Where to eat Nicois food in Nice
Nicois cooking is advertised on half the boards in the old town and seldom actually made on the premises. The four houses on this page share no neighbourhood and no style, but the same dishes come out of all four kitchens: stuffed vegetables, ravioli in beef daube, pissaladiere, courgette-flower fritters, panisses, tripe Nicoise.
Two of them are well away from the centre, up at Gairaut and in Nice Nord, and they are neighbourhood places rather than passing trade. The other two are in the old town, a few streets apart.
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