Welcome to Matthieu Le Gars and Calypso Racine, who have called Roscoff their home since July 2024 and are sailing double-handed at the helm of a lovely bistro.
He worked at the Bristol in Paris and the Green House in Dublin, before becoming private chef to Swiss billionaires. She has a doctorate in oceanography and geology, so has changed her world completely. Behind the green frontage, which contrasts with the grey of the granite, Calypso and Matthieu's den has a discreet charm, with a few art-deco touches, a few plant banderoles and carefully sourced crockery. In Breton, 'Bara' means 'bread'. Not by chance: one of the restaurant's main themes is sourdough bread, baked on the premises and garnished with a variety of ingredients. Another tasty habit of the house is to work with the finest fish from the fish market, such as the carpaccio of octopus from the Ile de Batz. Apart from that, Matthieu prepares some very convincing slate dishes, such as this white asparagus with black garlic and limequat or this duly matured chuck of Parthenaise. Oh, and we almost forgot the Sunday ritual: the chicken to share, served with chips and selected salads, and washed down like the rest with good organic-biodynamic-nature wines.
