La Petite Table

I stumbled into this cute little place desperately in need of some lunch. The owner, Fernando (sp?) warmly welcomed me and handed me a menu.
Now not knowing what to expect, I thought this was a coffee shop– but instead I found myself in a little place that serves breakfast, lunch, and early dinner (they close at 19:00) and they specialize in Italian food and vegetarian cuisine. They promote themselves as a café, a salon de the, and a restaurant. (forgive my spelling but my computer doesn’t seem to have any of the right accent marks to spell the French properly!)
On the day I was there– the plat du jour was a mushroom lasagna (delicious!) which was a huge portion for the money. I also had the Italian salad which was also quite large and came with mixed greens, buffalo mozzarella, ham, sun dried tomatoes and egg. Good thing I had brought along a friend so that we could split these two items. Add in a glass of wine for me and a latte for him and we were very happy with our choices.
The place is simple but brightened up immensely when brightly colored placemats and napkins were set down before me. And I loved the large glass that my wine was served in!
And the even better news? Lunch for two including drinks was only about 25e.
My French is not good but Fernando was so accommodating he made me feel like I was a guest in his home. We even exchanged some pleasantries about where I was from in the States and about his home in Italy. It’s one of the things I love about travel– just getting to know about other people and places in the world.
If you find yourself in Nice– check out this little gem. I almost passed it by.. .. .but you won’t want to!