Perched a stone's throw from Brest station (Finistère), it doesn't look like much.
And yet, while the Michelin star has just awarded the restaurant Ar Men Du in Névez, Le P'tit Louis has been rewarded by the famous culinary guide Gault & Millau.
Except that its particularity is to be a restaurant-bar-tobacco-lotto!
According to Franck Tesson, in charge of surveys for this famous culinary guide, “this is indeed the first time that an establishment of this type has been rewarded”.
They were recently awarded a chef's hat and a score of 11.5/20.
A distinction that the managers, the chef Benoît Le Corvez, and his wife Amandine Petit, discovered “by chance, while looking at customer reviews on Google…”
This couple from Finistère completely renovated the place before opening it after confinement in February 2021. “The period was not easy, nor was our location, but word of mouth quickly spread,” says Benoît Le Corvez, who has always worked in the kitchen, and “learned his lessons in starred gastronomic restaurants in the region (notably at Yvon Morvan and Jean-Yves Crenn)”.
A menu between 19.90 and 22.90 euros
It obtains its supplies “80% from the short circuit, with breeders, market gardeners and fishmongers in the department”.
Crispy beef with foie gras sauce, hake caught in Finistère with seasonal vegetables and homemade mash, chef's chocolate cake... Every lunchtime, Le P'tit Louis offers a very fine daily menu, from 19.90 euros and 22.90 euros, all served by a team made up of two people in the kitchen and two waiters in the dining room for around 60 seats (85 with the terrace).
“Today, we put everyone in boxes, even in the restaurant world,” they say.
We are obviously delighted with this award and above all we can breathe: it was time that we finally broke the rules.”
In short, what does the table matter, as long as you eat well there.