Peixes Counter ★ 4.5
Peixes on Rue de l'Opera is Armand Crespo's stand-up Mediterranean seafood counter near the Carre d'Or, ceviche, tartare and tataki on the daily catch from the Cours Saleya fish market.
Try: Fish ceviche and tataki
Henri Auer counter on Rue Saint Francois de Paule has sold candied chestnuts since 1820 in Nice, the bonbon counter of Maison Auer with handcrafted chocolates and Provence mendiants.
Address: 7 Rue Saint Francois de Paule, 06300 Nice
Peixes on Rue de l'Opera is Armand Crespo's stand-up Mediterranean seafood counter near the Carre d'Or, ceviche, tartare and tataki on the daily catch from the Cours Saleya fish market.
Try: Fish ceviche and tataki
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.
Try: Socca
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