| The Bars | | | | France are a mixture of local and imported. This can |
| Lots of bars throughout Brittany are looking forward | | | | give you such a nice feeling as if you are sitting in |
| to having you sample their wares. The amount of | | | | your local pub back home drinking your local tipple. |
| international brands of beers will amaze you in the | | | | The Restaurants |
| many bars throughout Brittany and all the other | | | | The restaurants available in Brittany are numerous |
| regions of France. | | | | and every town no matter how large or small will |
| | | | usually have a fair choice of restaurants for you to |
| In France some bars have their drinking up | | | | visit. As we live in a small market town called Callac |
| conclusions at various different times of the day or | | | | we have at least 7 restaurants to boast about. They |
| week. The reasons can be absolutely different and | | | | offer everything from a full English breakfast to a |
| often explicable once explained. As an example the | | | | Basque menu; go further afield to towns such as |
| bar that runs the PMU (the local betting office in | | | | Carahiax or Guingamp and the choice is increased |
| England) is usually the busiest bar in the town in the | | | | considerably. You can find many kinds of restaurants |
| mornings as the local people all go there to place their | | | | offering their inimitable cuisine. There are Chinese |
| bets on the horse or dog racing for the day, the | | | | restaurants, pizzerias, traditional French restaurants |
| same happens with the bars that offer the lottery | | | | and specialist restaurants offering both lunchtime |
| tickets, they are usually very busy on a Friday | | | | menus and a full a la carte menu in the evening. |
| evening from 17.00 to 19.00 as people rush in to get | | | | You will generally find that almost every restaurant |
| their weekly lottery ticket. Obviously, the cherishing | | | | offers the fixed lunch-time menu which is a fixed |
| of hopes for some of winning a Euro lottery of | | | | price and is anything from a 2 course up to a 4 or 5 |
| course force them to stop for a beer or two. | | | | course menu which is normally varied but limited |
| The flexibility of some bars in France allows visitors | | | | compared to the a la carte menu but there again the |
| to stay very late even until 12 or 1 o`clock unless the | | | | price usually ranges from 11 Euros up to 16 Euros and |
| bar decides to close early which some of them do as | | | | includes a bottle of drinking water and a bottle of |
| they can and do open in some cases from 07.00 in | | | | wine. |
| the morning for coffee and in some cases people will | | | | We all have our favourites but we have found that a |
| even have a Pernod (locally called Pastis) at this early | | | | small restaurant hidden away in a quiet corner of |
| time of the day. | | | | Carahiax called The Retond is superb and the secret |
| You can get draught British and German beers as | | | | of the success lies in the fact that all food is |
| well as draught ciders. Many alcoholic beverages in | | | | prepared over a very old wood burning fire. |
