Strasbourg
Happy days for anyone looking for quick, healthy and tasty gluten-free and vegetarian grub: La Pause Quinoa rustles up meat-free burgers, tabbouleh and…
Strasbourg
Happy days for anyone looking for quick, healthy and tasty gluten-free and vegetarian grub: La Pause Quinoa rustles up meat-free burgers, tabbouleh and…
Biarritz
First opening its doors in 1938, this is an authentic and high-quality tapas bar beside the market. It also does full meals, which can be eaten out on the…
Latin Quarter
Japanese-style crêpes? You heard it here first. Inexpensive and served cone-style, Mayya's crêpes make for a great quick lunch or ice-cream-stuffed snack…
Marché Biologique des Batignolles
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Abuzz with market stalls, this busy boulevard in northern Paris is renowned for its organic produce. Many of the stalls offer tastings and everything is…
Chartres
Food shops and restaurants surround Chartres' canopied market, just off rue des Changes south of the cathedral. The market itself dates from the early…
Alsace
If you're craving a little spice, this sweet and simple Thai place serves up the real deal. The curries are authentic and there's rarely an empty table at…
Le Havre
Upstairs in the Musée Malraux, this is a fine, contemporary-styled choice to tuck into well-executed French classics, with the added bonus of ample…
Marseille
A good lunch bet, this small Italian deli serves pastas, ciabattas, salads and antipasti, and sells top-class Italian goodies to take away. Good Italian…
The Dordogne
Chef Hervé Battiston has made this sweet little restaurant a favourite, thanks to artful French food served up in a pretty 12th-century cloister. Reserve…
Rouen
A candlelit, semiformal restaurant that serves outstanding French and Norman dishes, including succulent beef, Dieppe-style seafood stew and rich crème…
Reims
Piles of tantalising fresh produce from the region are displayed in the art-deco splendour of Reims' covered market hall.
Alsace
Skip dinner and go straight for dessert at this tearoom famous for its delectable kougelhopf (a ring-shaped marble cake), petits fours and pastries.
The Dordogne
Reserve ahead for the popular restaurant where Laétitia whips up cutting-edge seasonal périgourdine cuisine in St-Pompon, 16km southwest of Domme.
Villefranche-sur-Mer
In business since 1938, La Mère Germaine is an upmarket waterfront address for seafood, fish and more seafood, washed down with a splendid choice of wine.
Lyon & the Rhône Valley
Le Bistrot des Clercs is known far and wide for its generous portions of regional specialities and solid brasserie fare served in a convivial atmosphere.
Rouen
This covered market by the Église Jeanne d’Arc has an excellent fromagerie (cheese shop) as well as fishmongers and other purveyors of foods.
The Dordogne
Specialises in local products such as duck foie gras. Dine in the intimate stone room with the tinkle of glasses, or under plane trees on the square.
Metz
At Chez Mauricette, Mauricette tempts with such Lorraine goodies as herby saucisson, local charcuterie and mirabelle (plum) pâté.
Parc National des Pyrénées
One of many shops selling the fruity sweets known as berlingots, a hard-candy that comes in many flavours and is a speciality of Cauterets.
Nice
The second branch of Nice’s fine maître glacier, in business since 1966, stocks all the flavours.
Limoges
Checked tablecloths, laughing locals and blackboards stuffed with regional dishes: what more could you want from a Limoges bistro? Reserve ahead.
The Dordogne
Modern dining in an old-town setting with a wisteria-covered terrace right opposite a medieval gateway. Food is French with an adventurous slant.
Sarlat-la-Canéda
The best of Sarlat's budget picks, come here for charcuterie, potatoes, salads and Savoy cheeses (fondue and Raclette) and nary a duck in sight.
Paris
This vegan eatery offers quite a few mock-meat dishes like poulet végétal aux champignons (‘chicken’ with mushrooms). No alcohol.
Lyon
Manna from heaven for Lyon's oft-neglected vegetarians, this place serves a fully meatless menu with abundant organic and gluten-free options.
Strasbourg
This chilled-out bistro is hailed for its solid and liquid organic chocolate (ginger is superb), day specials (€10) and weekend brunches.
Colmar
A chilled spot for breakfast, lunch or brunch, Bistrot Gourmand is the go-to place for coffee, crêpes, salads and yummy homemade desserts.
Montmartre & Northern Paris
A past winner of Paris’ ‘best baguette’ prize, Delmontel specialises in delicious pastries, cakes, macarons and artisanal breads.
Strasbourg
This sweet, petite Thai has friendly service, warm lighting, red walls and a reliable menu of nicely spiced noodle dishes and curries.
Lyon
Led by the talented chef Joël Salzi, Les Fines Gueules serves beautifully rendered Lyonnais classics in a convivial old town setting.
Bayeux
Stalls sell farm-fresh edibles at place St-Patrice (Saturday morning) and right in front of the tourist office (Wednesday morning).
The Dordogne
Create your own salads, grab a thick slice of quiche or juice up at this colourful pay-at-the-counter cafe. Continuous service.
Paris
Classic fish and chips are cooked up by this food truck along with salmon gravlax, tuna tataki and other seafood dishes.
Arras
Arras' twice-weekly food market stretches across the city's three central squares; Saturday's market is especially huge.
Latin Quarter
A sit-down area lets you enjoy light flaky pastries on-site at this branch of famous boulangerie Eric Kayser.
Lyon
Since 1937, this charcuterie-traiteur has been one of Lyon's finest sources for sausages and prepared foods.
Mont St-Michel
This decent crêperie is located near the bottom of Grande Rue, up a 15th-century staircase from the souvenir shop.
Marseille
Baking some of the best pastries near the Vieux Port, Le Pain de l'Opéra also has plenty of savoury options.
Orléans
A covered food market with about two dozen stalls, including three excellent fromageries and a boulangerie.
Lille, Flanders & the Somme
Fruit, veggies, cheeses, wines and prepared dishes are sold inside this one-time salt store built in 1784.
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