Desperately Seeking previous owners of "l'Auberge Fleurie" restaurant in Villeneuve-Loubet (near Nice)
We had been a number of times to a small restaurant in Villeneuve-Loubet, a village about 12 km west of Nice along the coast. The restaurant is called L'auberge Fleurie. About 2 years ago the owners changed and the restaurant has not been the same. Under the previous owners, the restaurant used to be our favorite and we were wondering if anybody knew where the owners went. The guys, the chef and his companion who ran the operations, were a very interesting couple and the food was (I assume is) to die for. The chef is french and the companion is originally dutch. They ran a restaurant in Germany before. Anybody know where they went? Would be a reason to plan a trip for me...
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That's one obscure 'treasure hunt,' although weirder things are sure to come about when we blog about them. I'm wondering if Villeneuve-Loubet is that remarkable walled stone township which sits atop a bit of a ridge with it's own entry gates, proudly defiant of all comers, friend or foe? Perhaps I'm remembering Cagnes sur Mer?
The ideal place to ask that question is the ex-pats board for Americans living on the Med.
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re: chezKiva
Parigi
Apr 2, 2012 11:38 PM
I think you're thinking of Le Haut de Cagnes, above Cagnes sur Mer.
Villeneuve-Loubet is the town west of Nice that you do not notice (exceot for Marina Baie des Anges which you do not want to nice, but too late) as you zip by en route to Biot or Antibes.-
re: Parigi
All I remember is you go around their castle walls to the west, and up the hills to the campgrounds. En route there are more varieties of vegetables than any other valley in the world. (Easy pickins.) From there you look directly down upon Nice, perhaps 20 clicks away, at the very most. We scoured the area for almost two months, painting watercolors and selling them for our daily baguettes. Antibes, Cannes they were all too rich for l'artistes. It was fellow tourists that eventually taught us how to cook.
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re: Parigi
Le Haut de Cagnes is too large and elevated.
This road I mention where we found all the produce LOOKS exactly like photos of St.Paul De Vence. Just now, looking at Nice from the airport view you can see the valley and road(s) that lead directly above the town. The village I refer to is either to the immediate left of that, or perhaps a few clicks further west, but no more than say 300 feet above sea level. Waaay uphill, en route to Grasse, there is another charming walled village with an unromantic name like Bogur. Within an hour we were the talk of the town and (due to my really awful language skills) we were surely ostracized for blatant artistic-exploitation, daring not to witness the sunset without les bodyguard...
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