Object/Work Type
Recreation Structures

Title Text
French Restaurant

Alternate Title Text
Ristorante francese - Restaurant Français

Creation Date
1910-1911

Demolition Date
1911-1912

Descriptive Note Text

The Restaurant Français was located in the gardens of the French section near the Byrrh and Evian kiosks. It was listed as number 5 in the Plan Officiel de la Section Française.

 The Rapport Général de la Section Française describes the Restaurant thus:

"le restaurant français [...] fut pendant six mois, sous les grands arbres, au bord du fleuve, le rendez-vous de tous ceux de nos compatriotes qui trouvaient un peu trop éloignés de l'Éxposition, aux heures où il leur plaisait de n'en point sortir encore, les fritures et les vins renommés du Cambio!" (102)

the French restaurant [...] was for six months, under the large trees, on the banks of the river, the meeting place for all our compatriots who found the fried food and renowned wines of the Cambio [a renowned restaurant in downtown Turin, ndr] a little too far from the Exhibition, at times when they were happy not to leave yet!

Code in the 1911 Map
SIM 25 (5 French Map)