Cannes Restaurant Scene Shifts to Pointe Croisette
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According to a single-source report from Eater, the geography of Cannes’s restaurant scene has evolved in recent years. The celebrity-chef-driven hotel restaurants along La Croisette are being replaced by upmarket chain branches, such as the newly opened Beefbar at the Hotel Majestic. The gastronomic focus has moved to the Pointe Croisette peninsula, highlighted by the May 2024 reopening of the Palm Beach beach club. The most anticipated new address is the reopened Tetou, a legendary fish and bouillabaisse restaurant originally established in 1918 and razed in 2018 due to zoning regulations. The article also lists 16 recommended restaurants, including Table 22, Le Bistrot Gourmand, and La Table du Chef, among others.
What’s reported
The celebrity-chef craze in Cannes is ebbing, with several five-star hotels opting for upmarket chain restaurants like Beefbar at the Hotel Majestic.
The gastronomic action has shifted to the Pointe Croisette peninsula, previously little known to tourists.
Palm Beach, a seaside beach club built in 1928, reopened in May 2024 after meticulous renovation.
Tetou, originally established in Golfe-Juan in 1918, was razed in 2018 as part of a government campaign to enforce zoning regulations on seaside construction.
Tetou has reopened at the former premises of L’Ecrin, with its menu barely changed.
The article lists 16 restaurants, including Table 22, Le Bistrot Gourmand, Fromagerie Ceneri, Le Pompon, Da Laura, Le Grain de Sel, La Casa Di Nonna, Bobo Bistro, La Môme, Uva, L’Affable, La Table du Chef, and Tetou.
Key figures
Noël Mantel, chef at Table 22
Guillaume Arragon, chef at Le Bistrot Gourmand
Anne Legrand, chef at Le Pompon
Clio Modaffari, partner at Le Pompon
Laura Merlo, owner of Da Laura
Mathieu Gourreau, chef at La Môme
Jean-Paul Battaglia, chef at L’Affable
Omar Nimaga, chef at La Table du Chef
Ernest “Tetou” Cirio, founder of Tetou
Robert De Niro, wrote a letter of protest about Tetou
Sources: eater.com
