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It’s noon and it’s time to eat! Where do you want to go? What do you want to eat?

When you get out of the AFLyon you have many options! The areas of the 3rd and Guillotière districts are very dynamic, you can find everything that you want and dishes from all around the world. The AFLyon gives you its best addresses with all kind of prices.

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BAKERIES FOR SMALL BUDGETS

Le Moncey: traditional bakery with a large choice of low prices pastries and sandwiches!

  • Address: 52 Rue Moncey, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 6am – 8pm
  • Prices: €

L’atelier gourmand: bakery with varied choices of pastries, cakes and sandwiches. Be careful beacause this place is quite famous!

  • Address: 67 Rue Moncey, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 7am – 7.30pm
  • Prices: €

Boulangerie LD: bakery, pastery and traitor service with varied dish of the day menu. You can eat on site as well.

  • Address: 39 Cours de la Liberté, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 7am – 7.30pm
  • Prices: €

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WANNA PIZZA?

Chez Chacha: pizzas from 8€50 to 12€ with fine paste, pastas and dish of the day menu. At noon, eat, snack and chill on their terrace!

  • Address: 58 Rue Chaponnay, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 7am – 11pm
  • Prices: €€

Trianon: wood oven pizzas from 10€ to 14€ as dish of the day menu for 14€50 with pasta and exotic meals. Better make a reservation to eat outside.

  • Address: 200-202, Rue de Créqui, 69003 LYON
  • Opening times: 11.45am – 2.30pm
  • Prices: €€

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FAT’S CALLING

Les Burgers de Papa: local bread, home made French fries, French meat! Beef, turkey, vegetarian option, salads… 12,90€ the menu but if you are student you only have to pay 9,90€.

  • Address: 25 Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 12h – 14h
  • Prices: €€

Frite alors !: French fries everywhere! Eat a Canadian poutine in France is now possible. Menus from 11€50 to 14€ with French fries galore and generous burgers (vegetarian option).

  • Address: 2 Rue Chaponnay, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 11.30am – 3pm
  • Prices: €€

Ninkasi Guillotière: famous for its home made brewed beers, Ninkasi also has others great skills: fat burgers (from 9€90 to 13€50) with vegetarian option, salads (from 10€50 to 11€90), bagels (9€90) and Fish N’Chips (11€50 and 16€90).

  • Address: 2 Place Antonin Jutard, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 8am – 1pm
  • Prices: €€

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LOWER FAT PLEASE

Mon Salade Bar (MSB): the concept is to fill up a box with all that you want: salads, pastas, vegetables, fruits, dry fruits, meet, potatoes,… And then you choose your dressing! 9€90 single price. Extra: they have a yogourt bar.

  • Address: 92, Rue Moncey, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 7.45am – 2.30pm
  • Prices: €€

Le Biniou: pancakes, salads and take away menu from 9€50 and bigger salads for 12€50.

  • Address: 40 Cours de la Liberté, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 9am – 3pm
  • Prices: €€

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TRAVEL WHILE YOU EAT

Baotime: do you know the delicious steamed Chinese buns? Fresh products, home made buns (vegetarian option): 9€ for 2 baos, starter or desert and drinks.

  • Address: 19 Rue Voltaire, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 9am – 9pm
  • Prices: €€

Cigkoftem: you will have to walk a bit little more but it is very tasty and very cheap! Dürürm Turkish sandwiches completely vegan, fresh, perfumed and spicy for only 5€ with an ayran milk.

  • Address: 17 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon
  • Opening times: 11am – 11pm
  • Prices: €

La Table d’Althusser: tasty Syrian restaurant with warm and friendly staff. Generous and delicious mezze plates. Better make a reservation if you want to eat outside!

  • Address: 258 Rue Vendôme, 69003 Lyon
  • Opening times: 12h – 14h
  • Prices: €€€

MARKET DAY ON TUESDAY

It’s market day at Guichard Square every Tuesday morning until 2pm! There, you can find food trucks with cookings from all around the world:

  • The rolling cantine: burger at 7€ (vegetarian option) menu at 10€,
  • Vanth’s yummies: Vietnamese food truck selling 8€ bo bun, spring rolls, mems, fried noodles with vegetables,
  • Couscous box: delicious and generous couscous from 7€ to 10€ (vegetarian option), egg bricks and home made sweet mint tea,
  • Le Beyrouth: Libanese food truck with mezzes and falafel sandwiches at 4€,
  • Tunisian pancakes: Chapati, Mleoui, Kesra, Batbou… Tasty and cheap food truck to try new Tunisian flavours.

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