verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message brasserie georges . the brasserie georges is a restaurant located in the 2nd arrondissement of lyon . it is the oldest brasserie in the city and one of the largest brasseries in europe . 1 its reputation is now international . with a history closely linked to that of lyon the brasserie serves typical dishes including the famous sausage of lyon with pistachios and recipes from other regions such as sauerkraut baked alaska or the seafood . in 1986 was served the biggest sauerkraut in the world ; its weighed a ton and a half . in 1996 the largest baked alaska 34 metres has been served . the brassarie georges brews its own beer a tradition from its inception when water in lyon was considered of exceptional quality . the restaurant never closes during the year . over seven hundred guests can be served at each service . 2 on 8 december during the f te des lumi res over 2 500 meals were served in a service . it is sometimes called the bg or le georges . contents 1 history 2 architecture 3 famous people 4 references 5 external links history edit dining room . the brasserie was built in 1836 by georges hoffherr from alsace and was opened the same year . 3 the location of the brasserie on a land won from the swamps of the confluence of the sa ne and the rh ne was chosen because it corresponded to the stage coaches on the axis paris lyon saint tienne marseille . on 1 june 1857 perrache station opened next to the brasserie georges . the construction of the brasserie georges was an architectural challenge 710 m ceiling are supported only by four 25 foot fir beams 4 brought from chartreuse by oxen . in 1873 after the death of georges hoffherr his son in law matthew umdenstock took over the business . after the 1870 war the brasserie georges had 18 maids called h b s goddess of youth of alsatian origin for most . in 1879 the brasserie georges and brasserie rinck are with antoine lumi re the first ones of the lyon city to get their own lighting electricity . citation needed in 1890 the red leatherette banquettes and the tables replaced the straw chairs and long tables in walnut . a pediment bearing the image of gambrinus is framed by two barrels of beer . in the late nineteenth century the brasserie had five pool tables and walls were painted with a backdrop composed of vegetation with animals such as peacocks and monkeys . citation needed in 1924 painter bruno guillermin redecorated the dining room in an art deco style . 5 architecture edit entrance . the outside sign of the brasserie georges was made in 1946 . citation needed on the facade there is a portrait of gambrinus the king of beer . citation needed in the entrance four windows of the early twentieth century represent sculpture geography painting and music . above the entrance there is a huge copper cauldron decorated with a head of lion . citation needed famous people edit many famous people have eaten in the restaurant including paul verlaine jules verne mile zola dith piaf colette ernest hemingway jacques brel alphonse daudet anatole france l on blum auguste and louis lumi re luis mariano auguste rodin and many others . 6 alphonse de lamartine who ate there frequently would have left a slate of 40 francs . 5 twelve ministers have come to restore it in 1995 . citation needed bernadette chirac ate there in 1998 and 1999 . citation needed references edit pautrat isabelle ; toby garrad ; jacques bernard taste ; christine delpal ; marc carbonare 1998 . lyon les lumi res de l europe in french . p. 93 . brasserie georges in french . l internaute . april 2008 . retrieved 15 december 2009 . bihl willette luc 1997 . des tavernes aux bistrots histoire des caf s in french . p. 134 . dominique al. ; laure roosen ; anthony serex 2009 . escapades autour de lyon 2009 2010 petit fut in french . p. 11 . a b histoires de lyon in french . lyon photos . retrieved 15 december 2009 . brasserie georges lyon c l brit s et annecdotes in french . lyon portal external links edit french official site v t e 2nd arrondissement of lyon quarters les cordeliers bellecour les celestins le confluent ainay perrache montrochet streets cours charlemagne passage de l argue rue douard herriot rue mile zola rue de brest rue de la bourse rue de la poulaillerie rue de la r publique rue des archers rue des marronniers rue merci re rue victor hugo squares place amp re place antonin poncet place bellecour place carnot place de la r publique place des c lestins place des jacobins places of worship basilique saint martin d ainay chapelle de la trinit glise saint bonaventure glise saint nizier grande synagogue de lyon other monuments brasserie georges catholic university of lyon coll ge lyc e amp re h tel dieu de lyon la sucri re mus e de l imprimerie mus e des confluences palais de la bourse patinoire charlemagne prison saint paul th tre des c lestins transport gare de lyon perrache lyon metro line a lyon metro line d v lo v coordinates 45 44 54 n 4 49 42 e 45.74833 n 4.82833 e 45.74833 ; 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