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Casa Gaia, 16 bis rue Latour, Bordeaux
A trendy metropolis centre restaurant that focuses on tapas and salads created from seasonal natural components, so count on peas in spring, tomatoes in summer season, squash within the autumn and chestnuts in winter. Greens, meats and fish are grilled and roasted over a beech wooden fireplace and dishes are served in a big convivial open plan room. It has a ‘producers constitution’, which units out its coverage relating to sourcing its meals ethically from artisanal suppliers “who respect the rules of agroecology, residing soils, and promote biodiversity”, highlighting meals range, together with previous varieties and rustic breeds. Its web site options 9 such suppliers, telling the tales of the folks behind the merchandise. Exemplary. casagaia.fr/
Three of the seasonal dishes we ate at Casa Gaia. Photograph: Richard Hammond
Zéphirine, 62, rue Abbé de l’Epée, Bordeaux
Tucked away on a facet road a stone’s throw from Place Gabetta within the coronary heart of downtown Bordeaux, Zéphirine is a Michelin-starred intimate city diner (the homeowners name it an ‘city inn’), open for lunch and a extra elaborate dinner, with an open kitchen, a small patio terrace for these wishing to dine exterior, and even a small delicatessen so friends can take away a couple of of the delicacies. There’s single brief menu: you share starters, select from three meat, fish or vegetarian dishes then select from a number of deserts. It is run by an skilled trio of Romain Corbière (who spent 12 years underneath the tutelage of Alain Ducasse and was given the distinguished job of opening the Alain Ducasse Cooking College in Paris), his sister Marie-Zéphirine and her husband Bertrand Arnauld. ‘Zephrine’ is their great-great-grandfather’s title, so count on age-old recipes conjured with refined experience; it is excellent worth. zephirine.fr
The menu of the day and two sumptious desserts we ate on the Michellin-starred Zéphirine .
Le Cent 33, 133 rue du Jardin Public, Bordeaux
Near the Museum of Wine and Commerce within the centre of the town, Le Cent 33 is the primary restaurant in Aquitaine to be given the EcoTable label (the French eco label for environmentally pleasant eating places) who awarded it two macarons for its ‘superior strategy’, and a Inexperienced Meals Ambassador, the main target at this stylish bistro-style restaurant is on “seasonal, principally native and natural” meals. The fragrant herbs, pink fruits, some greens come from its personal greenhouse and vegetable backyard ‘Potager’, 5 minutes from the restaurant. The Michelin star is because of Chef Fabien Beaufour (earlier eating places embody Anne-Sophie Pic in Valence, Patrick Henriroux in Vienne, and New York’s Eleven Madison Park) who goals to replicate the seasons “impressed by custom French delicacies, twisted by the chef’s worldwide experiences”. A function of the restaurant is that it makes use of a robatayaki wooden fireplace pit to arrange among the dishes. Select wine from an inventory of 500 wines, 90% of which is oriented towards natural, biodynamic and pure wines from each giant well-know estates to new winegrowers. cent33.com/
Vivants, 13 rue des Bahutiers, Bordeaux
The wooden-framed glass home windows of the facade would possibly recommend a standard, formal environment at this Michelin-starred restaurant, however inside, Vivants is laid again and welcoming. The elaborately adorned dishes – the eye to element is phenomenal – are the hallmark of chef Tanguy Laviale, beforehand of Garopapilles who additionally runs the present on the fashionable Michelin-starred Ressources restaurant, near Place Tourny. At Vivants, there are three menus of three, 4, and 5 dishes – count on dishes resembling scallops with persimmon and vegetarian tortelli – and select from a complete record of over 1,000 wines, fortunately a useful sommelier is readily available that will help you pair your choice together with your meals. restaurantvivants.com
Restaurant l’Entrepote, 5 rue Albéric Cahuet , 24200 Sarlat la Canéda, The Dordogne Valley
Tucked away in a quiet nook of this fashionable village, simply off the Place de la République, Restaurant l’Entrepote is a comfortable restaurant with uncovered stone partitions and a out of doors terrace in an enthralling, timeless courtyard, serving regional delicacies utilizing recent market components. There are basic dishes resembling goats cheese salad, carpaccio, and magret de canard, but additionally variations resembling pork tacos, calamari, vegetarian tartelette, and pork in a morille mushroom cream sauce. fb.com/p/Restaurant-LEntreppercentC3percentB4te-100063596772091/
Chez Paulo, rue Saint Gregoire, Brive
Select between the characterful out of doors terrace or the cosy inside at this fashionable 4th era run bistro (beforehand often known as Les Frangins) in a quiet nook within the coronary heart of Brive. The proprietor Paul works with many native farms and you’ll count on superbly introduced dishes, resembling pink tuna, Limousin beef rib chops, carpaccio and and beautiful rum baba – a gentle cake in a scrumptious rum syrup, with full-course vegan choices obtainable. There are greater than 200 wines to select from drawing on Paul’s intensive expertise as sommelier in a Michelin-starred restaurant. chez-paulo-restaurant-brive.eatbu.com
Café du Commerce, 1 rue des Halles, Biarritz
A convivial brasserie in a big open plan diner that is a part of the Les Halles market within the centre of Biarritz. After shopping the small retailers for seafood, cheese, cured meats, come right here for espresso, tapas or gourmand French delicacies, together with confit de canard, grilled squid, and mussels. The emphasis is on seasonal meals utilizing recent, native merchandise. cafeducommerce-biarritz.com
Restaurant Arraina – La Desk Marine, 39 Av du Commandant Passicot 64500 Ciboure
A well-liked seafood and grilled fish restaurant on the promontory overlooking the bay of Saint Jean de Luz. Select between the cosy inside or out of doors on the sunny terrace overlooking the harbour. There is a vary of dishes resembling oysters, shrimps, grilled prawns, crab salad, grilled squid, sole, and trout gravlax. arraina-latablemarine.fr
La Belle Epoque, 25 rue d’Angoulême, Cognac
Inside the Lodge Heritage within the centre of Cognac, the frilly delicacies of this heat, pleasant restaurant matches the nice and cozy pink, blue and purple tones of the neat belle epoque grandeur. Chef Aurélien Villard took over the working of the restaurant in 2024 with an purpose to give attention to artisanal and native merchandise. Starters embody artichoke hearts and oysters, whereas mains embody seafood platters, beef, and fish from the native public sale. In the summertime, head exterior to the patio for lunch or dinner among the many century-old wisteria or not too long ago renovated arcades. hotelheritage.fr/restaurant-la-belle-epoque
Le Cheverny, 57 Avenue Baudin, Limoges
A household run restaurant within the warmth of Limoges that prides itself on seasonal regional flavours chosen by chef Estelle Palard Kuhler. Select from 4 to seven programs within the giant important eating space for as much as 100 or the sunshine ethereal terrace pergola overlooking the railway. Dishes embody flambéd shrimps, beef entrecôte, and marinated rooster. lecheverny.fr
Restaurant Dyades – Domaine des Etangs, Le Bourg, Massignac
The principle elegant Michelin-starred restaurant on the magnificent sprawling a five-star chateaux property of Domaine des Etangs. Seasonal produce is harvested ‘farm to desk’ from the property’s 21,000 sq. foot licensed natural backyard and from native producers incomes the restaurant two Ecotable awards – for its dedication to sustainable improvement and permaculture. A market lunch is on the market Monday to Saturday and non-resident friends are welcome for lunch and dinner within the splendour from Wednesday to Saturday. fr.aubergeresorts.com/domainedesetangs/dine
La Delicacies du Cloître, rue des Allois, Limoges
Inside a seventeenth Century convent adjoining to the town’s cathedral within the coronary heart of the historic district of Limoges, Michelin-starred chef Man Queroix (president of the Toques Blanches du Limousin and member of the Culinary Faculty of France) has put market-fresh delicacies centre stage on this gorgeous restaurant mixing “custom, innovation and seasonality” in a setting that mixes wooden, stone and modern decor. Among the many alternative of menus is a ‘Return from the Market’ midweek particular (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays), which celebrates recent produce introduced in to the kitchen straight from the town’s important market, Halles de Limoges. la-cuisine-du-cloitre.fr
Chez Flo restaurant, 9 rue Saint-Barthélémy, Parentis-en-Born
Billed as a ‘bistronomic’ restaurant, Chez Flo’s homeowners say their function is “to spotlight the work of our producer companions”, a lot of which it lists on it web site, together with La Bruyere Farm, The Gardens of Craoueyres, Oleanders, and Prukibio. Its lunch dishes primarily comprise native and seasonal merchandise, and it adjustments its menu every month to replicate the fruits of the related time of 12 months: “After we develop dishes, we inform a narrative; the story of Ladies and Males producers, farmers, fishermen, winegrowers, pals and all passionate folks…we’re satisfied that this sensitivity is felt on the plate! chezfloparentis.fr/
Les Amants du Marché, 1 rue Bourbaki, Pau
A vegan and vegetarian natural restaurant serving dishes with components sourced from the close by natural market, resembling smoked tofu aranchini, moussaka and inexperienced bean pies with peppers, caramelised onions, pesto and uncooked greens. Adjoining to the restaurant is its personal moral store, “In any other case”, promoting designer objects, together with garments, toys, jewelry, and cosmetics created from recycled supplies or natural and uncooked supplies. lesamantsdumarche.fr
