Jeannine’s bar Aux Portes du Circuit

[leyorkie]

In todays news paper Jeannine is closing and the ACO is buying the the bar.
Another tradition that the ACO will change for the worse no doubt

[Truckosaurus]

I doubt the ACO will keep it as a bar, it'll be a car park or ticket booth or something dull.

I have only visited it once, that was shortly after the race and it was like a Wild West bar in a B-move after a large brawl. People sleeping on tables, glasses everywhere. I have a feeling they'd actually just stopped serving so we couldn't even get a beer.

I know others are fond of it, so it will a sad loss to many people's trips.

[Den Den]

That's the end of that then, I hope the Endurance and the Bugatti bar are too far away from the track!

[LawrieC]

Bar Aux Portes wasn't a regular haunt, but you know that it'll go to corporate hospitality or something else dreadful

[Cass63]

It’s a shame but not a surprise, she been on about retiring for years, this time she’s done it, been there every time I’ve been to Le Mans.
Bet the ACO fk it up.

[Pupp]

Hope she enjoys a long and happy retirement; well deserved I imagine.

[old'uns]

Not an ACO buy out but apparently Le Casque on Tecnoparc has been sold recently, I must admit its one place I had no idea of until we popped in yesterday.
No cars left in the 'pits' and the old owner was eating in there yesterday, finalising things I guess?

[MicMax27]

Has there been any info made an available about what’s happening to Janine’s then?

I popped in there for the first time last year and had brilliant night, eventually falling asleep on someone’s camp chair out the back 😂

[LawrieC]

MicMax27 said:

...... and had brilliant night, eventually falling asleep on someone’s camp chair out the back ??

We've all been there

[FredericRobinson]

Last time I was in there my normally tres, tres bon French let me down and I asked for 2 poissons rather than 2 pressions

[Aysedasi2]

FredericRobinson said:

Last time I was in there my normally tres, tres bon French let me down and I asked for 2 poissons rather than 2 pressions

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[FredericRobinson]

According to a post on Reddit it’s now listed on Airbnb

[MicMax27]

Yea I seen that on SCW. €1000 a night over race weekend and around €800 a night Thursday Friday.

Such a shame it’s gone.

[Aysedasi2]

MicMax27 said:

Yea I seen that on SCW. €1000 a night over race weekend and around €800 a night Thursday Friday.

Blimey! Not surprising, bearing in mind the location - but still blimey!

[LawrieC]

FredericRobinson said:

Last time I was in there my normally tres, tres bon French let me down and I asked for 2 poissons rather than 2 pressions

I've given up trying to parlez, but taking a picture with Google Translate has got me out of trouble many times. Just take a picture of the small print and within a couple of seconds you've got it in English. Really good on menus, wine labels etc!

[Cass63]

Not sure if it’s been posted on another thread but jeannines is still open and she’s still running it, a mate of mine does hospitality at Le Mans and he sent me a photo of her behind the bar today, as usual she told him ‘just one more year”.

[FredericRobinson]

This’ll be about the 20th ‘last year’

[MCSV8]

Excellent news !!

[WhyTwo]

That's good to hear. We always stop here for a beer or 2 on our way into the circuit on the Saturday.

Last year we were sat outside when a Frech Airforce jet flew overhead super low before going vertical right above us and lighting the afterburners. It was amazing! You'd never get that in the UK!

[leyorkie]

You can’t believe everything on the internet nor in the press !