Pourquoi Pas

Rating: 12
Author: Gault&Millau

25300 PONTARLIER

12/20
Gourmet Restaurant

15 PHOTOS

Chef: Jérôme Vincent
Cooking: French | Vegetarian
Services: Access for people with disabilities | Pets allowed
Style: Casual | With family | With friends

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

24 to 27

Gault&Millau's review 2025

A truly good bistro in the city of aniseed and the land of good wine. The setting invites conviviality, the daily menu is €27 and the menu is inventive and rather ambitious: mi-cuit de langoustines et langue de boeuf confite, cœur de ris de veau en croûte de céréales, matafan aux épinards, asperges grillées en gremolata, and the inevitable crème brûlée à l'absinthe for dessert (but you can also try the "pommes et morilles" glace caramel). Pleasant service, well-stocked wine cellar at low prices.

7 Faubourg Saint-Étienne 25300 Pontarlier

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OPENING HOURS

MON Closed
TUE Closed
WED 12h - 14h
THUR 12h - 14h 19h - 23h30
FRI 12h - 14h 19h - 23h30
SAT 12h - 14h 19h - 23h30
SUN Closed

People

Jérôme Vincent Chef

Jérôme Vincent Chef

Pork trotters and langoustine Crispy pork trotters with black cumin, pan-fried langoustine, wild garlic flan, langoustine bisque with smoked bacon €14
Mushrooms, peas and nettles Pan-fried mushrooms (morel mushrooms and oyster mushrooms), peas and nettle cream, nettle pesto toast, pea pod hummus €17

Main dishes

Beef and artichoke Filet of beef cooked at low temperature, creamy artichoke, bitter almond potato croquette, Irish coffee sauce €30
Red mullet and zucchini Seared red mullet fillet, zucchini declination, zucchini flower tempura, salmoriglio sauce €26

Dessert

Crème brulée with Absinthe Bourgeois Almond tuile €8
Rhubarb and fir buds Rhubarb confit, white chocolate ganache and fir liqueur, Savoy cake and fir bud custard €12