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La Table de Charrou is a bistro in Cajarc, France, at Mas de Charrou, 300 route de Charrou, Limogne-en-Quercy. Michelin recommended it in 2026, and Le Fooding listed it the same year.
The chef, Charles Fuan, trained as a butcher, and the kitchen breaks down whole carcasses on site. The meat comes directly from local producers, and the team uses the whole animal, from well-known cuts to less common pieces. Lucie Escrozailles, who looks after the wine, is the daughter of the village butcher.
Le Fooding describes a steak tartare made from local veal, slow-cooked for a pink centre, with tarragon mayonnaise, capers, anchovies and piment d'Espelette. The site says Sunday lunch is a single set menu where guests choose only the meat, with lamb cooked in the traditional wood oven. Bread comes from the Viguié bakery and the ice cream from Ferme Sanhes. Vegetarians are asked to say so at booking, since the kitchen offers options on request.
The bistro occupies a former farmhouse on the Causse de Limogne, now sleek and contemporary, with plenty of natural light and air conditioning. Outside, a quiet terrace sits under the pergola. The wine list is selected by trained sommeliers and leans toward organic and biodynamic growers, with bottles at several price levels.
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Word to the wise for vegetarians: this isn’t where you’ll find the meal of a lifetime. La Table de Charrou is more enamored with meat than zucchini. That’s because Lucie Escrozailles, who uncorks bottles of wine, is the daughter of the village butcher, and Charles Fuan, the chef, is also trained as a butcher. The duo have transformed a dying old mas -style farmhouse on the Causse de Limogne into a sleek, contemporary and bright space, where first-rate meats arrive in carcass form and are butchered on site. The results that Sunday lunchtime? A local cut of veal from Hervé Rigal, slow-cooked for a perfectly pink center, before being served as a lively steak tartare with tarragon mayonnaise, capers, anchovies, cornichons, olives and piment d’Espelette; a massive Aubrac roast beef carefully tended over a wood fire in the bread oven, all tender and juicy, paired with some memorable boulangères potatoes and a fava bean and pea purée; before a heartening combo of stewed rhubarb, strawberries and whipped cream ice cream. A special shout out for the bread from the Viguié bakery in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, which was marvelous at sponging up all of the roast beef’s drippings. // Gérard Roubeix
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