La Petite Mairie: the winstub hidden behind the town hall
A family winstub, an Alsatian tavern, thirty seconds from Place Broglie: 4.6 on Google, generous plates, and the smartest fallback on a Christmas market night.
The verdict
Rue Brûlée is thirty seconds from Place Broglie, and yet most Christmas market visitors never see it. That is exactly where La Petite Mairie hides: a family winstub, the Alsatian version of a tavern, rated 4.6 on Google from nearly 1,500 reviews, and one of the best value addresses in the area. The room feels like a neighbourhood dining room with nothing to prove, all checked tablecloths, blunt service and plates that overflow.
What to eat
Hearty Alsatian cooking with no frills: choucroute (sauerkraut with cured pork), pork knuckle, spaetzle, tartes flambées (thin, crisp bacon and onion tarts) in the evening, and daily specials that follow the market. The portions are cut for winter appetites.
Visiting tip
Standing a minute from the Christkindelsmärik makes it the clever fallback on a market night. Book online a few days ahead, turn up early in the evening, and watch through the window the queue of everyone who did not plan.
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Camille Roth
Born in Schiltigheim, Camille spent ten years working in Strasbourg kitchens before swapping the apron for a notebook. She writes about winstubs, the city's newer tables and Alsatian produce. Her rule: never recommend an address she would not send her own parents to.
