Near the Palais des Papes is Le Grand Café, La Manutention (tel. 04-90-86-86-77), a restaurant-bar-cafe that just may become your favorite watering hole. Behind the Palais des Papes, it's in an entertainment complex in a former military supply warehouse. The dance-club standby is Les Ambassadeurs, 27 rue Bancasse (tel. 04-90-86-31-55); it's more animated than its competitor, Piano Bar Le Blues, 25 rue Carnot (tel. 04-90-85-79-71; www.leblues.com). Nearby is a restaurant, Red Zone, 27 rue Carnot (tel. 04-90-27-02-44; www.redzonebar.com), that books live performances in the bar area by whatever band happens to be in town.
Winning the award for most unpronounceable name is Le Woolloomooloo (it means "black kangaroo" in an Australian Aboriginal dialect), 16 bis rue des Teinturiers (tel. 04-90-85-28-44; http://woolloo.com/gb). The bar and cafe complement a separate room devoted to French cuisine and a changing roster of Asian, African, and South American cuisine. An alternative is Bokao's Café, 9 quai St-Lazare (tel. 04-90-82-47-95; www.bokaos.fr), a restaurant and disco. The most viable option for lesbians and gays is L'Esclave, 12 rue de Limas (tel. 04-90-85-14-91; www.esclavebar.com), a bar and disco that are the focal point of the city's gay community.
