We got a kick out of the baguette bread that was brought in a "bag" and the crayons for writing or drawing on the paper over the tablecloth. With the bill we each got a little sticker with their logo. Simply but warmly decorated as well.
This was quite a difference from the experience ourselves and others had at another new place close to us called Bistro 28. Chris and Susan went for dinner and felt the portions were so small they didn't even begin to break their diet even with an appetizer and main course.
I've never really liked the setting but was willing to give it a try for lunch. The opposite of a playful ambience and a haughty waiter who gave Carole a lecture about salt when she asked for it. When Patty went the same haughty waiter gave her a bad time when she suggested that their special ketchup that they make should perhaps not come in a generic squeeze bottle and perhaps they should at least mention it is a special sauce. More the style of a hotdog stand than a restaurant that appears to have pretentions.
Patty had the mussels and fries too and felt the same way as I did...interesting sauce but too rich to really want again any time soon. Also, the tiny fries they served get cold in 30 seconds and I do love my fries hot.
Now this is the way you do moules-frites! Our first day in Carqueiranne in Feb/2005 eating at our favourite restaurant for mussels on the port.
I liked these decorations in The Little Piggy store in the area:
Great old wooden fruit boxes.
Amazing what some old pans can do for a "sculpture".
And the Belfry Theatre is such a treasure and adds so much to the area.
