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By the Market (Les Halles)
Here you'll find a good selection of eateries with good prices.
Restaurant Françoise
is a pleasant café and tea salon, where fresh-baked tarts—savory
and sweet—and a variety of salads and soups make a healthful meal, and vegetarian options
are plentiful (€7-12 dishes, Mon-Sat 8:00-19:00, closed Sun, free Wi-Fi, 6 Rue Général Le-
clerc, tel. 04 32 76 24 77).
La Cuisine du Dimanche
offers an appealing stone interior with an atrium courtyard.
They get rave reviews for the quality of their cuisine—but not for the service (€18-25
plats
,
daily, 31 Rue de la Bonneterie, tel. 04 90 82 99 10).
Rue des Teinturiers
This “Tie-Dye Street” has a wonderful concentration of eateries popular with the natives,
and justifies the long walk. It's a trendy, youthful area, spiffed up with a canalside ambience
and little hint of tourism.
La Cave des Pas Sages
makes a colorful pause before dinner.The owners enjoy serving
you a fragrant and cheap glass of regional wine. Choose from the blackboard by the bar
that lists all the bottles open today, then join the gang outside by the canal. In the evening,
this place is a hit with the young local crowd for its wine and weekend concerts (Mon-Sat
10:00-1:00 in the morning, closed Sun, no food in evening, across from waterwheel at 41
Rue des Teinturiers).
Restaurant Numéro 75
is worth the walk (just past where the cobbles end on Rue des
Teinturiers). It fills the Pernod mansion (of
pastis
liquor fame) and a large, romantic court-
yard with outdoor tables. The selection is limited to Mediterranean cuisine, but everything's
très
tasty. It's best to go with the options offered by your young black-shirted server (€30
lunch
menu
; dinner
menus:
€29/appetizer and main course or main course and dessert, €35/
three courses; Mon-Sat 12:00-14:00 & 20:00-22:00, closed Sun, 75 Rue Guillaume Puy, tel.
04 90 27 16 00).
Elsewhere in Avignon
At
L'Isle Sonnante,
join chef Boris and wife Anne to dine intimately in their formal
and charming one-room
bistrot
. You'll choose from a small selection offering only fresh
products and be served by owners who care (
menus
from €35, closed Sun-Mon, 100 yards
from the carousel on Place de l'Horloge at 7 Rue Racine, tel. 04 90 82 56 01, best to book
ahead).