The Story of Le Saint Jean · A Restaurant in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Since 1916
The sailors' andfishermen's bar.
In 1916, the house opened as a simple village bar. Workers, sailors and fishermen from across the peninsula would gather here for a drink on their way back from the harbour.
The brasserie“Le Terminus.”
Back then, the tramway linked Nice to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Standing right at its final stop, the house grew into a lively brasserie and naturally took the name of that stop: “Le Terminus.”
The house takesthe village's name.
Around the early 1960s, the address let go of its old name for that of the village itself. Le Saint Jean became a landmark, a place everyone here knows by a single word.
A housedrifting into sleep.
From 2010 onwards, the house passed through the hands of several owners in turn. None could bring back its shine, and little by little the institution drifted into sleep.
An institutionreinvented.
In 2022, Nicolas Mari, a child of the peninsula, took over the house of his village. Niçoise cooking, fresh pasta, pizzas and cocktails: he reinvented Le Saint Jean without betraying a trace of its soul.
The sailors' andfishermen's bar.
In 1916, the house opened as a simple village bar. Workers, sailors and fishermen from across the peninsula would gather here for a drink on their way back from the harbour.
The brasserie“Le Terminus.”
Back then, the tramway linked Nice to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Standing right at its final stop, the house grew into a lively brasserie and naturally took the name of that stop: “Le Terminus.”
The house takesthe village's name.
Around the early 1960s, the address let go of its old name for that of the village itself. Le Saint Jean became a landmark, a place everyone here knows by a single word.
A housedrifting into sleep.
From 2010 onwards, the house passed through the hands of several owners in turn. None could bring back its shine, and little by little the institution drifted into sleep.
An institutionreinvented.
In 2022, Nicolas Mari, a child of the peninsula, took over the house of his village. Niçoise cooking, fresh pasta, pizzas and cocktails: he reinvented Le Saint Jean without betraying a trace of its soul.
The sailors' andfishermen's bar.
In 1916, the house opened as a simple village bar. Workers, sailors and fishermen from across the peninsula would gather here for a drink on their way back from the harbour.
The brasserie“Le Terminus.”
Back then, the tramway linked Nice to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Standing right at its final stop, the house grew into a lively brasserie and naturally took the name of that stop: “Le Terminus.”
The house takesthe village's name.
Around the early 1960s, the address let go of its old name for that of the village itself. Le Saint Jean became a landmark, a place everyone here knows by a single word.
A housedrifting into sleep.
From 2010 onwards, the house passed through the hands of several owners in turn. None could bring back its shine, and little by little the institution drifted into sleep.
An institutionreinvented.
In 2022, Nicolas Mari, a child of the peninsula, took over the house of his village. Niçoise cooking, fresh pasta, pizzas and cocktails: he reinvented Le Saint Jean without betraying a trace of its soul.
A small family album.
A house is written
by many hands.
The next chapter of Le Saint Jean is yours to write.