Here is a list of few addresses for you to enjoy the city (credits to Louis D'Eramo):
A nice dinner
Popina
4 Rue Saint-Pierre
Modern restaurant revisiting the French classics with a great selection of natural wines. The restaurant serves great vegetarian dishes.
Le Mouffu
4 Rue Ribeyre Jaffeux
The chef being a former butcher, he loves preparing and cooking is own meat based traditional plates. An milanese member of HGTD even had his best Osso Bucco here. All of which comes with a great selection of small batch wines, great desserts and a bistro like atmosphere.
Bistrot Honoré | Table Auvergnate
1 Rue du Terrail
Do you want to discover the local cuisine in a modern looking restaurant ? This is the place to go. They also offer a selection of local wines and sodas.
Le Buronnier
7 Rue de la Boucherie
You love matured beef, raised in the magnificent local pastures, enjoy a nice entrecote at this restaurant.
Lard et la manière | Lard De Vivre
6 Rue des Minimes | 15 Rue des Chaussetiers
two restaurants from the same owner that elevated his cuisine to a real “art de vivre”. Just get comfy, and enjoy the trip (and do not count the calories). Either inspired by the french (Lard et la manière) or mediterranean (Lard de Vivre) cuisine, you are just here to enjoy.
A quick dinner ?
Homiz
16 Rue de la Boucherie
Looking for a traditional pizza like in Naples for a reasonable price, don’t look further away. only a small number of seats, but they also offer a small targeted selection of excellent wines to pair with your marguerita.
Bougnat Burger
10 Bd Léon Malfreyt
Where the local cheese and meat meet the burger, try this Bougnat (name of the immigrants from Auvergne in Paris at the end of the 19th century).
KAB
5 Bd Léon Malfreyt
You’re bored with traditional Kebabs ? Why not trying this one: local pork, free range chicken or even cooked cauliflower prepared in a delicious sandwich.
A sweet tooth ?
Boulangerie Moderne
18 Rue du Port
Best croissant in town. Definitely a place to pass by.
Pralus
11 Rue Blatin
Come and enjoy the Parlines, a sweet mostly famous from Lyon, that you can also enjoy here inside a generous brioche.
Cartel Cycles
12 Place d’Espagne
Why would you have coffee and pastry in a bike shop ? Well thanks to the owners of the exclusive Cartel bikes, you can do both. They serve a very nice quality of coffee to go along with home made cakes.
L'armoire à cuillères
11 Rue des Chaussetiers
This regressive café will send you back to your inner childhood, where you can enjoy the best hot chocolate in the city, paired with local ice-cream, or a piece of chocolate cake (no one will judge you).
Les Petits Glaçons
marché St Pierre
local homemade ice-cream, should we say anything more to send you to this address ? This was italian approved (and you can even enjoy a nice affogato miles away from the italian border)
Fancy a drink ?
Place de la Victoire
Come and discover the main square to have a drink next to the cathedral and what used to be the house of Blaise Pascal
Place du Mazet
A short walk from the Place de la Victoire to discover a smaller but popular place to meet and drink: wine bars, african cocktails, beers, name it you’ll find it here.
Potinga
13 Rue du Port
Fancy to drink a beer brewed downtown Clermont ? This nice local shop will let you discover the nice twist of local herbs in your lager or a lovely refreshing micro-IPA (not yet to pico-IPA). You’re starting to get hungry
Les Berthom
6 place de l'Étoile
The preferred bar of the ATLAS group leaders. Nice selection of europeans beers, a few bites, and a nice terrasse to relax.
La bamboche
5 Rue Saint-Dominique
Located in one of the most dynamic street of Clermont, this is where you would go for a nice drink and end up doing a karaoke.
La brasserie Clermont
78 Boulevard François Mitterrand
If you are looking for a Black neipa, a sour with basil or just a good refreshing lager, this is the place to go. With dozens of tap beers and hundreds of bottled ones, it’s impossible not to find your match.
Café Les 2 Comptoirs
29 Rue du Port
You are looking for a small bar where locals would show up but with a unique selection of wine, don’t hesitate further and visit this place. Here everything is chill but with high standards. You might want to share a plate of cheese with a piece of bread from the neighbouring “La Boulangerie Moderne” (see up).
Le Charleston
31 Rue Saint-Hérem
Tired of beers and wines, why not enjoy a nice cocktail in a prohibition style bar ? If you are afraid to get tipsy, you can just enjoy a few tapas before going to a second round.
Le Grand-Ecart
25 Rue Ballainvilliers.
Beers / cocktails and foods (sometimes some events such as concerts)
Les Libellules
7 Rue du Puits Artesien
Beers / vine and light food (sometimes some events such as concerts)