What is "bouchon"

A bouchon is a type of restaurant found in Lyon, France, that serves traditional Lyonnaise cuisine, such as sausages, duck pâté or roast pork. Compared to other forms of French cooking such as nouvelle cuisine, the dishes are quite fatty and heavily oriented around meat. There are approximately twenty officially certified traditional bouchons, but a larger number of establishments describe themselves using the term.

Typically, the emphasis in a bouchon is not on haute cuisine but, rather, a convivial atmosphere and a personal relationship with the owner.

Bouchon (also known as Bouchon Bistro) is a French-style restaurant with locations in Yountville, California, New York City, Las Vegas, and Beverly Hills. The restaurant was founded by Thomas Keller in 1998.