A Taste of Nice in Paris

Les Niçois hosted a Yelp Elite Event and thanks to Marine B., the Paris Community Manager, we got a taste of Nice in Paris. It was perfect timing, just as the train strikes were ending, the summer solstice began, and people were beginning their summer vacations!

Niçois is the French term for people and things from Nice, so all that you think of when you think of the South of France along the Mediterranean, is here, including pan-bagnat (sandwich made with ingredients you would put in a salad Niçoise), socca (a savory snack made from chick peas) and pissaladière (onion pizza). You can come for a snack or a full meal every day except Monday, which was the night we had the event, right after the Music Festival over the week-end, so the wonderful staff hosted our event after a very long and busy week-end (they have live music downstairs even when it's not a music festival week-end). The only thing missing is a terrace, but the big windows make the space light and airy.

 Many bottles of rosé, beer, and

frozen cocktails made with pastis (of course) were served. Even though I'm not a big fan of the anise flavored drink, their specialty cocktail blended juices with it to make it delightful on a hot day. A non alcoholic cocktail was served alongside it and I mixed half of each into my glass to make sure I found my way home:)

My favorite taste was the socca, a pancake like savory snack made from chick peas that I could have eaten all night long it was so addictive. I missed taking a shot of the pissaladière because people were grabbing bites faster than I could whip out my camera, but it was thick with onions and so good that no one minded having onion breath because we all did!

They have a fun area downstairs with a pétanque space, so of course we played:) After playing for the first time last week in the southwest, I learned to throw over handed and placed second in my group of six! It's basically like playing horseshoes, except that experts can throw balls to knock out others and get closer to the tiny target.

 Winners got a set of three boules, and second place got water bottles!

Prices are all very reasonable, under 20€ ($28) for entrée/plat or plat/dessert, but the best feature here is the easy going friendly attitude of the people who somehow served good bites with a sense of humor and a smile on a day when they would normally get to rest.