Avenue Jean Jaurès and the streets east of Place Aristide Briand: a Sunday street market, neighbourhood bistros and bakeries away from the visitor circuit.
Au Cul de Poule is the Kikel family's bistro on Boulevard Carteret in Reims, a Maître Restaurateur kitchen with lunch formulas from €22 and a weekly board.
OrderThursday's frogs' legs or Saturday's roast chicken with morel sauce, both on the weekly board.
TipThe I Love Reims lunch formula from €22 runs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; Friday and Saturday dinners are seated at 19:30 or 21:30.
Croquignole is a twenty-cover bistro on Rue Camille Lenoir in Reims, known for hand-cut beef tartare in several versions and a short market slate.
OrderThe hand-cut beef tartare, served in several versions including mustard and sheep's cheese.
TipBook ahead, as the room seats twenty; it is closed on Sunday and Monday, and the tartare is also sold to take away.
Au Cul de Poule is a family-run bistro on Boulevard Carteret in Reims, with a Maître Restaurateur kitchen and an I Love Reims lunch formula from €22.
OrderThursday's frogs' legs or Saturday's roast chicken with morel sauce from the weekly board.
TipFriday and Saturday dinners are seated at 19:30 or 21:30, so choose your slot when booking; the lunch formula runs four weekdays.
Croquignole is a twenty-cover bistro on Rue Camille Lenoir in Reims with an open kitchen, known for beef tartare cut by hand and seasonal plates.
OrderThe hand-cut beef tartare, served in several versions including mustard and sheep's cheese.
TipBook ahead; the room is closed on Sunday and Monday and private hire starts from 25 guests.
La Boîte à Pain sells flan, raspberry cake and sourdough loaves on Avenue Jean Jaurès in Reims, open Tuesday to Sunday from 06:30 until 20:00.
Worth the queueFlan à l'ancienne, the old-style baked custard tart
TipThe flan often sells out before midday, so go in the morning; the shop is closed on Mondays.
Genki Bento Atelier makes Japanese bento boxes for takeaway and delivery on Avenue Jean Jaurès in Reims, the second Reims address of the Genki ramen house.
TryJapanese bento boxes to take away
TipOrders can be placed for click and collect or delivery; the ramen and takoyaki menu belongs to the original Genki on Rue Chanzy.
Marché Jean Jaurès runs along Avenue Jean Jaurès in Reims every Sunday morning from 05:00 to 13:30, one of two Sunday street markets on the city's calendar.
TipBus line U2 stops at Brouette, the stop the city lists for this market. The city keeps markets open on holidays except 25 December and 1 January.
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