Pyramide was a Michelin Guide 3-star restaurant located in Vienne, Isère, France. It was widely believed to be the greatest restaurant in France while its owner Fernand Point (1897–1955) was alive.
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Gardens at the restaurant and hotel
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| Location | Vienne, France |
| Governing body | Private |
History
Point renamed the restaurant that his father bought. He quit Royal Hotel and started working there at 24. He changed the name to La Pyramide (after a nearby Roman pyramid that had marked the turn of a chariot race track).
The Restaurant
Much as he was strict and unforgiving in the kitchen, Point (often with Paul Bocuse as his apprentice and wing-man) was known to play pranks on his patrons and visitors. Parisian high society visitors would find themselves ushered into the kitchen, pushed into a corner, and fed one of Point’s latest and greatest dishes under the pretense of being asked to evaluate the readiness of the offering while Bocuse, hidden underneath a prep table, whitewashed the heels of their shoes.
Postmen or visiting locals fared not much better, in one famous stunt Point ordered Bocuse to paint the bicycle of a visiting gendarme pink while Point distracted his visitor.
After Point’s death, his widow, Mado, carried on and maintained the restaurant’s 3-star rating for many years.