Oysters may be bought directly from local harvesters at the end of the Quai Admis en Chef Thomas. Among the freshest oysters you could get! However, make sure you know how to open them ("huitres sauvages" in particular can be quite tricky). You can also be lazy and try one of the numerous restaurants. Don't forget to try the Kouign Amann (literally butter cake and not plum cake as translated in Amelie) at Grain de Vanille.
Grain de Vanille
12 Place Victoire, 35260 Cancale, France
+33 2 23 15 12 70
Google map: bit.ly/pws04O
Rennes has got its own local version of the hot-dog: the galette saucisse. Not really French cuisine as you would picture it but perfect before a football match in the Route de Lorient stadium.
Any town/sports event in Rennes and its region
If you are fed up of galettes and crepes (I don't think this is possible but let's suppose so), go to Chez Dede, the pizzeria serving the largest pizzas in Rennes. The "tire-fesses" is particularly worth trying with reblochon cheese. Plus you get a Carambar if you manage to finish your pizza!
34, Rue Sainte Mélaine, 35000 Rennes
+33 2 99 87 10 83
Google map: bit.ly/qKOL5q
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