Chez René Socca
Nice, France
The read// why locals go
Chez René Socca has been sliding chickpea pancakes out of a wood-fired oven near the Cours Saleya since 1943. Socca is the Nice snack in its purest form — chickpea flour, olive oil and water, blistered in a wide pan and cut into ragged, pepper-dusted pieces — and this is where the city goes for it. You order at the counter and eat standing at shared trestle tables in the lane, for about €8. Locals treat it as a mid-morning stop, often with a glass of rosé alongside, long before anything resembling a meal is due. The informality is not a design decision here; it is simply the format.
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Rue Miralheti 2, 06300 — Nice
The read// why locals go
Chez René Socca has been sliding chickpea pancakes out of a wood-fired oven near the Cours Saleya since 1943. Socca is the Nice snack in its purest form — chickpea flour, olive oil and water, blistered in a wide pan and cut into ragged, pepper-dusted pieces — and this is where the city goes for it. You order at the counter and eat standing at shared trestle tables in the lane, for about €8. Locals treat it as a mid-morning stop, often with a glass of rosé alongside, long before anything resembling a meal is due. The informality is not a design decision here; it is simply the format.