La Petite Hostellerie is a restaurant on Rue de la Harpe in Paris that serves escargot, mussels, and steak as part of a set course. The courses include snail dishes and onion soup as starters, veal, salmon, and Burgundy beef as mains, and crème brûlée for dessert. Orders sometimes arrive late, and after 8 p.m. people begin waiting for tables. Service varies: bread or forks and knives may be missing when the food comes out first.