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Restaurants in Angoul̻me Рeven the best no longer open all hours?
One of the joys of Angoulême is its many restaurants – at the last count there were about 80 restaurants in the Charente capital in all. Many of them. including some of the best, are based around the old historic centre of Angoulême.
However, according to the regional paper the Charente Libre, while there may be plenty of restaurants in Angoulême, finding one to eat in at the end of the evening is no easy matter. The simple question: ‘Is is too late to get something to eat?’ is apparently being heard more and more as many places close their kitchens by 10.30pm. ‘We get asked it regularly, even if it’s still only 9.30pm or 1.30pm,’ staff at Lieu-Dit, rue de Genève, told the newspaper. This restaurant serves meals until 11pm even if ‘during the week we can send out the last coffees at 9.30pm because there are no later customers’.
Who are the best tippers?
Who leaves the most in Poitou-Charentes?
In some countries and cultures it is considered rude to leave a tip. In others it is practically obligatory – try leaving certain restaurants in the United States without leaving a tip and you’ll find out what we mean! But what about France? Tipping does of course take place in France and every waiter or waitress in the Poitou-Charentes, in common with anywhere else in the country, appreciates un pourboire. But which customers are the most generous? Read the rest of this entry »