The Legend bar, Le Mans

[lowdrag]

We've been awaiting it for some time, but the bar has gone into the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Sad news for those who liked motor racing.

[E36GUY]

That's a great shame.

I'm surprised they can't pay their bills for the year from LM week given how busy it seems to be!

[lowdrag]

The street where it is situated has a shocking reputation for violence and drunkenness any weekend and sane people stay away, which has led to a downward spiral in all entertainments in that area, especially the cinema where people used to eat at the Legend afterwards. So the Legend seems set to just be that - a legend.

[eastlmark]

that would explain it then, We stopped there on the Sunday of the Le mans WSR a couple of weeks back and it was closed, just assumed it didn't open on a Sunday as the tables were set inside but shutters down. Shame if its going to vanish...a lot of memorabilia in there too.
Always was a rough street mind....
Mind you we then found an excellent restaurant opposite the hotel de ville in the old cite area, but having been on the fine food for a few days, a Pizza in the Legends would have fitted the bill.

Edited by eastlmark on Thursday 8th October 08:55

[Parsnip]

Maybe confused - is the the place you are talking about? - http://www.lemanslegendcafe.com/

Always good for a giraffe and a steak during Le Mans week.

[lowdrag]

You got it. Rue du Port, the place to have your face slammed constantly against a shop window (my friend's son), get you head and ribs kicked in by teenage girls, or just get a friendly switchblade rearranging your features. A laugh a minute.

ETA: Eastlmark, if you want pizza just go down the Rue Bolton from the main square and there is one not far from the Place des Jacobins, or in other words the cathedral. I reckon it's all frozen as are so many of the chains these days, but if you are looking for real food a group of restaurants have adopted the name "Bistrot Sarthois" as a sign that food is actually made on the premises.

Edited by lowdrag on Friday 9th October 10:36

[gt6]

i have eaten in several of the places around there with a local friend and the food was first class, not cheap but many local dishes and a real treat compared to the camp BBQ food

[vincegail]

They keep posting their specials of the day regularly on their facebook page? So not gone yet?

[lowdrag]

"Redressement judiciaire" is the state they are in, which means they are hping to trade their way out of trouble but stalling the creditors, just like Chapter 11 in the USA. But the owner was interviewed in the local paper and wasn't optimistic.