Restaurant Jacques Cagna, the Michelin-starred dining room at 14 rue des Grands-Augustins in the 6th arrondissement, is closed and has been for well over a decade. Yelp, Gayot, monnuage and RestaurantGuru all carry it as closed or permanently closed, and no current source shows it trading. If you arrived here from an old guidebook, a saved bookmark or a listing site that still shows the name, treat it as a historical entry rather than a booking option. The street is still worth the walk: two one-Michelin-star restaurants, Ze Kitchen Galerie at No. 4 and Le Relais Louis XIII at No. 8, sit a few doors from the old address, and Lapérouse is round the corner on the quai.
Is Restaurant Jacques Cagna still open in 2026?
No. Restaurant Jacques Cagna is closed. Every directory that still holds a record of it marks it that way: Gayot heads its page “THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED”, Yelp’s listing for 14 rue Grands Augustins is titled CLOSED and was last touched in July 2026, the French travel site monnuage files it as “Fermée”, and RestaurantGuru flags it as possibly permanently closed. There is no reservation line to call and no menu to check.
Restaurant Jacques Cagna at a glance
Detail | What the record shows |
|---|---|
Status | Closed. Listed as closed by Yelp, Gayot, monnuage and RestaurantGuru |
Address | 14 rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 Paris (6th arrondissement, Saint-Germain-des-Prés side of the Left Bank) |
Opened | 1975, by chef Jacques Cagna with his sister Annie Logereau |
Closed | Sources disagree on the year. See the section below |
Michelin | Held two Michelin stars at the rue des Grands-Augustins address |
Building | A listed 17th-century building, a former annex of the Grands-Augustins convent |
Sister restaurant | La Rôtisserie d’en Face, 2 rue Christine, 75006. Also closed |
When did Jacques Cagna close? The sources do not agree
Every current source agrees the restaurant is closed. They do not agree on when, and rather than pick a year and present it as settled, here is what each one says.
Claimed closing year | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
2004 | A Who’s Who in France biography of Jacques Cagna, which ties the closure to his retirement |
2011 | Several French restaurant directories. It also matches the “thirty-six years” the same biography credits him with running the restaurant, counted from 1975 |
July 2012 | A Paris food blog covering rue des Grands-Augustins |
The 2011 date is the one that reconciles with the arithmetic, but it is not confirmed by a primary source we could reach, so this page reports the disagreement instead of resolving it. What matters for a traveller is the part nobody disputes: the dining room has not served a meal in more than ten years.
Who was Jacques Cagna?
Jacques Cagna was born in Paris on 24 August 1942 and started cooking young, joining the Hôtel Meurice as an apprentice in 1956 at thirteen and a half. At twenty-three he opened his first restaurant, La Ficelle in the 17th arrondissement, with his sister Annie. In 1975 the pair took the space at 14 rue des Grands-Augustins, a listed 17th-century building that had once been an annex of the Grands-Augustins convent, and ran it there for the rest of its life. The kitchen earned two Michelin stars and a reputation for classical French technique applied to plain, rural ingredients.
The family also ran La Rôtisserie d’en Face at 2 rue Christine, a cheaper bistro-style spin-off across the block. It is closed too: Yelp’s listing was last updated in September 2025 and is headed CLOSED, and Gayot marks it closed as well. Anyone searching for either name is looking at a chapter of Saint-Germain history rather than a table.
See Related: Le Train Bleu, another historic Paris dining room that is still trading
Where to eat instead, on the same street
The best replacement for Jacques Cagna is not across town. Rue des Grands-Augustins and the quai it runs down to still hold one of the densest clusters of serious cooking on the Left Bank, and two of them carry a Michelin star in the 2026 guide. House numbers below are the published street addresses, so you can see how close each one sits to No. 14.
Restaurant | Address | Why go |
|---|---|---|
Ze Kitchen Galerie | 4 rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 | One Michelin star in the 2026 guide. William Ledeuil cooks classical French technique through South-East Asian herbs, roots and condiments. The closest thing on the street to the old address in ambition |
Le Relais Louis XIII | 8 rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 | One Michelin star in the 2026 guide, and the most classical option: a Saint-Germain grande-table dining room in a historic house |
Augustin Marchand d’Vins | 26 rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 | The wine-led, lower-key end of the same street |
Bistro des Augustins | 39 quai des Grands-Augustins, 75006 | A plain bistro on the river side, and the easiest of these to walk into |
Lapérouse | 51 quai des Grands-Augustins, 75006 | An 18th-century hôtel particulier of private salons. Open Monday to Saturday, 19:30 to 02:00, closed Sunday |
Lapérouse is the one with the deepest guide history of the group: it was awarded three Michelin stars in 1933, held three until 1968 apart from a two-star spell from 1949 to 1951, and was reduced to two in 1969. Book it for the rooms rather than for a star count.
If you want the river rather than a dining room, the quai des Grands-Augustins is a short walk from the Seine boarding points, and Paris dinner cruises leave from this stretch of the Left Bank. For a broader shortlist away from the 6th, see our guide to the best restaurants in Paris.
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Where to stay near 14 rue des Grands-Augustins
All three hotels below are in the Left Bank streets around the old restaurant, between the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Addresses and ratings are the ones each property publishes.
Hôtel Résidence des Arts, 14 rue Gît-le-Cœur
The Hôtel Résidence des Arts is a three-star boutique hotel at 14 rue Gît-le-Cœur in the 6th arrondissement, about a minute’s walk from the Fontaine Saint-Michel and a few streets from the old Jacques Cagna address. It keeps the 17th-century shell of the building and lets studios and apartments as well as rooms, which makes it the practical choice of the three if you want a kitchenette. Reception number: +33 1 55 42 71 11.
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Hôtel Odéon Saint-Germain, 13 rue Saint-Sulpice
The Hôtel Odéon Saint-Germain is a four-star hotel at 13 rue Saint-Sulpice, in a building first raised in 1530, with interiors by the designer Jacques Garcia and an interior courtyard. Odéon métro is roughly 300 metres away, which puts lines 4 and 10 within a few minutes of the door. It is the most decorated of the three and the one to pick for a special occasion.
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Maison Colbert, Member of Meliá Collection, 7 rue de l’Hôtel Colbert
Maison Colbert sits across the river-facing edge of the Latin Quarter at 7 rue de l’Hôtel Colbert, 75005, roughly 500 metres from Notre-Dame rather than near the Louvre. It has 39 rooms in an 1856 building that was renovated in 2021, and Simone de Beauvoir once lived there. Quietest street of the three, and the closest to the cathedral.
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What is around the old address
Rue des Grands-Augustins runs from the Seine into the heart of the 6th, so the walk from No. 14 reaches three of the city’s set-piece sights without crossing a main road twice. If you came to Paris for the restaurant and now need a plan for the afternoon, start here and work through our wider list of things to do in Paris.
Palais du Luxembourg and its gardens
The Palais du Luxembourg stands in the 6th arrondissement, built in the 17th century for Marie de Médicis and today the seat of the French Senate. The palace itself is only open on limited guided visits, but the Jardin du Luxembourg around it is free, open daily and the obvious place to sit down after a long walk. Note that this is the Paris Luxembourg, not the country or Luxembourg City, a confusion that catches out search engines as often as visitors.
Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle sits on the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the Seine, and is known above all for its walls of stained glass. It is a five-minute crossing from the quai des Grands-Augustins by the Pont Saint-Michel. Guided Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie tours bundle it with the other monuments on the island.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris is at the far end of the same island, begun in the 12th century and rebuilt and restored many times since. Entry to the cathedral is free and the queue moves; the towers and the crypt are ticketed separately. Île de la Cité walking tours cover the cathedral, Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie in one circuit.
Pont Saint-Michel
Pont Saint-Michel is the bridge that carries you from the Latin Quarter side of the river onto the Île de la Cité, named after the Archangel Michael. It is the crossing you would have used walking from the restaurant to the cathedral, and the view back along the River Seine from the middle of it is the reason to stop halfway.
FAQ
Is Restaurant Jacques Cagna still open?
No. Restaurant Jacques Cagna at 14 rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 Paris, is closed. Yelp, Gayot, monnuage and RestaurantGuru all list it as closed, and no current source shows it trading.
What year did Jacques Cagna close?
Sources disagree. A Who’s Who in France biography ties the closure to the chef’s retirement in 2004, several French restaurant directories say 2011, and a Paris food blog dates it to July 2012. The 2011 date fits the thirty-six years the biography credits him with running the restaurant from 1975, but it is not confirmed by a primary source.
What is at 14 rue des Grands-Augustins now?
No current restaurant listing shows a successor operating at No. 14. The nearest tables on the same street are Ze Kitchen Galerie at No. 4 and Le Relais Louis XIII at No. 8, both with one Michelin star in the 2026 guide, and Augustin Marchand d’Vins at No. 26.
Is the restaurant called JACQUES in Paris the same place?
No. JACQUES at 129 Avenue Victor Hugo in the 16th arrondissement is a separate, unrelated restaurant and cocktail bar. It is a common mix-up because of the shared first name.
Where can I eat near the old Jacques Cagna address tonight?
Bistro des Augustins at 39 quai des Grands-Augustins is the easiest walk-in. Laperouse at 51 quai des Grands-Augustins serves Monday to Saturday from 19:30 to 02:00 and is closed on Sunday. The two starred rooms on the street, Ze Kitchen Galerie and Le Relais Louis XIII, need booking ahead.
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Last updated 19 August 2026. This page was rewritten because it previously described Restaurant Jacques Cagna as an operating restaurant. Closure status cross-checked against Yelp (listing updated July 2026), Gayot, monnuage and RestaurantGuru; La Rôtisserie d’en Face status via Yelp (updated September 2025) and Gayot; biography and opening year via Who’s Who in France; Michelin status for Ze Kitchen Galerie and Le Relais Louis XIII via the 2026 MICHELIN Guide; Lapérouse hours and star history via its own listings and Wikipedia; hotel addresses and ratings from each property’s own site and listings. Where sources conflict, the conflict is shown rather than resolved.
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