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And the best post-vacation spots for your return to the office are…

As summer vacation comes to a close and it’s time to head back to work, Le Fooding has a little something to help the medicine go down, with a selection of finger-lickin’ good lunch spots where you can enjoy what’s left of the sunny weather! Explore them all while seated on a sunny park bench, with your mask tucked under your chin, or even directly on the terrace if you can snag a seat…

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The best antidepressant – in Paris
The Penny Lane café on Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière is perking up the neighborhood with its incredible Mediterranean lunches – including a spellbinding sandwich dripping with fried eggplant, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, tomato, cabbage, hummus and tahini on Turkish bread!

The most loco taco – in Perpignan
Fresh out of the oven, Todos contentos y yo también is heating up Perpignan with its tacos: shredded pork and salsa verde, chorizo and grilled potatoes, extremely fresh vegetables… Each one is made on a delicious homemade tortilla and served with a side of very hot black beans!

The best homage to Beirut – in Paris
Located just seven minutes by foot from the Louvre, Eats Thyme serves Lebanese classics that’ll have you weak in the knees, including a freshly baked man’ouché flatbread topped with incredible za’atar… along with a selection of mezze: voluptuous labneh, authentic baba ganoush, a perfectly prepared monk’s salad (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onion)…

The most sizzling hotplate – in Saint-Coulomb
A Breton breeze, fields of buckwheat and views of the sea below… Welcome to La Ferme Breizh Café, where outstanding galettes filled with juicy sausage, garlic-soy mayonnaise or seaweed-infused mustard make their way out of two shipping-containers-turned-kitchens at both lunch and dinner! Take these treats to go or eat on-site, with some delicious fries cooked in beef fat on the side.

The most pizza-minded – in Sète
Camped out in the city of Sète, Nossa makes pizza just like in Napoli! So go ahead and wolf down one of the following: a puffed up Zucchina (ricotta cream, buffala mozzarella, roasted zucchini, pecorino crumble), a regal Régine (tomato, mozzarella, baked ham, button mushrooms, oregano), or even a cheeky Brunette (mozzarella, mortadella, truffled burrata, parsley). Eat in or take to go.

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The new Le Fooding France Guide is available!

In the latest sizzling edition of the Fooding guide, discover 350 new hotspots that will define France in 2025, along with our highly anticipated awards list, a special section featuring articles like “oui oui baguette” that dissect modern French society, plus a family-friendly magazine supplement for cool kids.

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