Lou Pilha Leva ★ 4.2
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.
Try: Socca and pan bagnat
Chez Pipo on Rue Bavastro has fired socca in wood-burning ovens since 1923, the canonical Nicois address for the chickpea pancake the city invented between Place Garibaldi and Port Lympia.
Address: 13 Rue Bavastro, 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.
Try: Socca and pan bagnat
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.
Try: Socca, pissaladiere, beignet of courgette flower
Chez Theresa on Rue Droite has fired socca in a wood burning 1867 oven since 1925, one of only three Nice addresses still cooking the chickpea pancake traditionally at 300C over wood.
Try: Wood fired socca
Le Safari on Cours Saleya offers the canonical Nicois lunch since 1972, the Cuisine Nissarde label and pissaladiere on the terrace facing the daily market in Vieux Nice.
Try: Pissaladiere terrace plate
Fenocchio on Place Rossetti has scooped Nice's most enduring street ice cream since 1966, 94 flavours including rosemary, lavender, black olive and tomato basil under the cathedral.
Try: Ice cream cones in 94 flavours
Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour runs the Nice petits farcis world championship every year and pours Bellet wines alongside, the family Gazan room with a daily Nicoise snack menu.
Try: Petits farcis and Nicoise tapas