Venues similar to El Merkado

Fourth-generation Niçoise wine bar, granito counter, since 1947

Natural-wine cave à manger in a psychedelic port hideaway

Industrial-chic Place du Pin institution, café by day, bar by night

Michelin Bib Gourmand bistrot on the prettiest lane in the old town

Open-kitchen market bistro off Place Rossetti, Bib Gourmand

Retro bistro de marché between Porte Fausse and the Palais de Justice

Pop-art-walled old-town bistro the locals guard

Family rotisserie of spit-roasted meats near Place Rossetti

Cheese, natural wine and fondue in a 16th-century vaulted cave

Mediterranean-meets-South-America raw fish bar by the Opéra

1885 Italian-style opera house at the gateway to the old town

Peruvian-Mediterranean cocina near the port

The Onice chefs' generous Italian trattoria on rue Lascaris

Chef-owner Alexandre Belais's Mediterranean reference on the port