La Caleche - Full Menu

Excellent food. Picturesque setting. Best food we've had in Belgium or France. Foie gras is a must. read more Excellent food. Picturesque setting. Best food we've had in Belgium or France. Foie gras is a must.

La Maxe is a small neat town near Metz. We had been cycling along the Mosel for many days. This day was cold, windy, and a bit wet. We cycled in to La Maxe, pas... read more La Maxe is a small neat town near Metz. We had been cycling along the Mosel for many days. This day was cold, windy, and a bit wet. We cycled in to La Maxe, past plump cows grazing, and found a charming town, with sufficient building happening to indicate it is prospering. La Caleche was open and we came in for a beer and a coffee. There were many locals enjoying what looked like a delicious lunch, and very affordable. Some workers came in for coffee in their high vis vests, and some old folk with their zimmer frames. It was a charming local pub. The service was warm and welcoming, and the coffee very good.It did still have the last vestiges of the smell of smokers, but that is almost gone.f I found myself doing that cycle again, I would very happily make the diversion to La Maxe to enjoy that warm friendly service again.