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Cafés in Jean Macé & Gerland

The southern 7th, from Jean Macé to the Halle Tony Garnier, with a guest-roaster bar on Rue Béchevelin.

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Gerland is the southern part of the 7th arrondissement along the Rhône, about 7 km², once known as La Mouche.1 Tony Garnier designed its slaughterhouses in 1909–1914; only the great hall survives, as the Halle Tony-Garnier, and he built the Stade de Gerland in 1920.1

Research moved in from the 1980s: the ENS de Lyon arrived from Saint-Cloud in 1987, Inserm's P4 laboratory in 1999, and the Biodistrict Lyon-Gerland now groups Sanofi Pasteur, bioMérieux and other life-science firms.1 Cafés are thickest at the northern end, around Jean Macé, Rue Chevreul and Rue de Marseille.

Local tip: Check Magma's guest roaster before you go: it changes every month, and the V60 is the way to taste it.3

At a glance

24Cafés listed
10With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
01:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Le Gerland, from 06:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–20:00 · Sat 07:30–20:00 · Sun 08:30–13:00).
  • Closes latest: Qui Vivra Jouera, until 01:00 (Tue–Thu 17:00–00:00 · Fri 16:00–01:00 · Sat 15:00–01:00 · Sun 14:00–20:00).
  • Most listed streets: Rue Chevreul (3), Rue de Marseille (2), Rue Sébastien Gryphe (2).
  • Most common features: vegetarian options (21%), wi-fi (17%), outdoor seating (13%).

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Coffee chains in Jean Macé & Gerland

Jean Macé and metro B

Jean Macé has been a rail stop as well as a metro station since 13 December 2009, when the SNCF opened a halt where Avenue Jean-Jaurès meets Avenue Berthelot; it handled 1.8 million passengers in 2024.2 Regional trains stop there on the way to Grenoble and Marseille.2

Metro B has linked Gerland to Part-Dieu since 2000, through Jean Macé, Place Jean Jaurès, Debourg and Stade de Gerland.1

Magma and the roasting cafés

Magma, at 101 Rue Béchevelin, opened in June 2023. It pours espresso and V60 from a different guest roaster each month, such as KB Coffee Roasters and Nomad, and makes a house Magmola with chocolate, pepper, vanilla and cinnamon.3

Bongoo Café, at 66 Avenue Jean Jaurès, is the 7th-arrondissement shop of a Lyon roaster that sells its own Torréfaction Lyonnaise Artisanale coffee, open Tuesday to Saturday.4 Café Noon, at 21 Rue Simone de Beauvoir, is a café-restaurant that serves beans it describes as carefully roasted and cooks with local, seasonal produce.5

Rue Chevreul and Rue de Marseille

Rue Chevreul has Café Suzette at 28, Le Kitchen at 34, with a terrace, and Coin café at 36, which has Wi-Fi and opens 08:30–18:30 on weekdays. Le Kitchen closes Tuesday to Thursday.

On Rue de Marseille, Cabaïtan at 67 opens at 07:30 on weekdays, and Brindille au Bec at 89 opens 10:30–19:00 Tuesday to Saturday. Okara, on Rue du Professeur Grignard, opens 08:30–14:30 on weekdays.

Loutsa, a Lyon coffee chain that opened its first café in the 7th in 2019 and runs eight in all, three of them in Paris, has a branch on Place Jules Guesde.3 Farther south, Le r de Gerland has Wi-Fi, a terrace and takeaway on weekdays from 09:00 to 18:00, and DK Gones on Allée de Fontenay also offers Wi-Fi. Momiji Café is on Place Docteurs Charles et Christophe Mérieux, and Louisana and Shibuko are on Rue Sébastien Gryphe, at 141 and 126.

Early and late in Gerland

Le Gerland opens earliest, at 06:30 on weekdays, 07:30 on Saturdays and 08:30 on Sundays. At the other end of the day, Qui Vivra Jouera, at 200 Grande Rue de la Guillotière, stays open until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

The Stade de Gerland, renovated to 41,842 seats for the 1998 World Cup, has hosted the rugby club Lyon OU since 2017, two years after Olympique Lyonnais moved to Décines.1

Sources

  1. Gerland, Wikipédia (French), accessed October 2026
  2. Gare de Lyon-Jean-Macé, Wikipédia (French), accessed October 2026
  3. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Lyon, France (Emily Sujka, 16 June 2025), Sprudge, accessed October 2026
  4. Bongoo Café: cafés de spécialité, thés, coffee shop, Bongoo Café, accessed October 2026
  5. Noon, café-restaurant à Lyon 7e, Noon, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Jean Macé & Gerland cafés: questions

Where is the Magma coffee shop in Lyon's Jean Macé area?

At 101 Rue Béchevelin in the 7th arrondissement. It opened in June 2023 and serves espresso and V60 from a different guest roaster each month, such as KB Coffee Roasters or Nomad, plus a house Magmola with chocolate, pepper, vanilla and cinnamon.

How do you get to Gerland from Lyon Part-Dieu?

Take metro B, which has linked Part-Dieu and Gerland since 2000, via Jean Macé, Place Jean Jaurès, Debourg and Stade de Gerland. Jean Macé is also an SNCF stop, opened in December 2009, with regional trains toward Grenoble and Marseille.

Which café opens earliest in Lyon's Gerland and Jean Macé?

Le Gerland opens at 06:30 on weekdays, 07:30 on Saturdays and 08:30 on Sundays. Cabaïtan, on Rue de Marseille, follows at 07:30 on weekdays, and Okara on Rue du Professeur Grignard opens at 08:30.

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