Curiosities of Vannes, part XXIV !!!

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As said, we come by here always, we eat here , enjoy it here ,ride boats here, and do shopping galore on many items yet I need to tell you more, I was by there again for the opening of a new chain of restaurants! I will tell you the Yanks keep coming back and spreading all over France for some weird for us brings back many nice memories, Of course, this is Vannes, in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56, in my lovely Bretagne,and in my belle France. Therefore, here again the curiosities of Vannes , part XXIV !!! Hope you enjoy it as I 

We needed to do some errands such as buying winter shoes for my boys and this we did at our fav Besson, We check on Armand Thiery for upcoming winter sales in January ’25, And finally ,another purchase by my boys of pokemon cards at JouéClub ,all stores walking distance. Of course, this was with our other boy Rex, our dog he loves to travel its in the family bloodline lol !!

Once done, we headed for the new restaurant chain in Vannes, that is Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen (fry Chicken) ! Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits (aka Popeyes) is a fast food chain serving fried chicken. It has been owned by Brands International Restaurant since 2017. Popeyes to become the reference in the world of fried chicken with already more than 3,900 restaurants in the United States and worldwide! It holds restaurants in more than 40 states, in addition to the district of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 20 foreign countries including the United Arab Emirates, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland , Spain, Saudi Arabia and Panama. In 2023, Popeyes returned to France and more specifically to Paris, near the Gare du Nord, after a first attempt in 2018 in the south of France. There is also other restaurants in Paris at République, Montmartre, avenue d’Italie, as well as Brest, Nantes, Lyon, Mulhouse and Montpellier. Etc

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The company was first called Popeyes Mighty Good Fried Chicken, opened its first establishment in 1972 under the name of Popeye Family Fried Chicken in Arabi, a suburbs of New Orleans. Al Copeland was then the owner. Copeland said he named his restaurant after Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (played by Gene Hackman), fictional detective who is the main character in the film French Connection (Doyle was also inspired by Eddie Egan). Contrary to what the general public could think, this nickname was therefore not inspired by Popeye.

We took a look at one we have been before but opted for the new in town this time, This is Roadside (see post) in Vannes, They are just across the street from ¨Popeyes ! It has branches in Brittany at Vitré,Rennes, Saint Malo, Lorient ,Nantes,Fougéres, Laval, Brest, and Dinan.

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And back home for another nice countrytown tour of my beautiful Morbihan and just off to a wonderful November full of surprises and old tales of my travels.

The official Popeyes in France on the Vannes location : https://popeyesfrance.fr/restaurants/vannes

The local Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on restaurants of Vannes:  https://www.golfedumorbihan.co.uk/explore/savour-the-exceptional/restaurants/

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on restaurants of Vannes (click on communes left column to Vannes) :  https://morbihan.com/decouvrir/gastronomie-bretonne/les-restaurants/

There you go folks, something nice around beautiful architecture and wonderful history I love it ,never tired of visiting Vannes !! And of course, always something new coming up for the memories of always for us, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the curiosities of Vannes, part XXIV 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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