Casual dining in Aix

[Boo]

Spouse is heading to Aix for a business trip next week and is looking for suggestions for casual dining, French or any other ethnic cuisines, where one could dine alone, and not too $$$. Staying close to the Cours Mirabeau. Thanks!

[Carlsbad]

Last summer, we enjoyed a casual lunch at Le Bistro Latin, 18 rue de la Couronne, not far off the Cour Mirabeau. Very well-priced provencal menus for lunch and dinner. It's a small place with one room on the main level and a cozy cellar room below.

[cigalechanta]

Les Fréres Lani, rue Leydet

Chez Gu et Fils rue F. Mistral but I read since being mentiond in a year in Provence, the prices are not as inexpensive.

[John Talbott]

Today, in his “Croque Notes” Francois Simon mentions a resto near Aix, les Sarments in Puyloubier, where the full menu is 28 € or 22 € for a main and a dessert - it stresses the point that this is not grand pretentious food but friendly stuff. It’s run by Jean-Sebastien Gentil who passed through several fine kitchens and Simon gives a long list of dishes that he offers that sound interesting, excepting the desserts, which he describes as “banal” – see the details in the article. I've been there many years ago - it was a nice place.

[JanGilbert59]

We will be in Aix-en-Provence for three weeks in May. We have rented an apartment on the Cours Mirabeau and will make daily forages through the markets. About 10 years ago, I bought a huge panier of vegetables from a seller as the market in Apt was closing for 2 francs, less than 40 cents and made a wonderful rattatouille that night. To this day, my wife speaks with wonder of that meal. My question is: Can anyone suggest decent places to eat in Aix. I really like bistro food, and I'm the one in the family who orders steak tartare or fruits de mer, and if it's on the menu, I promise I will try museau de vache. Thanks for any suggestions.

Jangilbert59 @ yahoo.com

[Carlsbad]

I still would recommend Le Bistro Latin, although I don't think you will get steak tartare or fruits de mer there.