“We will never close…”, smiles, mischievously, Josée Roussel, boss of Saint Clairat 8 rue des Lombards in Compiègne. For two days, questions have multiplied on the Facebook page of the restaurant and night bar. Josée Roussel published photos of the room and the bar, completely empty.
“It’s just a refreshment,” reassures the shopkeeper. We reopen Friday November 22.” Damn, we won’t be able to celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau on the third Thursday of November at Saint-Clair, which has been open for twenty-seven years. “Le Saint-Clair is not a wine bar, but a champagne bar,” she corrects.
Josée Roussel still motivated
Before specifying: “We have wine, but it’s more pommerol…” Oh right? It should not be cheap… “€30 a bottle,” she explains. “And the house has Chassagne-Montrachet 1982 at €82 a bottle,” she continues. Oh yes ? But how many bottles do you have, Josée? “We have some…” she said, before closing the door that she had just ajar, wondering who could be bothering her in the middle of the work.
Let it be said, yes, Saint-Clair remains open, with Josée at the helm. Always motivated. At the beginning of the afternoon, she posted a photo on Facebook, to be surprised by the presence of a tent covering the terrace of the neighboring restaurant. “The campsite in front of the listed 14th century houses…” she comments.
