Restaurants in Avignon
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Cuisine du Dimanche
Spitfire chef Marie shops every morning at Les Halles to find the freshest ingredients for her earthy flavour-packed cooking, and takes no culinary shortcuts. The market-driven menu changes daily, but specialities include scallops and simple roast chicken with pan gravy. The narrow stone-walled dining room is a mishmash of textures – contemporary resin chairs to antique crystal goblets – befitting the chef’s eclecticism. Reserve ahead.
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L'Echappée Belle
For flavours of cumin, saffron and ginger infusing regional produce; or for homemade pastry and tea, Avignon's new restaurant/salon de thé (tearoom) is a treat. Named after the Nicolas Bouvier novel of the same name (which translates as The Beautiful Escape), L'Echappée Belle is a chic yet relaxed spot amid Avignon's architectural and artistic highlights.
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La Fourchette
An enduring classical French bistro west of place de l'Horloge run by the same family for generations, La Fourchette offers a tempting choice of dishes on its fixed-price menu (prices are the same for lunch or dinner). Along with tender lamb, specialities include marinaded sardines, and a sinful meringue ice cream with praline.
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Restaurant Brunel
Brunel is a local favourite for authentic Provençal dishes such as aïoli , especially at lunch, when there are outstanding deals on main courses (which always include a fish of the day) and desserts. The handful of outdoor tables is hotly contested in warm weather.
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L'Epice and Love
Tables are cheek by jowl at this tiny bohemian restaurant – our favorite for budget dining – with nothing fancy, just straightforward bistro fare, stews, roasts and other reliably good, home-style French dishes. Cash only.
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Ginette et Marcel
Tartines (open-faced sandwiches), tarts, salad and soup comprise the menu at this homey cafe with farm tables, vintage floors and big windows overlooking a happening square.
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Les 5 Sens
Chef Thierry Baucher, one of France's meilleurs ouvriers (top chefs), reveals his southwestern origins in specialties like cassoulet and foie gras, but skews contemporary-Mediterranean in gastronomic dishes such as butternut-squash ravioli with escargots. Surroundings are refreshingly unfussy – vaguely French-colonial, with rattan and carved wood – and service is impeccable.
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Le Moutardier
In the medieval days of the Avignon popes, the souffleur blew the fire to get it going, the rôtisseur roasted the meat on it and the moutardier made the mustard - hence the name of this traditional restaurant lazing in the shade of the Palais des Papes with sweeping views from its terrace.
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Au Tout Petit
The ‘Teeny Tiny’ packs big flavours into imaginative dishes – tuna Carpaccio with vanilla, apricot tarte Tatin with rosemary ice cream – simple cooking that maximizes spice. Wine costs just €2.50; lunch is a steal. Reserve.
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Numéro 75
The chic dining room, in the former mansion of absinthe inventor Jules Pernod, is a fitting backdrop for stylized Mediterranean cooking. Menus change nightly, and only include three mains, but brevity guarantees freshness. On balmy nights, book the courtyard garden.
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Le Marmiton
Le Marmiton, the onsite formal restaurant of Hôtel La Mirande, offers cooking classes (from €80) and a twice-weekly chef’s table (reservations essential); afternoon tea is served (albeit slowly) in the glittering lobby.
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La Cure Gourmande
Don't leave Avignon without trying a papaline d'Avignon, a pink chocolate ball of potent Mont Ventoux herbal liqueur that packs a punch; it's available from speciality sweet shops around town such as La Cure Gourmande.
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Le Caveau du Théâtre
Swing over to the south of the square for mellow, moody jazz and a monthly changing carte (menu) of traditional southern French fare with extra zip, such as butter-fried fish in a curry paste with sun-dried tomatoes.
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Le Grand Café
Hidden behind the Palais des Papes, this boho-chic bistro-bar with a big terrace adjoins arty Manutention cultural centre. Giant mirrors on rough-hewn walls reflect French actors' portraits and rows of vintage tables. Good-value Provençal menus provide an alternative to more touristy places uphill.
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Christian Etienne
One of Avignon’s top tables, this much vaunted restaurant occupies a 12th-century palace with a leafy outdoor terrace, adjacent to Palais des Papes. Interiors feel slightly dated, but the refined Provençal cuisine remains exceptional, notably the summertime-only starter-to-dessert tomato menu. Reserve.
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La Tropézienne
St-Tropez’s famous cream-and-cake tarte tropézienne, plus other treats.
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Erio Convert
Freshly baked breads, pastries and filled baguettes are available from Erio Convert .
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Terre de Saveurs
Half the menu is all-organic vegetarian, the other half veg-heavy meat dishes.
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Le Lutrin
This is Hôtel du Palais des Papes' wonderfully authentic restaurant.
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Monoprix
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Les Halles
Over 40 food stalls showcase seasonal Provençal ingredients. There are cooking demonstration on Saturdays at 11am.
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L’Épicerie
Tables spill into the cobbled square outside Église St-Pierre – reason enough to linger at this tiny spot, with Mediterranean dishes like lamb tajine, spiced beef with vegetable crumble, and assiette des épicières (mixed plate). It is closed for winter and the first two weeks of August.
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L'Atelier de Damien
Unframed paintings and worn tile floors lend a rough-around-the-edges look to this off-the-tourist-radar restaurant on Avignon's less-glamorous side. Chef Damien Demazure once cooked under Alain Ducasse, and draws inspiration from market-fresh ingredients, combining French with Asian – ginger, lemongrass and coriander are his favorites. Expect excellent fish, foie gras, and caramel-candy cake. Reserve.
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Tapalocas
In the pedestrian area, tuck into a seemingly endless array of traditional Spanish tapas over a sangria or two.
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