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Au Clair de la Vigne is a bistro in Bandol at 25 rue du Docteur-Louis-Marçon, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand it earned in 2026 recognises its good quality, good value cooking. The bistronomy menu sits alongside a long wine list of natural bottles.
The kitchen builds its dishes around Aveyron meats, Mediterranean fish and vegetables from short supply chains. Most preparations are made in-house, from pâtés to desserts. Chef Loïc Dubois, formerly of Bacquié, runs the stoves.
Pierre Rouvier, an experienced innkeeper whose career includes Meneau, Troisgros and Boulud in New York, opened the room in 2019. Le Fooding lists it for 2026 and describes a large wine barrel used as a table and a zinc bar lined with cheeses. Recent dishes have included farçou, a pork, chard and parsley meatball, and carnaroli risotto topped with 30-month Parmesan. One visit ended with rice pudding and salted caramel.
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good quality, good value cooking
In the heart of Bandol’s culinary desert, experienced innkeeper Pierre Rouvier (Meneau, Troisgros, Boulud in New York…) opened the best wine bistro between Marseille and Toulon back in 2019. It’s an unpretentious spot with bottles of natural wine scattered all over the place (Courtois, Dard et Ribo, Château Le Puy…), a large wine barrel acting as a table and a small zinc-topped bar, upon which you’ll found twenty-some smelly cheeses. Cooked up the night we went by chef Loïc Dubois (ex-Bacquié) and served on the terrace by Ludivine Rouvier, Olivier’s companion: libidinous Aveyron farçou, a sort of pork, chard and parsley meatball that gets plunged into an oil bath for a few seconds; tantalizing homemade foie gras with onion jam; incredible carnaroli risotto topped with shaved Parmesan aged for 30 months and grilled heirloom zucchini; excellent Mediterranean octopus stew; a platter of the aforementioned cheeses (Époisses, Banon, truffle goat cheese from Olivier Nesty, etc.); before a comforting rice pudding with salted caramel. // A.A.
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