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FLUNCH is an old French chain of self service cafeterias all over the country and I tried two of them during my trip do France in June 2013. As with the famous... read more FLUNCH is an old French chain of self service cafeterias all over the country and I tried two of them during my trip do France in June 2013. As with the famous yellow “M” sign, this is one of the very few places where you can eat any time between 11 am and 10 pm. But in here, you eat your meal on real dishes, with real forks, knives and spoons and not with your fingers over a piece of paper… You can also have vegetables and wine, plus a choice of French cheeses, which is not the case at the yellow sign, where you will pay the same price that I paid for a real meal with wine and cheese! I had to eat at this FLUNCH in DIJON on June 16, 2013 because real restaurants in the area were closed that Sunday by the time I arrived to the Comfort Hotel on Place Darcy, for which I already posted a review. I had a nice meal (I don’t dare to say “lunch” but in fact it was my lunch! between 8 and 9 pm, for only 13 € with cheese and wine. Like in some US cafeterias, you take a tray and choose your own dishes, from starter to dessert, grouped in several spots (starters, cheeses and desserts , then pick your drink in another area, pay to the cashier and go to the hot spot to get your main course, which is cooked in front of you if you select something from the grill, before eating your meal in the dining room. After a quiche as a starter, I had a big ham steak cooked on charcoal in front of me, with several veggies to choose from unlimitedly. I also had French bread (which you pay in here by the unit plus a small bottle of wine, a nice piece of French Brie cheese and a good custard; all that for 13 Euros. When I finished, I had a good espresso from their machine for only one Euro, which I had at one of their several tables on the street. After your meal, you may walk on Boulevard de Brosses, a large avenue going from Place Darcy to Place de la République, then walk a couple of extra blocks to the “Centre Clemenceau”. You will find there a couple of “Accor” hotels, an expensive one and a cheap one: the Ibis, where I slept a couple of times in previous years on my way back to Paris, after spending a few days with my younger son Elden, who is a tenor and a choir director, and lives in Annecy. If you miss the narrow window between 12 noon and 1:30 pm during which French restaurants serve lunch (France is not Spain, where you can have a lunch set menu until 5 or even 6 pm in a real restaurant! , try to find a Flunch cafeteria, where you will be able to have a real meal at any time for a reasonable price.

Amazing. All you can eat veg. The plates are great. I would eat here every day if I could. I like the mash potato and gravy! The puddings are also great. read more Amazing. All you can eat veg. The plates are great. I would eat here every day if I could. I like the mash potato and gravy! The puddings are also great.