Au Bon Pantagruel Place du Marché, 20 rue Quentin tel 03.80.30.68.69. One of the more popular, lively bistros ranged round the market, with a good range of regional specialties on a menu that changes with healthy frequency. Menus at €18 & €23. Closed Mon & Sun evening.La Cézanne 38 rue Amiral Roussin tel 03.80.58.91.92. One of a string of tiny restaurants whose tables are crammed into a narrow, atmospheric old street, with a Provençal-influenced menu (€17–46). If that doesn't suit, then there's Italian, classic French and crêpes very close to hand. Closed Mon lunch, Sun & last two weeks of Aug. Le Chabrot 36 rue Monge tel 03.80.50.02.35. Small, friendly restaurant on the west side of Place Émile Zola with a staunchly Burgundian menu at €19 and a more refined offering at €27. Doubles as a wine bar-cum-cellar; the superb wine list offers lots of help for amateurs. Closed Sun & second week in Aug. Le Clos des Capucines 3 rue Jeannin, at the end of rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau tel 03.80.65.83.03. Situated in a beautiful medieval setting, this restaurant serves very good traditional, rich Burgundy cuisine (jambon persillé, escargots, boecuf bourguignon) at very reasonable prices. Menus at €12–26. Closed Sun & Sat lunch. Côté St-Jean 13 rue Monge tel 03.80.50.11.77. Rather chic restaurant offering such delights as langoustines, duck tournedos and gratin of pears and almonds. Menus €26–35, with a good-value lunch menu at €15. Closed Wed & Sat lunch, Tues & mid-July to mid-Aug. Les Deux Fontaines 16 place de la République tel 03.80.60.86.45. A short walk from the centre, in the northeast corner of the old town, but worth it for the airy, garden-like atmosphere and fresh, Mediterranean-influenced daily specials (plats €11–13). Gril'Laure 8 place St-Bénigne tel 03.80.41.86.76. Popular with the business lunch crowd for its convenient cathedral-side location, and pizzas, pasta and grilled dishes hot out of the wood-fired oven. Menus at €17 & €23. Le Potimarron 4 av de l'Ouche tel 03.80.43.38.07. A bit out of the way, but serves home-made vegetarian and macrobiotic dishes as well as organic meat and fish. Reasonably priced with menus from €13.75. Closed Sun & Mon. Simpatico 30 rue Berbisey tel 03.80.30.53.53 Likeable, trendy Italian restaurant with funky decor. Lunch menus at €11.40, dinners à la carte from around €20. Closed Sun, Mon & Aug. Le Verdi 10 place Émile Zola tel 03.80.30.25.88. Wildly popular lunch menu (€10), and the outdoor seating on the square gets busy in the evening too. Menu includes grills, pizza and fish. Dinners in the €15–25 range. Closed Sun.
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