La Brendelstub

La Brendelstub is the Brendel family's bistro in Riquewihr, at 48 rue du Général de Gaulle, the village's main street. They call it a bistro of the living and the flame: a rotisserie with a spit and a wood fire, and cooking that comes partly from their own garden on the Kobelsberg, in Riquewihr. The autumn menu is signed by Arthur Brendel; Jean-Luc Brendel runs next door La Table du Gourmet, the family's fine-dining restaurant.

The menu

To start nibbling, home-made and artisan charcuterie (game, pork, duck, pickles), €12 for one and €25 for two or three. Among the starters, pumpkin soup (€14), the improvised garden harvest with burratina (€16), trout gravlax (€18), six snails Alsatian style (€14) and green knepfles, the Alsatian spinach and fresh cheese gnocchi, with pesto and lemon cream (€15 or €22 as a main).

From the spit and the grill come the house dish, the ham turning on the spit with honey, with potato salad and vegetables (€29, all you can eat), the Charolais gravlax over wood fire (€36), the little chicken with rosemary (€26) and an Alsatian Angus burger (€22 or €26). On the blackboard of the moment there is hot foie gras with figs and beerawecka, the Alsatian fruit bread (€24), lobster tagliatelle (€36) and a Charolais chateaubriand for two (€86).

When to go and how to book

The website does not publish opening hours or closing days. Book online through Zenchef or by phone, and confirm there which days it is open. In the same building are the B. Suites, the family's accommodation.

Getting there

It is on Riquewihr's main street, which is pedestrianised: leave the car in the car parks outside the wall and walk up.