Bistrot du Boucher, Périgueux

Bistrot du Boucher is a French steakhouse in the traditional boucher-rôtisseur style in central Périgueux, the capital of the Dordogne department in Nouvelle Aquitaine. The restaurant's identity is built on the quality of its Limousin beef—one of France's most revered cattle breeds, raised on the pastures of the surrounding Corrèze and Dordogne countryside. Limousin beef is prized for its lean, fine-grained texture and clean flavour, and the kitchen exploits this through straightforward cooking over wood coals: dry-aged entrecôtes, thick côtes de bœuf for two, and tournedos served with classic sauces—Bordelaise, béarnaise, and poivre vert. The menu is deliberately focused; beef dominates, with supporting roles played by roast chicken from the rotisserie, a confit duck leg, and a rotating starter of Périgord charcuterie and terrine. The frites are hand-cut and cooked twice; the salads are dressed with walnut oil from the Sarladais. The dining room is warm and unpretentious: dark wood, checked tablecloths, the smell of charcoal and roasting meat, and the kind of noise level that signals a room full of people eating properly. Lunch is the busiest service and the formule—salad, plat, and dessert for around €20—draws local workers, market visitors, and tourists from the nearby Saint-Front Cathedral and Roman ruins quarter. Evenings are calmer and allow time to work through the beef cuts properly. The Bergerac and Pécharmant wine list provides solid regional accompaniments at fair prices.