The two-Michelin-starred Table de Bruno Verjus restaurant closes its doors in Paris.

It's a closing that is making waves far beyond Rue de Prague. The chef Bruno Verjus has decided to bring to a close the Table restaurant's adventure, opened in 2013 in the Table, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. A decision that comes as the establishment, whose last service is scheduled for the 22 December 2026, still counts two stars in the Michelin Guide.

The news may surprise given the venue’s recent trajectory. Table has risen in recent years to become one of the most talked-about French restaurants on the international stage. In 2024, the establishment notably clinched third place in the The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking, behind Disfrutar in Barcelona and Asador Etxebarri in the Basque Country, Spain.

Nonetheless, Bruno Verjus does not frame this closure as an abandonment of cooking. In a video posted on social media, the chef questions the codes and the current functioning of the restauration gastronomique. His deliberately radical proposition, "Fine dining is dead", sums up his urge to seek an alternative model. He explains in particular that he no longer identifies with a gastronomie whose prices and operating model effectively reserve it for a limited number of clients.

The contrast is all the sharper as Table today sits at the very top of Paris's price scale. Its single menu, 'Color of the Day', offered for both lunch and dinner, is listed at €480 per person, drinks excluded. An experience designed around carefully selected produce and a close relationship with producers, two pillars that Bruno Verjus clearly isn’t ready to abandon.

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What shape the next chapter will take remains to be seen. Bruno Verjus says he intends to keep cooking and feeding more people, but for now he isn’t unveiling any new restaurant or a concrete concept. Table will therefore welcome its last guests until December 22, 2026, before permanently closing a venture that began 13 years earlier in Paris.

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