Small brasserie on a plaza near the city hall. There's parking nearby (although full when we were…read morethere), and street parking within an easy walk. Menus are available in English, though if you know "culinary French" keep a French menu handy too since some of the translations are a bit problematic. I thought the charcuterie plate was enough to share for 2 people; the roast beef sandwich was fine; fries not exceptional but OK. We didn't order dessert, but plenty of people were ordering rather elaborate ice cream sundaes and concotions.

A small, friendly restaurant just off the main square in St Omer, with a good selection of…read morereasonable fixed-price menus, at EUR15, EUR24 and EUR31. Mostly traditional French cuisine, using local ingredients where possible: fish predominates, but there are plenty of meat alternatives. We had six pretty perfect meals there. As you'd expect, the wine list is also good, and don't miss the cheese-board: it is included in the EUR24 and EUR31 menus, otherwise a EUR7 supplement a la carte. There were over a dozen choices, and they were happy for us to sample five or six each. Expect to pay around EUR30-40 a head for four courses with wine and coffee.

Couldn't get into Les Trois Caves on Sunday, Mother's Day in France, so this was a nearby fallback…read morewhich we had eaten many years ago. It's had a refurb, but the food was as good if not better than remembered, menus @ 16, 25 and 33 euro. Decent wine list starting at 16 euro. Fish, meat and salads all available and the cheese chariot is formidable. Well worth a visit.

best food in St Omer best carbonnade flamande you'll get in…read moreFrance has now changed it's name to ''De Drie Kalders'' tipping a hat to their Flemish Cuisine roots. Couldn't get in on Sunday evening, packed solid due to it being ''Dimanche des Meres'' in France, will have to go back again, will be such a hardship ;-)