All began in 1932 when sir M. Jenny, beer and sauerkraut salesman from strasbourg, funded the “Chez Jenny” brasserie. During the 1930 colonial exposition  he got the idea to buy the old Victor ballroom that was located in this house whom construction on stilts would go back to 1660.

The Du Temple boulevard was called “boulevard of the crime”, because in the middle of the 19th century this area of old fortresses was the limit between Paris and the countryside. Along the boulevard there were balrooms, theatres, and other places of  delights. The theatres were specialised in melodrama and the crime was very often the theme. The appelation came from that.

In 1936, Jean-Baptiste Fleck from Colmar, president of the hotelkeepers of Alsace and then sir Bayer from Guebwiller in 1939, have been successively at the head of the brasserie.

Sir Bayer wanted the brasserie to be popular.  He offered very attractive prices keeping the food and the wines at a very good level because he was an oenologist of repute in Alsace. During the Occupation he sheltered his staff in his cave and his waitresses weard the hat of Alsace with the french rosette on it. But the occupying forces were not very pleased and banned the hats.  That time couldn’t prevent the brasserie from doing well, selling the products made from the porks reared in the courtyard of the restaurant. Since 1980, the new owners and the new manager are keeping up the tradition to maintain the popular appeal for this brasserie.

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