Street food€€Port Marianne
Vin Diu is the wine and grill truck at the Marché du Lez in Montpellier, plancha meats at lunch and boards of charcuterie and cheese in the evening.
Try: Plancha meats and organic Languedoc wine
Tip: It has poured at the Lez since 2018; evenings it works best as the apéro stop between the other trucks.
Street food€Port Marianne
Jean le Croquant griddles croque-monsieurs at the Marché du Lez, from the classic ham build to a rotating run of more creative versions each week.
Try: Croque-monsieur, classic and creative
Tip: The creative croque of the week is usually the move; portions are a full lunch, not a snack.
Street food€Port Marianne
La Cantine du Mékong cooks Vietnamese, Thai and Laotian street plates from its truck at the Marché du Lez in Montpellier, bowls built to travel.
Try: Southeast Asian bowls and street plates
Tip: The menu roams the whole Mekong basin, so ask the truck which country cooked the day's special.
Street food€Port Marianne
Mother Trucker flips burgers and stuffs batbout flatbreads at the Marché du Lez, the smash-and-skewer counter of the Port Marianne truck yard.
Try: Burgers and batbout sandwiches
Tip: The batbout, a Moroccan pan-baked flatbread, is the order that separates it from every other burger truck.
Seafood€€ÉcussonMon 09:00-18:00; Tue 09:00-15:00; Wed-Sat 09:00-19:00; Sun 09:00-13:00
Mélissa Coquillages serves tielles, brasucade mussels and Bouzigues oysters at its Halles Laissac stall in Montpellier, eaten standing at the counter.
Try: Tielles, brasucade and Bouzigues oysters
Tip: Order the brasucade, mussels flamed in front of you, then finish with a warm tielle wedge.
Seafood€€Beaux-ArtsMon-Sat 09:00-20:30; closed Sunday
L'Écailler des Beaux-Arts shucks through fishmonger hours on Rue de la Cavalerie in Montpellier, platters and grilled fish straight off the counter.
Try: Oysters and seafood platters
Tip: Come at fishmonger pace: early evening for a dozen oysters and a glass beats queuing for a full dinner table.