Rue Champeaux is packed with places to eat : crêpes are on offer at
Crêperie la Tourelle , the half-timbered building at no. 9, with its own tiny tower and views of the church of St-Jean. Troyes' top restaurant is
Le Valentino
, 11 cour de la Rencontre (tel 03.25.73.14.14; closed Sat lunch, Mon
& three weeks in Aug & Sept; menus from €16.77), whose
inventive chef combines different flavours from all over the world,
while a good place to try the regional speciality of andouillette is the Cheval de 3 at 31 rue de la Cité (tel 03.25.80.58.23; closed in the evening on Tues, Wed & Sun). For brasserie food, try the
Hôtel du Théâtre 's brasserie (closed Sun evening; menus from €10.37).
Le Café du Musée
, 59 rue de la Cité, near the cathedral, has a decent upstairs
restaurant (closed Sun & Mon evening) and a cool contemporary bar downstairs (Mon-Sat until 3am), with a wide range of beers.
Le Tricasse
, 2 rue Charbonnet, is a perennially popular bar, with tables and the
occasional live band; a few more bars are on nearby narrow rue
Paillot-de-Montabert, including the tiny and consistently packed-out Bar des Bougnets des Pouilles .
Self-caterers should head for the Marché les Halles, a daily covered market
on the corner of rue Général-de-Gaulle and rue de la République, close
to the Hôtel de Ville. Vegetarians and the health-conscious will think
they're in heaven at Coopérative Hermes, 39 rue Général-Saussier, a
surprisingly good - forFrance - wholesale/healthfood store.
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