Les Ateliers Romarin, located at fifteen rue Romarin, is a collective boutique featuring goods handmade by local artisans. You can identify the shop by its collection of items ranging from ceramics and jewelry to stationery and textile…
Croix-Rousse Coffee and Crafts
Climb the bohemian slopes of Croix-Rousse to experience Lyon’s contemporary coffee and design scene. This walk visits independent micro-roasters, neighborhood bakeries, and workshops showcasing the city's young creative energy.
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1. Les Ateliers Romarin
2. Celsius Roasters
Celsius Roasters occupies a storefront on rue des Capucins, located on the slope of the Croix-Rousse hills. The business operates as a roasting workshop, a shop, and a coffee tasting room. A roasting machine stands in the space, connected…
3. La Boîte à Café
La Boîte à Café sits at the corner of the Place du Forez, recognizable by the circular square that defines the intersection where it meets the slopes of the Croix-Rousse district. When it first opened twelve years ago, it held the…
4. Escalier Mermet
The Escalier Mermet is a public passage in the Croix-Rousse slopes district that functions as a steep, narrow connection between Rue René-Leynaud and Rue Burdeau. You can identify the path by its arched entrance on Rue René-Leynaud, which…
5. Passage Thiaffait
The Passage Thiaffait is a curved traboule, a distinct type of covered passageway found in Lyon, that links Rue René Leynaud to Rue Burdeau. You can identify this space by the monumental portico at its entrance on Rue René Leynaud and the…
6. Boutique Cobalt Lyon
The shop Cobalt is situated at one hundred sixteen montée de la Grande Côte, on the steep, winding slopes of the Croix-Rousse district. It is a storefront defined by a collective of artisans who share the space to display their handmade…
7. Zoï
Zoï is a bakery and tearoom located at forty-six Montée de la Grande-Côte in Lyon. The storefront is distinguished by its focus on plant-based pastry, offering items like vegan lemon-basil tarts, chocolate-hazelnut lunettes, and praline…
8. Le Desjeuneur
Le Desjeuneur sits at three rue des Pierres Plantées, tucked near the top of the slopes in the Croix-Rousse district. Its name is a playful nod to the medieval French word for the first meal of the day, which literally meant to break one's…
9. Mokxa Boutique Croix-Rousse
Mokxa occupies a shopfront at five Rue Victor-Fort, located on the Plateau of the Croix-Rousse hill. The business sits in a space that formerly housed a fine grocery store and, before that, a jewelry shop. Founded in two thousand eleven by…