she sells her restaurant with 40 years of family history

Dominique Bardoux leafs through the guest book the Crêperie des Chêneswhich is weighed in kilos: “We won’t remember everything, but we will have had good times…”

She recounts, pell-mell, the most significant. The welcome from director Nicolas Rybowski, came to shoot his film The Survivor 157279 partly in Vitré, in the footsteps of Jacques Zylbermine, arrested in Vitré during the Second World War.

Or that of Sara Forester in 2006, a month before the Copenhagen-born actress received the César for Most Promising Actress for her role in The Dodge.

44 years of family history

There was also this time when all the Châtillons from the four corners of France gathered in Châtillon-en-Vendelais, or this funny wedding organized on a Wednesday, with only eight guests.

“It was nice,” remembers Dominique Bardoux. They took their time, ate quietly. They took pictures, they walked around, and then everything was fine. »

But as all good things come to an end, the restaurant owner is preparing to give up her apron.

She is looking for a buyer for the activity and the walls of the Crêperie des Chênes, which she develops around 225 000 euros.

“I am not eternal”

The end is near for this family story, started in 1980 by work initiated by the parents of Dominique Bardoux, who took over from them when his father and mother both died the same year, in 2017.

“I want to give in because I am not eternalshe agrees, lucid. I'm not going to stay here until I'm 80. But at the same time, it bothers me because I've always been there. I've always worked here, it's like my baby. At first, it wasn't even a vocation. And then, over time, by force of circumstances, I stayed there and I became attached to it. »

A deal for two…and work

At the Crêperie des Chênes, we do simple things. The decoration and furniture are sober, and the cuisine, in addition to the “crêperie base”, is very traditional. Regulars ring the phone on a Monday morning, asking when veal's heads will be back on the menu.

It is Dominique Bardoux who took over her mother's apron in the kitchen, and her husband Henri, already retired, accompanies her in the dining room. They manage the affair for two. She mainly takes care of the interior and he takes care of the exterior maintenance.

Because the couple has no shortage of work. Located on the edge of the Châtillon pond and just a few steps from the greenwaythe Crêperie des Chênes seems to be in the middle of nature.

“I'm not asking the person who will replace us to work the hours we do. It's still work, 7 days a week. We are present all the time. »

Especially in the summer, when stomachs linger until late at night.

But at the Crêperie des Chênes, it’s a promise: “We will serve. People don't leave hungry. » So they eat. Since 1981.

La Crêperie des Chênes in L’Épine, 35210 Châtillon-en-Vendelais. Purchase of the premises and the activity for 225,000 euros. Contact by telephone on 02 99 76 03 63.

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