Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour has poured Bellet and Provence wines since 1947, fourth generation Gazan family room and the world petits farcis championship every year in the heart of Vieux Nice.
Food program: Petits farcis and Nicoise snacks
Address: 3 Rue de la Tour, 06300 Nice
Le Plongeoir Lounge on Boulevard Franck Pilatte is the cocktail bar below the diving board restaurant at Cap de Nice, the cheaper way to drink with the bay light without booking a table upstairs.
Signature drink: Plongeoir sunset cocktail
Food: Bar bites and seafood
Wayne's in Vieux Nice runs the city's most popular party pub with live bands every night from 22:00 and happy hour 16:00 to 20:00, the loudest room on Rue de la Prefecture.
Signature drink: Beer and shots
Food: Pub food
Ma Nolan's on Rue Saint Francois de Paule in Vieux Nice runs the city's Irish pub with live bands every night from 22:00 and Sunday roast, the after-work room for the Cours Saleya crowd.
Signature drink: Guinness and Irish whiskey
Food: Pub food, fish and chips, Sunday roast
Moon Bar Aston on the seventh floor of Hotel Aston La Scala runs the Nice rooftop with the city's most cited view, panoramic over Vieux Nice and Mont Boron with live music Fri-Sat nights.
Signature drink: Sunset cocktail
Food: Bar bites and tapas
Movida on Quai des Etats Unis runs Nice's seafront tapas and cocktail bar with late close 02:00, the kind of room that bookends a Vieux Nice nightlife crawl with a sangria on the sea.
Signature drink: Sangria
Food: Tapas and pintxos
Cafe de Turin on Place Garibaldi has poured oysters and pastis on the arcaded Nice square since 1908, the classic aperitif spot with sidewalk seats for shellfish and shucked oysters.
Signature drink: Bellet white with oysters
Food: Shellfish and seafood platters
