The bourgeois south from Castellane down Avenue du Prado to the beaches. Smart bistros, the Prado market on Friday and the road that leads to Les Goudes.
Chez Aldo in Marseille's 8e is the rare Provencal seafood room that also runs a wood-fired pizza oven, the kitchen built around the fish off the morning.
OrderThe bouillabaisse if you stay, the anchovy pizza if you walk in for a quick lunch.
TipClosed Sunday evening and Monday; cash and card accepted Booking recommended for weekends.
Tuba Club in Marseille's 8e is a fisherman-cabanon kitchen in the Goudes village, 80 seats on a rock terrace above the Mediterranean with Sicilian.
OrderThe grilled fish of the day; the cabanon kitchen runs simple and salt-driven.
TipReach by bus 19 from Rond-Point du Prado or taxi; book six weeks ahead.
Pierrot Coquillages in Marseille's 8e on Avenue du Prado has run a kiosk and tasting room since 1972, three generations of the same family selecting oysters.
OrderThe plateau for two with Gillardeau oysters, sea urchins and a bottle of Cassis blanc.
TipKiosk 7j/7 from 7am for take-away; the dining room behind the counter serves lunch and dinner daily.
Carry Nation in Marseille's 6e Castellane is the city's first speakeasy, opened 2011 behind the storefront of a souvenir shop, with a 40-seat Prohibition-era.
TipBook on the website to receive the address and door code by email; cocktails €13-16. Capacity is 40 so weekend slots go a fortnight ahead.
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