I think it is. There is certainly (well according to Google Maps ) a restaurant just east of the village on the old N4 which is called La Favorite, but its appearance has changed somewhat and the Les Routiers signs have disappeared.
The road layout has changed too. That parking area at the front is now the road itself, possibly to make way for a big Total service station opposite. However there is a giant rough surfaced lorry parking area to the east side of the restaurant.
I donāt get out that way too often but if I do Iāve made a note and will certainly take a look.
Thank you ,Spardo. I keep threatening to do a Memory Lane trip around EU but have not got round to it yet. A lot of the old haunts will be where no truck dares to tread these days.
Spent last night at a really good routiers that I discovered for the first time last year. It is on the D 924 just south of the village of Moisy which is between Blois and Chateaudun.
Wonāt suit most of you as a route though so you have to need to be that way. It suited me on my way to Chartres from Chateauroux missing out a great chunk of autoroute and the nice straight low traffic roads were a bonus.
The routier is called La Table Beauceronne and is a modern building with a large parking. Nice and quiet during the night.
For me i suppose it had to be the Bakehouse before going over the Blanc next morning,As always in them days of the 70s/80s it was of the boat in the morning, foot down, auxerre for break if you could make it, and then Bakehouse. It had a great atmosphere the lads coming down the Blanc used to stop and they would always let you know of any problems up there.Remember it used to be a two way system then (ha ha Nailbiting sometimes to say the least) me ? Naaa! enjoy me food nice scrub up with plenty of drink and Coffee and to bed till next morning.Back to the Bakehouse on me way back always !Thats not to say there wasnt other good ones about,im sure most of you old hands would agree that there wasnt many bad ones about in France,as we used to say to the new boys if the Lorry park is empty at lunch time or after 5 pm Dont ! go in there. If the french Drivers dont stop there then it must be Crap!.
I havenāt stopped at many so I donāt think Iām qualified to suggest a favourite.
However I stopped for dinner at one just South of Dijon at a place called Morey St Denis.
As we turned off the National road we were greeted by an elderly lady wearing a low cut top and tight demin shorts, that she probably only looked good in about 20 years ago.
She told us that the parking for trucks was a few metres down the road. We parked went into the Routiers, pretty much situation normal. no other truck drivers, but full of locals working in the area.
Then half way through the meal the lady went round and wrote a number on every place at the tables that were occupied. Strange I thought, but carried on with dinner. Then she called order and started to raffle off bits of tat, it seemed to be promotional stuff they would have got from reps or when they buy stock.
It was absolutly brilliant, everybody left the place laughing and with a smile on their face.
One question for those who use them more than me.
Iāve been told that you supposed to sit at the next available place, is this correct?
Iām not the most qualified to answer this but having stopped at Vivvone and while yes itās good my favorite has to be La Belle Cantiere just down the road.
muckles:
One question for those who use them more than me.
Iāve been told that you supposed to sit at the next available place, is this correct?
I think you are correct, that the etiquette is to take the next available seat and join however is at that table. Like yourself, I donāt have a great deal of experience in Routiers, but I think this is an excellent system that encourages you to communicate with those at the table.
In my opinion, this is far better that better than numerous truckers sat at their own table saying nothing.
muckles:
One question for those who use them more than me.
Iāve been told that you supposed to sit at the next available place, is this correct?
I think you are correct, that the etiquette is to take the next available seat and join however is at that table. Like yourself, I donāt have a great deal of experience in Routiers, but I think this is an excellent system that encourages you to communicate with those at the table.
In my opinion, this is far better that better than numerous truckers sat at their own table saying nothing.
Iāve always been told this and so have done it. It seems ok if youāre next to a truck driver they seem happy to have somebody to have a chat with, but you feel youāre intruding if itās a group of local workers all sitting together.
muckles:
One question for those who use them more than me.
Iāve been told that you supposed to sit at the next available place, is this correct?
I think you are correct, that the etiquette is to take the next available seat and join however is at that table. Like yourself, I donāt have a great deal of experience in Routiers, but I think this is an excellent system that encourages you to communicate with those at the table.
In my opinion, this is far better that better than numerous truckers sat at their own table saying nothing.
Thatās the etiquette. Iāve enjoyed many a grand night with a table of mixed nationalities. Lotās of arm waving, grunting and vin rouge solves the language barrier just fine
Better nights by far than at a table full of Brits
muckles:
Iāve always been told this and so have done it. It seems ok if youāre next to a truck driver they seem happy to have somebody to have a chat with, but you feel youāre intruding if itās a group of local workers all sitting together.
Tricky one that, pot luck I guess, unless you can duck in on a spare chair at another table, although you may get caught up in the ordering process and create all sorts of fun, depending on the waitresses, or if in the wrong place incapable waiters, as I was met with in Castets last week, but thatās another story
) a restaurant just east of the village on the old N4 which is called La Favorite, but its appearance has changed somewhat and the Les Routiers signs have disappeared.
Strange I thought, but carried on with dinner. Then she called order and started to raffle off bits of tat, it seemed to be promotional stuff they would have got from reps or when they buy stock.
