BASTON - Reshaping Perpignan and surroundings through food, wine and community.
Bastien Beaudoin is the kind of person who naturally brings people together.
Passionate about food, wine, and above all the people behind them, he has built his world around connection—between producers and guests, kitchens and vineyards, friends and strangers sharing a table.
Long before BASTON opened in Perpignan, Bastien was already creating these moments. He would travel from vineyard to vineyard with a pizza oven, making sourdough pizzas, opening bottles, and spending long evenings tasting wines with friends and winemakers. Those informal gatherings slowly shaped his vision.
After spending a year in London working at Polpo, he returned with a clear idea of what he wanted to build: not simply a restaurant, but what he calls un lieu de vie—a living place where people come to discover wines, share food, and stay longer than they planned.
Back in Perpignan, he co-founded a creative studio called Ahora with a friend, working on cultural events such as Salon Indigènes and Salon de la Nature. Through photography and reportage focused on winemakers and wine culture, he deepened his connection to the region and its producers. At the same time, he began buying wine himself, gradually turning a passion into something more concrete.
That vision became BASTON.
Located in Bas-Vernet, just outside the historic city center, BASTON occupies what was once a garage. Today, it is a warm and lively place where sourdough pizzas, sharing plates, music, and carefully curated natural wines bring together a diverse crowd of locals, chefs, creatives, and visitors.
Its location matters. Across the River Têt, opposite the theatre, a footbridge leads into a part of town that was once overlooked. Bas-Vernet is changing: bicycle paths, tree-lined streets, and new independent restaurants and bars are giving the neighborhood a new rhythm.
BASTON was one of the first places to open there, helping shape this transformation.
More than somewhere to eat or drink, it has become part of a new identity for the area—a place where community is built, one table at a time.
Following BASTON, he opened Maménakané, one corner away, with Kotaro and Maiko Ike, with the same vision of rigorous choice for the wines and products but with a different cuisine. Where BASTON is a place to enjoy wine, food and good music, Maménakané is a quiet and intimate Japanese fine table.
