So we stayed at this little town only one night & we asked around for good food & everybody…read moresuggested this place but then it turned out that this is good maybe by small town people standards. The service was very slow, the food was very average & I would say overpriced. The chili con carne was served like cat food & with a very low quality meat & their vegetarian gratin was too greasy & lacked any taste than salt! They also said that they serve everything organic & from the local farms & that's why they didn't take our order until 20 p.m cause they weren't sure what was being served ?!!

Such a cool concept. We had to check these out but had no idea what to expect. Fortunately a few…read morelocals pointed Us in the right direction and we were able to check out a bit of the passageway. Unfortunately, we had a stroller so transversing all of those stairs wasn't possible for us.

From the owner: La "colline qui travaille" a été bâtie au début du XIXè siècle sur des terrains qui appartenaient…read moreaux communautés religieuses. Les Canuts (ouvriers en soie) quittent alors leurs locaux insalubres des bords de Saône et s'installent dans les immeubles conçus pour contenir les imposants métiers à bras. Le quartier sera en 1831 et 1834 le théâtre des violentes insurrections des Canuts. Aujourd'hui, le marché alimentaire, la vogue aux marrons, les bistrots authentiques et les places où l'on pointe la boule lyonnaise contribuent à en faire un haut lieu de tradition. S'il compte peu d'édifices majeurs, le circuit de traboules constitue un patrimoine original. Le plateau est plus un quartier de jour, calme, que les pentes de la Croix-Rousse qui vivent plus la nuit, dans des ambiances alternatives, associatives et festives.