Restaurant Lassey - Château Sainte-Sabine

Fine dining inside a Renaissance château in the Auxois countryside, where deer roam the grounds and the menu takes itself about as seriously as the architecture. The kitchen leans into Burgundy's pantry hard, with pigeon, époisses, and local producers doing the heavy lifting. The evening runs to set menus; lunch is a gentler ask; Saturday adds brunch for those who arrived the night before and didn't leave.

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