The Guadalajara Reporter

Enjoy fine French food at Chez Chouchou

Guadalajara’s trendy Colonia Americana is home to an excellent but inexpensive new French restaurant. A collaborative venture between three Mexicans and a Frenchman with contrasting but complementary backgrounds, Chez Chouchou serves a range of gourmet meals, fine French wines and creative and original cocktails.

“Our main goal is to bring a different concept of French cuisine. When you think of French cuisine you automatically think ‘Oh man, it’s expensive,’ but you can eat here without spending a lot,” says Jonathan Patiño, one of the restaurant’s four founders.

A Michoacan native, Patiño and his Tapatia girlfriend Rocio Rivas Ramos had been living in London and traveling around Europe when the idea of opening a restaurant came to them. It was only when they met up with Rocio’s brother Raul Rivas Ramos and Frenchman Antoine Pluchet in Paris last year when the concept of Chez Chouchou was born.

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