The best restaurants LA BALAGNE

A family restaurant since 1974 handed down from mother to daughter and certainly one of the oldest in the city, the Spuntinu welcomes you in its elegant vaulted room with a historic past or on its covered terrace in the pedestrian street just a stone's throw from Piazza Paoli. Corsican speciality cuisine only, served by Clémentine (the owner) using fresh products from the family's farm: Corsican veal, courgette and cheese fritters, bean pignata, puff pastry with chard and brocciu, aubergine gratins with chestnut... These specialities are available in small quantities on a recommended discovery plate. Chestnut custard, fiadone and mellow to finish and it is the whole history of Corsican cooking which will parade under your taste buds to satisfy them. Culture, discovery and delicacy, what more could you ask for?

The Cave Meat Bar announces the color! Meat platters from the aperitif and arrivals from all over the world: matured sirloin steak from Galicia or Black Angus à la Panzetta, 600 g butcher's platter a la plancha finished casserole, Burger with Corsican tome black bread and home fries, duck breast from the south-west, all meats are served from 300 g and the wine list accompanies the dishes with brio: Corsican, Chilean or Argentinean, Uruguayan you will find the right drink to complete the meal!

The restaurant is called La Crêperie, but its real name is La Brasserie, because the menu offers other possibilities than pancakes or crepes. The cuisine is simple and traditional, but it attracts a crazy world, because the price-quality ratio is correct. Pizzas, salads, burgers, fish, tartar, mussels and chips, etc. are served continuously from 11 am to midnight. In the summer the large terrace is covered to shelter from the sun, when the weather is not so good the inside is also very pleasant.

The setting of the Marinella is enchanting with its sea view and feet in the sand. Behind the stoves you can see the cooks preparing Mediterranean dishes, sometimes mixed with Asian, Italian and of course French influences. We recommend the grilled whole wolf or mussels with sea urchin cream. If you prefer meat, the Corsican veal stir-fry with green olives is one of the house specialities. One appreciates particularly the freshness of the products resulting from the best of the local productions.

A nice little bistro to come "enmacagner" in the middle of the premises that come all year round to share a moment of relaxation with Jeff, the main character of the market quarter. There is a good family cooking at the soft price. The map allows you to satisfy all terrestrial and maritime desires in a happy hubbub. We will get a soup of fish from rocks and daily suggestions will make it possible to make some discoveries. New: local fishing catering to plancha and sea urchins in the winter with a little luck.

The Capuccino already scores a good point thanks to its location and its beautiful terrace overlooking the port of Calvi. Then the kitchen full of Corsican sunshine titillates our taste buds. One does not hesitate to start with a plate of cold meats, Corsican of course, to continue with cannelloni with brocciu and finish with a plate of cheeses, always Corsican. The house also plays the card of the sea with nicely prepared fish and seafood. The atmosphere is summery and relaxed.

Fabien Antoniolli, the happy creator of Via Marine Le Bistrot on rue Clemenceau, has created Via Marine Le Resto just above the marina, completing his good formula with his Resto version, which is not lacking in style. A superb revolving pizza oven of the Italian brand Morelliforni (connoisseurs will appreciate), a superb decoration and unique furniture to enhance the a la carte menu and well thought-out menus.

A small well hidden address, cool in the Genoese citadel of Calvi. You will discover it either by going up from quai Landry after some staircases (160 steps!) or trying to park itself intramurally. A small room for rainy days, a small terrace in the shade, a third dominating the Calvais gulf to serve some delicacies from the local soil and even from the nearby sea. Right next to Chez Tao, you will gracefully enjoy the pleasant musical emanations. Good labeled charcuterie AOC to savour with closed eyes.