For more than 100 years, the residents of Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, Daniel's hometown outside Lyon, met daily at Café Boulud, the small café and not-quite restaurant that Daniel's great-grandparents, grandparents and later his parents took pride in tending on their family farm. It was the rendezvous point for generations of townsfolk. It was the place people went to begin and finish a day, to toast births and marriages and to mou...

For more than 100 years, the residents of Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, Daniel's hometown outside Lyon, met daily at Café Boulud, the small café and not-quite restaurant that Daniel's great-grandparents, grandparents and later his parents took pride in tending on their family farm. It was the rendezvous point for generations of townsfolk. It was the place people went to begin and finish a day, to toast births and marriages and to mourn losses. It was where love affairs started and, of course, where some ended. It was warm, welcoming and a vital part of village life. Opened in September 1998, Daniel's this-side-of-the-Atlantic, fourth-generation Café Boulud is just that for latter-day café society.