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La Pyramide
For a building in Ivory Coast, see La Pyramide (building).
Historic site in Vienne, France
| La Pyramide | |
|---|---|
Gardens at the restaurant and hotel | |
| Location | Vienne, France |
| Governing body | Private |
Restaurant De La Pyramide, popularly known as La Pyramide, was a Michelin Guide 3-star restaurant located in Vienne, Isère, France.[1] It was widely regarded as the greatest restaurant in France while its owner Fernand Point (1897–1955) was alive.[citation needed]
History
Point renamed the restaurant that his father bought.
Fernand point biography wikipedia
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 racetrack.
Point was strict and unforgiving in the kitchen, but he was known to play pranks on his patrons and visitors (often with Paul Bocuse as his apprentice and wing-man).
Parisian high society visitors would find themselves ushered into the kitchen, pus