La Livresse is a little Café or Salon de Thé located in the Rue Georges Clemenceau, the main street of Saint Servan.
It is an old Boucherie and when you enter it the first time you feel like leaving this century behind you with the doorstep, arriving in an early 1900 french Café.
I can not say something about the quality of the dishes the owner and chef is serving for lunch but if they are only half as good as his pâtisseries it must be one of the best restaurants in the region. I definitely have to go there for lunch one day. But you absolutely need to pass a reservation if you want to have a table.
My favourite time for La Livresse is the afternoon. The menu changes everyday with at least two freshly homemade pâtisseries like different crumbles, scones, tartes etc. Just ask the chef: “Quelles pâtisseries servez-vous aujourd’hui?”.
What makes this little place so special besides its design and great bakery is the huge choice of magazines that are lying on the old bistrot tables. You have cooking and food magazines, interieur magazines, travel magazines, normal newspapers and so on. So you can nibble on your scones while reading a magazine. I love it. It’s like a little vacation from reality.
Be still my heart...
This time I chose the Molleux au Chocolat a gorgeous piece of chocolate cake that just melts in your mouth with a superbe chocolate sauce. With it I had my favourite drink, the Chocolat Maison with a light cinnamon taste.
What? I worked hard in the garden, I deserved it!
Welcome in "La Belle Epoque"
If you ever visit Saint Malo you have to go there. It is just a 15 mintute walk from Intra Muros and you can visit the city center of Saint Servan with its beautiful townhall and nice little shops when you are over there, too.
