La Madeleine (restaurant chain)
Encyclopedia
La Madeleine de Corps, Inc., operating as La Madeleine, is a restaurant chain of over 60 locations (as of 2007) across the Southern United States
extending as far north as Washington, D.C. Its headquarters is in Dallas, Texas
.
. Food is served cafeteria
style for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with menu items changing at each meal. Beverages include French roast and specialty coffee
s, tea
, and an assortment of wines. Traditional French bread and desserts such as Napoleon
are served throughout the day at the bakery.
The buildings are designed to resemble restaurants found across the French countryside. Farm tools and impressionist paintings hang on the walls. A fire is kept burning in winter to provide warmth and ambience.
The original store is still in existence, at 3072 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
extending as far north as Washington, D.C. Its headquarters is in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
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Overview
La Madeleine serves a variety of French country fare, ranging from tomato basil soup to quiche lorraineQuiche
Quiche is a savory, open-faced pie of vegetables, cheese, or meat in custard, baked in a pastry crust.The quiche is sometimes regarded as the savoury equivalent ofegg custard tart.- Etymology:...
. Food is served cafeteria
Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen...
style for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with menu items changing at each meal. Beverages include French roast and specialty coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
s, tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
, and an assortment of wines. Traditional French bread and desserts such as Napoleon
Mille-feuille
The mille-feuille , vanilla slice, cream slice, custard slice, also known as the Napoleon, is a pastry originating in France.Traditionally, a mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry , alternating with two layers of pastry cream , but sometimes whipped cream, or jam are substituted...
are served throughout the day at the bakery.
The buildings are designed to resemble restaurants found across the French countryside. Farm tools and impressionist paintings hang on the walls. A fire is kept burning in winter to provide warmth and ambience.
The original store is still in existence, at 3072 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas.
External links
- La Madeleine Official website