Venues similar to El Merkado

Natural-wine cellar and bar in Vieux Nice

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

Natural-wine cave à manger in a psychedelic port hideaway

Natural wine, farmhouse cheese and 150 board games

Nice's temple of natural wine since 1998

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

Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927

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

Nice's oldest coffee roaster, three generations since 1925

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

The Onice chefs' generous Italian trattoria on rue Lascaris

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