The Brasserie Le Grand Café of Cholet !!!

Posted in Europe, Food and Wine, France

And I guess left the best for last maybe? I have come for a revisit and a bit more time to Cholet, in the Maine et Loire dept 49 of the Pays de la Loire region of my belle France.  We walk the streets and even move by car in the city with easy nice inexpensive parking (see post), and saw several monuments many for the first time. Cholet has more, time to plan for a return. It is worth the detour and only at less than 2 hrs from my house! Therefore, let me tell you about the Brasserie Le Grand Café of Cholet !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

As we move about the town , there is always time to eat. Well we walk so much that almost made a faux pas in eating habits in France. Lunch is between 12h and 15h but many restos by the time 14h30 arrive they will tell they are full taking no more patrons. The reason, the employees need to go home and eat see the family have their siesta to come back for the second tour by 19h.  We arrive at the Brasserie Le Grand Café by 14h30, I call and we got in!!! La vie est belle!!

They say in their webpage: For more than 20 years, the Grand Café has welcomed you in the historic setting of the old City/Town Hall (see post) and the Vendée War History Museum. In this exceptional site in the heart of city center/ downtown Cholet, we have created an atmosphere in the great tradition of Parisian brasseries. We welcome you on the terrace, under our large canopy Baltard or in one of the large rooms to taste our brasserie specialties.

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And I add that it is open from midday to midnight 7 days a week. An impeccable service , wonderful food and just prices with a great view of Place Travot, can’t ask for more this is Cholet and this is my belle France! Its terrace makes it the place where you can see everything that moves and where you have to be seen! Deco 1900 for its two rooms.

We arrive almost or at the cut off point for refusals, and no reservation, I call just around the corner to ask if ok to come in , and right away they say ok, we went in and voilà heavens on earth. We act it quickly as the poor guys needed to go for lunch in fact they say goodbye to us while having lunch themselves.

cholet brasserie le grand cafe resto to pl travot jul20

We had a bottle of red 2018 Domaine des Coutures Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil, the Loire reds we love so much and this one was superbe! A bottle of course. We had three rumsteak steaks with different sauces mine was pepper or poivre and fries with green salad. One of my son’s opted for the canard and chicken skewes grill and we all had the café gourmand plate of little sweets with expresso coffee so popular here. All for under 28€ per person, the price was right and as said great presentation, service and décor of the place with a great view of the wonderful Place Travot. Recommended!

The official Brasserie Le Grand Café: Brasserie Le Grand Café de Cholet

One of the positives of living in France, good food ,wines and views all over. The Pays de la Loire has an inmense reservoir of sites to be visited we have some as in previous posts,and we have a lot to go still! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Brasserie Le Grand Café of Cholet !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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