Rouen, au fil des jours...: Lieux à croquer

On Sunday, my "local corner shop" is the half-covered market on St-Marc Square, only a few minutes from home, where you can buy anything: from fresh fruits and vegetables to flowers, from antiques to meat, books, poultry, bread, cakes, cheeses, clothes, leather bags, Chinese food… Anything…
In France, going to the market on Sunday morning is more than a habit, it's an institution! As I could not choose only one picture, I have decided to post a few shots taken this morning. So follow me in my "Sunday local corner shops", and first of all let's buy a Neufchâtel cheese!

And it is a tradition to have a drink before going back home for a late brunch : you have the choice, there are many bars around.
In this one, you can even bet on horses for the races taking place the afternoon.

Red wine and cheese for everyone ?

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Le restaurant "La Couronne", sur la place du Vieux Marché. C'est la plus vieille auberge de France, les premières traces officielles de son existence remontent à 1345.
La façade à pans de bois actuelle ne date que de 1926. L'architecte André Robinne s'appuya sur les dessins du "Livre des Fontaines" pour la reconstituer à l'identique de ce qu'elle devait être en 1525. La façade résista miraculeusement au bombardement du 19 avril 1944 qui détruisit complètement le restaurant et à un incendie en 1988, qui avait pris sous les combles le soir-même où son nouveau propriétaire, Dominique Cauvin, fêtait son installation en compagnie de 200 invités.
Il est à noter que les sculptures de la façade avaient été confiées à M. Foucher, spécialiste de la statuaire du XVème siècle. Au rez-de-chaussée, trois saints sont sculptés en pleine masse : Saint Fortunat (patron des gastronomes), Saint Jacques (patron des voyageurs) et Saint Guénolé (patron de la pomme et du cidre). Une représentation de Jeanne d'Arc a été sculptée à l'étage au-dessus de l'encorbellement, et a tout particulièrement sa place à cet endroit : en effet, l'auberge existait déjà depuis de nombreuses décennies lorsque "La Pucelle d'Orléans" fut suppliciée à une trentaine de mètres de là.