Brasserie Mollard, Brasserie in the 8th arrondissement, Paris, France

Brasserie Mollard is a restaurant near the Gare Saint-Lazare whose 1895 interior was designed by Édouard-Jean Niermans with Eugène Martial Simas. Its ceiling is a long rectangular canopy of three deep bays, each a grid of light panels framed by wooden ribs and painted with repeating floral motifs; above them runs a band of carved openwork foliage, with small glass light shades hanging below. Turned columns and pale lower walls stand beneath, and the mosaics and faïences, made in Sarreguemines from Italian mosaics, depict life around the station.

Savoyard couple Monsieur and Madame Mollard arrived in Paris in 1867; he delivered coal while she served wine, beer and absinthe at the counter opposite the Gare Saint-Lazare. Thirty years later, in 1895, the Maison Mollard was rebuilt in Art Nouveau style by architect Édouard-Jean Niermans, assisted by Eugène Martial Simas. Bought by the Gauthier family in 1928, it was listed as a monument historique on 9 November 1989.

The name comes from the Savoyard couple who arrived in Paris in 1867; Madame Mollard served wine, beer and absinthe at the counter while her husband delivered coal. In the 1950s the house drew crowds with its "omelette surprise", served à discrétion for 10 francs, a formula kept until the late 1960s. The chef now serves traditional French cooking centred on fish and seafood.

Brasserie Mollard stands on rue Saint-Lazare in the 8th arrondissement, facing the gare Saint-Lazare. Two private rooms, "Hivers" and "Les trois saisons", form the "Jardins de l'Isly" for receptions, seminars and cocktails. The dining room is reached from the street through the 2013 facade by interior designer Philippe André.

The ceramic panels made by the Sarreguemines workshops, set into mosaics brought from Italy, show Deauville, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ville-d'Avray, the entrance and exit of the Gare Saint-Lazare, and Alsace and Lorraine. Many mosaics and faiences carry the signature of Eugène Martial Simas.