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Altitude 4810
Cheap and cheerful is the trademark of this cheesy but popular fake chalet where regional specialities like tartiflette (around €11 .50), fondue(around €15 .50) and raclette (around €15 .50) are served up to a fairly undiscerning but hungry crowd.
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Café de la Table Ronde
This historic café from 1739 was a favoured haunt of Stendhal and Rousseau, its old-world atmosphere, period furnishings and moulded bar changing little since the 19th century. In summer its tables and chairs spill onto place St-André, easily the city's loveliest (and liveliest) drinking square.
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China Moon
The Chinese fare at this vast self-service canteen opposite the train station is definitely not startling - but its 100-year-old setting is.
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Italian's Café
The funky furnishings - shocking-pink leather chairs, cutlery lampshades, beer on tap pulled from a sax - lure a cut above the student set to stylish IC, a restaurant-bar with a wholly Italian cuisine.
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L'Amphitryon
Push your way through what must be Grenoble's biggest steel door to enter this stark, minimalist space - a seriously funky restaurant with orange walls - to feast on great Mediterranean cuisine.
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La Fondue
The stream of hungry people who pile into this overly rustic hide-out on a Friday and Saturday night - only to be turned away or told to come back at (it doesn't accept telephone reservations at weekends) - confirms that, old-hat decor aside, this is Grenoble's fondue hot spot. Leave your waistline worries at the door and dip into one of 15 fondue types (minimum two people).
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La Mandala
No more than a dozen tables fill this modern eating space with steely façade, kitchen behind glass, retro ceramic-green tiled bar and the day's market-driven specials chalked up au tableau (on the blackboard). Note les afters are obligatory!
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La Mère Ticket
The homely cooking at this tiny, old-style French restaurant - think red-and-white checked tablecloths, lace curtains, handwritten menu and just four mains to choose from - hasn't changed for years! The poulet aux écrevisses (chicken with crayfish) and gratin dauphinois come highly recommended.
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La Panse
Herring and whisky pâté, quail with foie gras in sweet madeira sauce, brill in sorrel sauce or a simple deer stew are among the traditional dishes cooked with a contemporary twist at this relaxed dining spot. Media types particularly like it.
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Le Mal Assis
Le Mal Assis 'The Badly Seated' translates as a small but cosy, conventional, upmarket restaurant favoured by a smart, cultured crowd. Cuisine deviates little from old-school bourgeoise; think a choice of four traditional meats in the company of gratin dauphinois . Reservations recommended.
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Le Supplice de Tantale
No more than a handful of tables at a time can savour the exceptional seasonal fare cooked up from strictly local produce at this stylish upmarket bistro. The suggestion du moment (around €13 to around €20 ) invariably surprises.
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Le Tonneau de Diogène
Grenoble's best known philo-café is a cramped, wonderfully atmospheric place, decked out with polished wood, leather booths, tightly packed tables and an academic crowd.
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Les Archers
This busy brasserie has great outside summer seating, cosy red leather banquet seating inside and a shellfish repetoire that is hard to beat. October to March an oyster-charged seafood platter is the thing to order. Home-made tripe is the other standout.
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Pivano
Pivano 'Gastronomic snacks' are the hallmark of this chic boutique-café where imaginative sandwiches, warm and cold, are served in a mellow peach and amber setting.
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Shaman Café
Submerge yourself in oriental opulence at this cavernous restaurant-cum-bar with low lighting and a cuisine that flits between India, Japan, Morocco and Italy. Particularly good value is its lunchtime buffet (around €10 ).
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