From the owner: Grâce à Cityreporter de la ville de Caen, nous avons appris, en juin 2004, que Le Farniente Factory…read morea remplacé Le Farniente qui a donc cessé toute activité. Nous vous invitions à découvrir ce nouvel établissement et à déposer des avis.

Awesome selection of dozens of beers I haven't heard of. Bar tender was friendly and knowledgeable…read moreand spoke English. Nice venue as well.

From the owner: Un décor surprenant La décoration gothique mariée aux fleurs de lys semble avoir ses adeptes,…read moresurtout lors des "happy hours" qui vous proposent d'accompagner votre soif de quelques tartines de pâté ou de rillettes. Tous les soirs, Le Vertigo est envahit par de nombreux fêtards. N'hésitez pas à venir en groupe, il y a des tables prévues pour quinze.

From the owner: Bar latino "On se croirait presque à La Havane dans ce décor ""rétro"", Hemingway et le Che…read moreauraient pu y refaire le monde autour d'une parrillada ou après une salsa endiablée (le mardi soir)."

From the owner: Une décoration originale La décoration est faite de bric et de brocante. Fréquenté par une…read morepopulation éclectique (du genre jeunes artistes néo-baba-cool tranquilles), ce café vend également des journaux et du tabac juqu'à 1:00 du matin.

We were referred to another restaurant (Bistro or Café B??) that night, but apparently the…read morerestaurants alternate who's open and who's closed on which night. I only surmised that because the previous night, we had been referred to L'Insolite, which was open and very good. The following evening we walked over, but many of the restaurants open the night before were, in fact, closed. So, after perusing the various menu stands, we settled on La Poterne, and we were not disappointed! The service was great and very attentive. The outdoor seating, in a covered porch area, was quite cozy, especially with the plastic sheeting down to protect from windy conditions, and also the standing portable heaters were great. We had great steaks and the French fries, of course, were delightful! The cheese plate was very good, also, with a very nice offering. We noticed that many of the restaurant diners were French, and had a feeling that most were locals, which always makes us feel better about our choice. If the local residents eat there and appear to enjoy themselves, what's to lose, right? That is what we found. Lovely groups with their puppy dogs leashed and cuddled under the tables, having a great time. We were not rushed, we had a leisurely dinner, and a nice conversation later with diners at a nearby table. We were impressed!

They made us sit and wait for what seemed like forever. We were seated and given menus but were…read morenever greeted by a waiter or anyone else from the restaurant. I feel that I was there long enough to absorb the culture of the place and to experience it. They never even bothered to ask us if we wanted something to drink or how were were doing etc. After about 40 minutes, we opted to leave because they never bothered to greet us or take our order. I am not sure why they bothered to seat us but over a 16 day period, I dined at restaurants all over France and never had this experience so I think it's important to share with fellow yelpers because this was wrong and we did wind up spending about 95 Euros just down the way from this place so we were for real, just disappointed and surprised.