• In Nice, the cost of living is high.

    The Face06 had calculated at more than 2,500 euros, the amount that a student must spend on average to make his return.

  • A pioneer in the solidarity grocery store, it is also in Nice that a solidarity restaurant for students is opening for the first time in France.

  • Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, 50 meals will be free, without financial criteria.

Ten years ago to the day, the city of Nice was a pioneer in the creation of a solidarity grocery store, the Agoraé, which, since, has enabled 1,300 students to do their shopping at a lower cost, with products at 15% of the price in the supermarket.

Since Tuesday, she is once again the instigator of a project: the first solidarity restaurant in France.

"We are the first and we hope that, as with the grocery store, it will inspire others because the reality of student precariousness and social isolation are very present, especially with what we have lived", s 'exclaims Melvyn Dubois, volunteer at Face06 (Federation of student associations and corporations), the association behind the initiative.

Before adding: “This kind of initiative is especially sadly necessary in a city like Nice where the cost of living is extremely high.

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50 free meals two evenings per week

Thus, at 9 rue Alsace-Lorraine, in Nice, every Tuesday and Thursday evening, 50 covers will be set up for the students, "regardless of whether they are scholarship holders or not", specifies the president of Face06, Rémy Bruny.

“We started from the observation that the catering offer was limited to the Crous and was only available for lunch.

Except that we never stop needing to eat well in the evening too ”.

For the meal, it is the central kitchen of the city of Nice that takes care of it.

On the menu, the first day of opening, it was tomato, parsley, green beans and crisp cheese with for dessert, fromage blanc and marbled madeleine.

“Already, there is something to eat,” Coline, a law student, half jokes about the food on offer.

But in addition, it's good!

And then, we're coming out of two years of Covid-19, where my lunches and dinners were just pasta with water.

The coronavirus has been complicated for everyone.

So it's a real relief to have a place like this.

We've been waiting for this for so long!

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Like at the restaurant

Clara and Océane, 18 years old and both in BTS, are also delighted to have the opportunity to eat at the solidarity restaurant.

“It allows you to go out and meet people.

In one place, two problems are overcome, that of meals and that of social isolation.

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In the room, no table for two, everyone eats together but in a "real restaurant" atmosphere.

“We wanted to create a friendly place.

There is a DJ set for the music and then decorations everywhere, says Rémy Bruny.

We want students, who sometimes cannot afford such a service, to be able to experience a real restaurant.

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To be able to eat at the solidarity restaurant, the only conditions are to be a student and to reserve your time slot online on the Face06 site.

The health pass is compulsory.

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