Cocktail barCocktail bar€€GareTue-Fri 12:00-01:00; Sat 17:00-01:00
Le Combi Bar shakes fresh-fruit cocktails of the day near the Rennes station, an electro-leaning room where the Pimousse and Fresh Time rotate cheaply.
Signature drink: Fresh-fruit daily cocktails like the Pimousse
Tip: The daily cocktail board is the value play; Saturday it opens for the evening only.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€Les LicesMon 12:00-23:00; Tue-Fri 09:00-01:00; Sat 06:00-01:00; Sun 15:00-23:00
Les Innocents mixes house cocktails on Place des Lices in Rennes, a warm little room that opens at 06:00 on Saturdays for the market traders.
Signature drink: House cocktail creations in a snug room
Tip: Saturday's 06:00 opening is a market-day tradition; watch the Lices wake up over the first coffee or the last cocktail.
Cocktail barCocktail bar€€CentreWed-Sat 19:00-03:00
Le Melody Nelson mixes serious cocktails on Rue Saint-Thomas in Rennes, a rock-and-roll room pouring smoked Old Fashioneds until 03:00 Wednesday to Saturday.
Signature drink: Smoked Old Fashioned
Tip: This is the late, grown-up counterpoint to the rue de la Soif; the Old White Negroni is the second order.
Wine barNeighbourhood bar€€CentreTue-Sat 11:00-01:00
Bouchon is the Tire-Bouchon team's neighbourhood bar round the corner in Rennes, sharing plates, cocktails and well-filled glasses from 11:00 to 01:00.
Signature drink: Well-filled glasses from the Tire-Bouchon cellar
Food: Sharing plates from the Tire-Bouchon kitchen in miniature
Tip: When the mothership bistro is full, this is the same DNA without a reservation; it runs all afternoon too.
Wine barWine bar€Les LicesTue-Fri 17:00-01:00; Sat 08:00-14:00, 17:00-01:00
La Grappe pours glasses from €3 on Place des Lices in Rennes, a small wine bar with charcuterie boards that opens Saturday morning for the market crowd.
Signature drink: A cheap, honest glass on the market square
Food: Charcuterie and cheese boards
Tip: Saturday morning it opens at 08:00 with the Marché des Lices; a white here is the market-lap tradition.
Cocktail barSelf-service beer bar€Sainte-AnneMon-Fri 14:30-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:00
Monsieur le Zinc runs a two-floor self-service beer wall in a half-timbered house on Rue Saint-Michel, the rue de la Soif of Rennes, pints from €4.
Signature drink: Self-poured pints at €4.50, €4 in happy hour
Food: Boards and bar snacks
Tip: You pour your own from the tap wall with a card; Thursday night is the big student session on this street.