bourguignon's

Updated: June 7, 2025

I'll go to Bourguignon's after lunch. I'll tell him that the missus was ill. Listen, Pere Colombe, I'll leave my tools under this seat and I'll call for them at twelve o'clock." Lantier gave his blessing to this arrangement with an approving nod. Labor was necessary, yes, but when you're with good friends, courtesy comes first. Now the four had five hours of idleness before them.

Émile Zola - L'Assommoir

They were in his way; he could not get near the counter without stumbling against them. It was too absurd; he would go to Bourguignon's on the morrow. The other four, who were quarrelling about the question of salaries, were not at all surprised when the zinc-worker, without any explanation, proposed a little stroll on the Boulevard, just to stretch their legs. They didn't go very far.

Émile Zola - L'Assommoir