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Libération
Local, market-driven, unfussy

Libération

The everyday market quarter where Niçois shop and eat, anchored by the morning stalls and the Gare du Sud food hall.

North of the centre, Libération is where Niçois actually do their daily shopping, around the long covered-and-open market of the Avenue Malausséna and the restored Gare du Sud, now a food hall under its glass-and-iron canopy. The crowd is more local and more mixed than downtown, the prices fairer, and the cooking spans North African, Italian and proper Niçois without much fuss. It rewards a morning wander more than a planned destination meal: cheese, charcuterie, a coffee standing at the counter. The tram makes it an easy hop from Masséna, and it stays busy without ever feeling staged.

Highlights

Avenue Malausséna market stalls Gare du Sud food hall Fair-priced local cooking North African and Italian counters Easy tram link to Masséna
11 places
5 Categories

Shop

2 places

Les Docks de la Riviera Shop
Shop
Historic Covered Market Artisans

1921 covered market hall: cheese, charcuterie, butchers, catch

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Restaurant

5 places

Le Bistrot des Docks Restaurant
Le Bistrot des Docks - Restaurant in Libération, Nice
Restaurant
Chef Driven Market Cuisine Neighbourhood

Market-driven bistro by Nicolas Mendjisky, opposite the hall

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La Gauloise Restaurant
La Gauloise - Restaurant in Libération, Nice
Restaurant
Institution Seafood Oysters

Early-20th-century seafood institution on Malausséna

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Da Andrea Restaurant
Restaurant
Family Run Italian Trattoria

Niçois-Sicilian family trattoria, heart of la Libé

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Le Bonjour Restaurant
Restaurant
Local Traditional No Frills

100% local lunch room for true Niçois home cooking

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Cibo Trattoria Restaurant
Cibo Trattoria - Restaurant in Libération, Nice
Restaurant
Italian Handmade Pasta Convivial

Handmade pasta and pizza by two well-travelled chefs

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Bar

1 place

Les Beaux Joueurs Bar
Les Beaux Joueurs - Bar in Libération, Nice
Bar
Natural Wine Cheese Board Games

Natural wine, farmhouse cheese and 150 board games

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Cafe

2 places

Selah Atelier Cafe
Selah Atelier - Cafe in Libération, Nice
Cafe
Specialty Coffee Floral Calm

Specialty coffee inside a dried-flower atelier

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Gallery

1 place

Galerie Eva Vautier Gallery
Galerie Eva Vautier - Gallery in Libération, Nice
Gallery
Contemporary Art Independent Neighbourhood

Contemporary art anchor of the Libération quarter

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