Pan bagnat is the Nicois tuna sandwich on a round bread soaked in olive oil, tomatoes, hard boiled egg, anchovies, olives, raw vegetables and basil, never any cooked vegetables.
Pan bagnat means soaked bread in Nissart, the old portable lunch for Nicois fishermen and market workers that combines the same components as a salade nicoise on a round bread. The Cuisine Nissarde label specifies no cooked vegetables, no mayonnaise and the use of canned tuna or anchovy and tomato as the protein base. Lou Pilha Leva is the canonical Vieux Nice address.
4 editor picks for Pan Bagnat in Nice, ranked by editorial score. All Nice signature dishes · Pan Bagnat across every city.
Chez Pipo ★ 4.5
port-lympia · 13 Rue Bavastro, 06300 Nice
Chez Pipo on Rue Bavastro between Place Garibaldi and Port Lympia has fired socca in wood-burning ovens since 1923, the canonical Nicois address for the chickpea flour pancake the city invented.
Rene Socca ★ 4.3
2 Rue Miralheti, 06300 Nice
Rene Socca on Rue Miralheti in Vieux Nice runs the city's most enduring self service socca and pissaladiere counter, paper plates and shared terrace tables with a glass of rose.
Lou Pilha Leva ★ 4.2
vieux-nice · 10 Rue du Collet, 06300 Nice
Lou Pilha Leva on Rue du Collet runs the Vieux Nice street food counter for socca, pan bagnat and pissaladiere, the tiled cafeteria with shared tables in the heart of the old town.
Le Safari ★ 4.2
vieux-nice · 1 Cours Saleya, 06300 Nice
Le Safari on Cours Saleya in Vieux Nice has cooked the canonical Nicois lunch since 1972, the Cuisine Nissarde labelled trattoria with terrace tables across from the flower market.