I know everyone says there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but it turns out that’s not always true. If you like meat – specifically lamb – you can get one this week at Agneau Presto’s temporary restaurant near Bastille.

I’d read about the Bistro Agneau Presto in a free newspaper recently and written it down on the calendar, but I admit I had no idea what to expect. I’m always up for free food, though, so today I headed for Bastille and followed a couple of other intrepid types (I can’t really say there was a crowd) to what turned out to be a modern, slightly industrial-looking restaurant.

Since all the website says is “every day from 12:00 to 3:00,” I was picturing long lines to get tiny paper plates of food, cafeteria-style, and maybe those tables you have to stand at to eat. Not so. Instead, it’s a sit-down lunch in rounds – when I showed up at 1:10, there was only one group ahead of me and the staff said it was a 20-minute wait. True to their word, they let us in at 1:30, and everyone who was in line got a seat (barely). Note that this only works because you can’t choose where you sit (the tables are all the same anyway), and if you come in anything but a group of 4, you’ll probably be sharing a table with strangers. No one seemed too bothered by it, though.

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