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Caen's town centre offers two major areas for
eating
: with cosmopolitan restaurants in the pedestrianized
quartier Vaugueux
and more traditional French restaurants on the streets off
rue de GeEle
, near the western ramparts, particularly rue des Croisiers and rue Gemare.
L'Alcide
, 1 place Courtonne (tel 02.31.44.18.06). Anonymous-looking bistro-style place that serves classic French dishes cooked with great attention to detail. Menus from 82F/e¬12.50 up to 135F/e¬20.58. Closed Sat.
Le Boeuf Ferre
, 10 rue des Croisiers (tel 02.31.85.36.40). Gourmet restaurant, with stone walls and timbered ceiling, serving rich and substantial meals; foie gras is the house speciality, as featured on the no-choice 135F/e¬20.58 menu, and there's always plenty of duck and red meat. Midday menu 75F/e¬11.43, dinners from 95F/e¬14.48. Closed Mon & Sun evening, plus the first fortnight in March and the second fortnight in July.
L'Insolite
, 16 rue du Vaugueux (tel 02.31.43.87.87). Attractive half-timbered restaurant with terrace and indoor seating. A 65F/e¬9.91 vegetarian menu offers a "
symphonie des crudites
", but the main emphasis is on seafood, with a 95F/e¬14.48 menu that features a trio of steamed fish, and a knock-out 250F/e¬38.11
Prestige
menu. Closed Sun evening, plus Mon in low season.
MaA®tre Corbeau
, 8 rue Bouquet (tel 02.31.93.93.00). Fondue is the speciality in this eccentric little place, and they won't let you forget it, festooning the whole place with cheesy iconography. A typical fondue costs around 80F/e¬12.20, while set menus start from 92F/e¬14.03. Closed Sat lunch, Sun & first 3 weeks of Aug.
La Petite Auberge
, 17 rue des Equipes-d'Urgence (tel 02.31.86.43.30). Plain and simple restaurant, with a nice view of the St-Jean church, serving very good-value Norman specialities - including a daily 68F/e¬10.37 menu that doesn't force you to eat tripe. Closed Sun evening, Mon & first 3 weeks of Aug.
Les Quatres Epices
, 25 rue Porte-au-Berger (tel 02.31.93.40.41). Lively West African restaurant, just off rue du Vaugueux. Everything is A la carte - prawns with sweet potato for 95F/e¬14.48, grilled fish with ginger for 76F/e¬11.59, plus plantains and meat galore - and African music plays non-stop.
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