What French fast food wraps fries, meat, and sauce in a flour tortilla?

French tacos are a French fast-food dish that wraps fries, meat, cheese, and sauce in a grilled flour tortilla.

Despite the name, French tacos are not closely related to Mexican tacos. They are usually folded into a rectangular, sealed shape and toasted on a panini grill, making them closer in structure to a burrito, quesadilla, or stuffed panini. Typical fillings include fries, chicken, turkey, beef, shawarma, nuggets, cheese or cheese sauce, and a kebab-shop-style sauce.

The dish is associated with the Rhône-Alpes region, particularly Lyon, and is also called Lyonese tacos or matelas, meaning “mattress” in French. Customers commonly choose ingredients à la carte, so there is no single fixed recipe. Sauces can include white döner sauce, algérienne sauce, mayonnaise, harissa, barbecue sauce, or ketchup. Many French versions are marketed as halal-certified and avoid pork. The California burrito is a useful comparison because it also combines fries and meat, but the French tacos is defined by its grilled flour-tortilla wrap and its distinctive fast-food format.