The article highlights several urban train stations renowned for their impressive dining options. It particularly focuses on Paris's Gare St.-Lazare, home to Lazare restaurant, which aims to provide high-quality food at various price points. Chef Eric Frechon designed it as a modern brasserie reflective of his childhood experiences. He emphasizes accessibility in dining with affordable prix fixe meals, exceptional comfort food, and a stylish atmosphere combining traditional and contemporary elements. Other stations in the article also showcase gourmet dining possibilities, illustrating that train stations can serve as culinary destinations.
"Everyone should have the right to some good food, he said, which explains the breakfast prix fixe menu for 12 euros (about $13); the 8 buttered-baguette-and-ham sandwich or 6 sugared crepe served from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and the 22 daily special at lunch and dinner."
"The belle epoque magnificence of Le Train Bleu at the Gare de Lyon in Paris has made it one of the most famous restaurants in the world since it opened in 1901."
"I love the Gare St.-Lazare, because as a boy growing up in Normandy, it was my portal to Paris, Mr. Frechon said when Lazare opened."
"With its copper bar and brass-rail-backed banquettes, Lazare evokes a traditional Parisian brasserie, but registers as modern with its exposed ductwork overhead and wall units filled with stacked white plates, pitchers, vases and other objects."
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