Seminars and company events
Auberge Etchegorry takes groups of up to 40 people for business lunches, team dinners and client evenings, and the restaurant can be booked in full for a private event. It is a Basque and South-West French restaurant at 41 rue de Croulebarbe, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, behind the Gobelins. Companies, associations and public institutions have used it for group meals, and the house gives a dinner after a day of meetings a strong sense of place.
Group menus follow a set format: a starter, a main course and a dessert, opened with an aperitif such as a pousse-rapière, a cider cocktail or a soft drink. Wine is served at one bottle for three guests, with mineral water and coffee included. Extras such as amuse-bouches, foie gras or a cheese course can be added, and a vegetarian option is available for guests who need it.
Rooms and capacities
The site gives one figure: groups of up to 40 guests, or the whole restaurant on private hire. The dining space includes a room under a large historical fresco and an upstairs dining room that holds a rare portrait of the poet Béranger. The site does not list a capacity for each room, so organisers should confirm the layout for their group when they send the request.
Accommodation
The Hôtel Le Vert Galant, attached to the restaurant and run by the same owners, can house guests who come from out of town. The restaurant's site does not give its room count.
Catering
Cooking is the core of the house. The menu draws on the Basque Country and South-West France, with foie gras and Basque cake among the dishes offered to groups. The kitchen serves lunch from noon to 2 pm and dinner from 7:30 pm to midnight, Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday and Monday, which matters when planning a weekend event.
History and setting
The building stands on the site of the Cabaret de Madame Grégoire, a 19th-century tavern beside the Bièvre river, which once ran in the open along this street. Writers and public figures of the Romantic period met there. The façade still carries the old cabaret sign, and a large fresco inside shows diners including Lafayette, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Victor Hugo and Béranger around Madame Grégoire. A Basque restaurant has occupied the house since 1935, and the same family has run Etchegorry since 1962. The name means red house in Basque. The restaurant faces the René Le Gall garden, once known as the Champ de l'Alouette.
Getting there
The restaurant is a few minutes on foot from the Les Gobelins metro station on line 7 and the Corvisart station on line 6. Place d'Italie, served by lines 5, 6 and 7, is close by. Paris Austerlitz and Gare de Lyon are the nearest main-line stations, and Orly is the closest airport, which keeps the restaurant easy to reach for a group arriving from outside Paris.
