Restaurants

Cafe St Jacques (rue merciere) Tiny, very crowded (or at least it was on a Saturday afternoon), but very friendly staff and good food... and an exceptional chevre salad. Their chocolate desserts looked pretty tasty, too. I got the tarte aux pommes and it was pas terrible. Salad - 6,90; formule - 9,90

Italian restaurant (PLANK?) on the north end of rue merciere: AWESOME! Unbelievable food. I got tagliatelle in a saffron cream sauce which was delicious, but the others got the gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce and salmon with cream sauce, which were devastatingly good. Also, the waiter/maitre d' definitely looked like a pirate.

La Fleuve Jaune (rue Marseille) Vietnamese/Thai/Cambodian - Delicious, and very cheap. I got les nems, which were like light egg rolls, and the ginger chicken. The food was waaaay better than american chinese food - very fresh, not very greasy, and full of flavor. Was very pleased to have a little asian cuisine!

Brasserie Cote d'Azure (Av. Marechal du Saxe... or it could be rue Jaures...) nice little place near Lyon 2 where we had our first cafe experience. Pretty simply fare, but solid - I got the chevre salad and it was good. Nice atmosphere too - usually a couple students there.

Mexican cafe/ resto (rue Merciere) good margaritas.