La Mère Germaine Restaurant : specialities of fish and seafood at Villefranche sur mer

No-one would have dreamed that a French woman would become a mother to the Sixth Fleet...

Coming from Saint-Nazaire, GERMAINE HALAP settled in Villefranche/mer in 1925 then, opened her restaurant facing the sea in 1938, with her husband Louis BRAU.

In her compassion and wisdom, she treated everyone alike officers, non-commissioned officers and sailors, as if they were her own sons. Dozens of touching and amusing stories are told about Germaine and her restaurant.