Restaurants & Nightlife
Tours is a fine city for dining out, especially at night. Though not as romantic as Paris, the city has its charms, as well as its own specialties when it comes to gourmet dishes. Known as the gastronomical village, Tours will certainly not disappoint when it comes to food.
Restaurants
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Les Tuffeaux
Info: The restaurant is set in a quaint 18th century house and offers some of the best meals in town. Menu items change three times a year, depending on the inspiration of the chef. He prepares classics but also experiments, among which roasted fillet of pigeon with pink grapefruit is an enduring favorite.
Location: 19 Rue Lavoisier
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Le Petit Patrimoine
Info: This pocket-size, long-established restaurant exudes a powerful, albeit quirky and idiosyncratic, appeal. Outfitted in a rustic and old-fashioned style that might have been inspired by someone’s early 20th century grandmother, it has ceiling beams, old masonry walls, and a sense of respect for old-fashioned French aesthetics and values.
Location: 58 Rue Colbert
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La Rotisserie Tourangelle
Info: This has been a local favorite since shortly after World War II. Set in the commercial heart of Tours, it has two dining rooms and an outdoor terrace for warm-weather dining. The ever-changing menu may include homemade foie gras and whitefish caught in the Loire and served with beurre blanc.
Location: 23 Rue du Commerce
Nightlife
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Le Louis XIV
Info: A popular site and stylish bar where meeting new friends and companions is not out of the question.
Location: 37 Rue Briconnet
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L’Excalibur
Info: The hottest place in town with a disco beat and video system. It has a clientèle of all ages, many from the surrounding countryside.
Location: 35 Rue Briconnet
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Le Club 71
Info: A bar that tends to be loaded with a selection of the town’s students.
Location: 71 rue Georges-Courteline