Reims beyond the boulevards: the Fossier biscuit factory and a rock bar at La Neuvillette, a brewery taproom, concert halls, weekly street markets and neighbourhood restaurants.
La Table Saint Thomas is a Michelin Selected semi-gastronomic table in Reims, cooking seasonal French plates from local produce, with a menu from €26.
OrderThe three-course menu at €26, with the duck foie gras and figs or the veal fillet.
TipEvening service is Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday, 19:15 to 20:30; Wednesday is lunch only.
Le Back Off is a 1930s-style bar-brasserie on Rue Maurice Prévoteau in La Neuvillette, Reims, serving weekday lunches with a €25.90 formula.
OrderThe €25.90 formula (starter of the week, €15.90 plat du jour, dessert of the week) or the knife-cut tartare.
TipThe kitchen serves lunch only, Monday to Friday; the evening hours are the bar, open to 01:30 on Fridays, with rock concerts on its site.
Le Petit Vatel is a weekday-lunch restaurant on Rue de Neufchâtel in Reims, cooking traditional dishes with a €17.80 formula and a starter buffet.
OrderThe €17.80 formula: starter buffet, the day's meat or fish with vegetables, then cheese or dessert.
TipLunch only, Monday to Friday; evenings and weekends are by reservation for groups of 25 or more.
Le Petit Basque serves paella, tapas and a €14 plat du jour on Rue du Colonel Fabien in Reims, with Basque and Spanish home cooking and lunch menus from €17.
OrderThe paella, or the €14 Basque plat du jour at lunch; the lunch menus start at €17.
TipThe €14 plat du jour is a lunch offer from Monday to Saturday, and the restaurant is closed all day on Wednesday.
À l'Ère du Temps serves buckwheat galettes and wheat crêpes on Avenue de Laon in Reims, with an express lunch menu of galette and crêpe, Tuesday to Friday.
OrderThe express lunch menu of a savoury galette and a sweet crêpe, served Tuesday to Friday.
TipClosed Sunday, Monday and public holidays; the crêpes can be paired with champagne on request.
Chez Nous is a neighbourhood restaurant on Avenue d'Épernay in Reims serving a daily slate menu and potato dishes, with adult menus from €14.50 to €20.50.
OrderThe daily slate menu, or one of the potato dishes.
TipThe slate of the day is posted on the restaurant's website; it is closed Sunday and Monday and accepts restaurant vouchers.
La Panacée bakes organic sourdough on Rue de Magneux in Reims, with a bread calendar that changes by day, ancient grains and loaves from low-gluten flours.
Worth the queueByzance, a loaf with apples, figs and poppy seeds
TipThe shop closes at weekends and shuts for a break in the afternoon, so buy bread Monday to Friday, morning or after 16:00.
Maison Fossier sells biscuits roses de Reims, the pink biscuits it has made since 1756, from its factory shop in the La Neuvillette district of Reims.
Worth the queueBiscuit rose de Reims, the twice-baked pink biscuit
TipThe historic Fossier shop is at 25 cours Jean-Baptiste Langlet, near the cathedral; this factory shop is in the La Neuvillette district of Reims.
Le Six Bars is a wine bar and bar à manger on Rue de Cernay in Reims, run by ex-Stade de Reims midfielder Antoine Devaux, with little-known estates.
PourA changing list of lesser-known growers' wines
WineLittle-known estates and singular crus, champagnes and wines from small producers
FoodFood to share, on a menu that changes
TipThe bar opens on Monday but stays shut on Wednesday and Sunday, so check the day before you go.
Le Back Off is a rock bar in La Neuvillette, Reims, in a 1930s-style room, with tribute-band and Southern rock concerts and a lunch service on weekdays.
DrinkBar drinks on concert and tribute-band nights
FoodWeekday lunch service from 12:00 to 14:00
TipIt opens on Saturday daytimes for events; some concerts are free with no booking, so check the news page.
Senses Brewing brews at Le Shed, a former industrial building on Rue Gosset in Reims, with about fifteen beers and a taproom open Wednesday to Saturday.
TipThe taproom and restaurant close from 10 to 20 August; concerts run in the hall next door.
Marché Sainte-Anne sets up on Rue de Louvois in Reims every Sunday morning from 05:00 to 13:30, the second of the city's two Sunday street markets.
TipBuses U4 and U5 stop at Sainte-Anne and line U9 at Alexandre 1er. The city keeps markets open on holidays except 25 December and 1 January.
Marché Croix-Rouge takes over Rue Pierre Taittinger in Reims every Saturday morning from 05:00 to 13:00, a neighbourhood market beside the Croix-Rouge campus.
TipTrams T1 and T2 stop at Campus Croix-Rouge, the stop named on the city's market page, so the market is easy to reach without a car.
Marché Carteret trades on Boulevard Carteret in Reims every Thursday morning from 05:00 to 13:00, a weekday neighbourhood market with bus line U2 nearby.
TipBus line U2 stops at Brouette, the stop the city lists for this market; Luton, the other Thursday market, opens the same hours.
Marché Luton fills Place Luton in Reims every Thursday morning from 05:00 to 13:00, a weekday neighbourhood market that runs the same hours as Carteret.
TipBus line U4 stops at Luton, the stop the city lists for this market; Carteret, the other Thursday market, opens the same hours.
Marché Châtillons is the Wednesday street market of Reims, held on Avenue Georges Hodin from 05:00 to 13:00 in the Châtillons district, served by bus line U9.
TipBus line U9 stops at Picardie, the stop the city lists for this market, and the city keeps markets open on holidays except 25 December and 1 January.
Cookolab is a shared professional kitchen on Rue Blaise Pascal in Reims that runs two-hour parent and child baking workshops most weeks, from marbled mini cakes to chocolate cereal bars, plus macaron sessions.
TipParent and child workshops cost €30 for two hours and are listed month by month on the site, on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday slots; English is spoken.
Le Goût du Terroir teaches wine and champagne tasting workshops in its tasting room on Rue Jacques Cellier in Reims, from geo-sensorial sessions to playful blind tastings for two to eight people.
TipPrivate tastings of champagne or French wines are booked through the contact page, with the price per person scaled to group size; French and English spoken.
Le Petit Basque serves a €14 plat du jour and paella on Rue du Colonel Fabien in Reims, with lunch menus from €17 and a children's menu at €12.
TryBasque plat du jour and paella
TipThe €14 plat du jour is served at lunch from Monday to Saturday, excluding holidays; the restaurant is closed all day on Wednesday.
À l'Ère du Temps serves buckwheat galettes and wheat crêpes on Avenue de Laon in Reims, with an express lunch menu of a galette and a crêpe on weekdays.
TryBuckwheat galettes and wheat crêpes
TipThe express lunch menu runs Tuesday to Friday only; the operator's two menu pages print it at €12 and at €14, so expect one or the other.
Chez Nous cooks potato dishes and a daily slate menu on Avenue d'Épernay in Reims, with adult menus from €14.50 to €20.50 and a children's menu at €7.50.
TryPotato dishes and a daily slate menu
TipThe slate of the day is posted on the restaurant's website and restaurant vouchers are accepted; it is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Atrium Club & Events is Reims's biggest nightclub, on Rue du Commerce, with DJ nights, an 80-seat restaurant and a summer terrace with open-air DJ sets.
TipThe club's calendar flags free-admission and weekday special nights, and its 80-seat restaurant serves dinner into the small hours at weekends.
La Cartonnerie is the scène de musiques actuelles on Rue du Docteur Lemoine in Reims, with a main hall, a club room and the Floor bar for concert nights.
TipThe Floor bar opens at 19:00 on concert nights, with small plates served until 21:00.
Le Back Off hosts tribute bands and rock concerts in a 1930s-style bar in La Neuvillette, Reims, from Southern rock to Brit pop nights, some with free entry.
TipIt opens on Saturday daytimes for events; the news page lists the next concert dates.
Le Shed stages jazz and great black music in a hall for 150 seated or 350 standing in a former industrial building in Reims, next to a taproom and brewery.
TipThe bar pours about fifteen craft beers brewed on site; the restaurant and bar close every year from 10 to 20 August.
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