A spectacular traffic accident occurred on Tuesday December 17, 2024. An RATP bus hit the facade of Bouillon du Coq, the restaurant opened last July by Thierry Marx, in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Sant-Denis) . There were two very minor injuries, according to firefighters.
More fear than harm. Last July, Thierry Marx made his dream come true. Indeed, the starred chef opened the restaurant called Le Bouillon du Coq in Saint-Ouen, with the aim of offering everyone quality cuisine at affordable prices. The Chef’s first broth.
This project was born from a discussion with a friend more than ten years ago. Thierry Marx declared that he had the ambition to open a restaurant where customers could eat good cuisine “accessible to everyone”relayed the site Going out in Paris. If the possibility presented itself several times in Paris, Thierry Marx decided to put his kitchen utensils in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), in place of the restaurant Le Coq de la Maison Blanche, which belonged to Alain François.
The facade of Thierry Marx’s restaurant damaged
This Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Le Bouillon du Coq was the victim of a spectacular accident at the end of the day. Indeed, an RATP bus crashed into the building located in the city center of Saint-Ouen, reported our colleagues from Parisian. For a reason “still unknown”the driver of the vehicle hit the facade of the store open in July.
“There are no injuries, only sheet metal. Everything is fine, more fear than harm”explained a restaurant manager by telephone to journalists from the Ile-de-France daily. According to testimony from local residents, the bus driver would have “swerved the wheel to avoid a scooter that had just fishtailed at him”. Facts which remain to be determined by investigators.
For its part, the Paris fire brigade (BSPP) confirmed to our colleagues that the accident had only caused two very minor injuries, of the “relative emergencies” which did not result in transfer to a hospital center. An incident that comes at a bad time, as the Christmas and New Year holidays draw closer. Very popular with residents and employees in the sector, Le Bouillon du Coq risks seeing estimates of its turnover reduced.