Indonesian flavors are on the menu at the Kopi Nona café-restaurant, located on Rue du Frout. The manager, Kiki Amalia, 35, is from Lombok, an island near Bali. On the Kopi Nona menu, there are typical dishes, with fish, meat as well as vegan or vegetarian dishes (gado-gado with salad, vegetables and peanut sauce, chicken noodles with a marinated egg, skewers, fried rice with vegetables, rice bowl, etc.). A different menu will be offered each week. It will be possible to order set menus or takeaway coffee all day long.
The café-restaurant Le XXIe becomes Le Bretagne
Valérie and Enguéran Lagadec have taken over the former Le XXIe, under the Le Bretagne brand, 18, place Saint-Corentin. Menu, furniture and decor have been renewed. The five employees were kept and new hires were made. Thirteen people in the dining room and kitchen ensure the business is open every day of the week. In terms of cuisine, you can find something to eat throughout the day with a breakfast menu, aperitif boards served from 11 a.m., a dish of the day, salads, burgers, mussels, meats , the catch of the day, a scallop dish (their specialty) and homemade desserts.
The couple is known in Quimper since they ran the bar-tabac Le Quimper, in Kermoysan, from March 2017 to February 2023.
Bike it, the kingdom of cycling
Nicolas Guéguen opened Bike it, a store entirely dedicated to bicycles, at 17 rue Sainte-Thérèse. It provides maintenance for individuals and businesses with the possibility of collecting bicycles in the municipalities of Quimper Bretagne Occidentale and Pays Fouesnantais. Organic bicycles and maintenance products are also available for sale.
Intermarché, new supermarket brand in Ergué-Armel
Since June 18 and after 18 days of closure, the medium-sized store located on the Ergué-Armel roundabout welcomes customers under the Intermarché brand. It replaces Casino. The new owner announces that it wants to invest €3 million in the complete renovation of the store starting in January 2025.
New owners at the Braised Golden Chicken
Change of owners at the restaurant Le Poulet d’or braisé. Valériane Tricot and Farzad Sharifi have taken the reins of the establishment, located at 11, rue Sainte-Thérèse. While she is originally from Quimper, Farzad is originally from Afghanistan, a country he fled as a teenager to escape the Taliban. The restaurant specializes in charcoal-cooked chicken to eat in or take away. The menu is expanded with kebabs, burgers, Afghan rice (with onions, tomato sauce and spices), chicken wings, chicken chika curry and a few sweet treats.
Golden Asia has moved
Previously located at 61, rue de Bénodet, the Asie d’Or store has moved to 28, avenue de Ti Douar. Originally Vietnamese, the owners, Thao and Nhung Hoang, offer for sale grocery products of all origins and types: canned goods, sauces and condiments, drinks, frozen products, fresh products (etc.) as well as prepared meals (spring rolls, samosas, stir-fried beef, shrimp in spicy sauce, Cantonese rice, etc.). The sales area has increased from 90 m² to 200 m² and two employees have been hired.
The Action real estate agency sets up in the station district of Quimper
Already established for 5 years in the district in Brest, Christophe Cousquer has joined forces with his employee Jérémy Salvi, a Quimper resident, to open a second agency in Quimper under the Action Immobiliere brand. Located at 49, avenue de la Gare, it specializes in buying, selling, renting and property management.
La Quincaillerie is looking for a buyer
A page is turning at the Quincaillerie de Quimper: Isabelle Beloeil, a sales employee for 20 years, will retire this summer. The Breton group GHD – Sofibac, owner of the hardware store since 2008, is looking for a buyer. A rare pearl that is difficult to find, without whom the brand, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022, could close permanently.
Two doorsteps for the Maison le beau temps
Established at 22, place Terre-au-Duc since 2021 under the independent and family brand Maison le beau temps, Christine and Léna Salabert wanted to separate the two activities of the store (home world and women’s fashion) by opening a second store, still on place Terre-au-duc but at n° 2. The old premises are refocusing on women’s ready-to-wear and fashion accessories (leather goods, jewelry, lingerie, etc.) in a bohemian chic style, while the new 150 m² store is entirely devoted to home furnishings and decoration (rugs, sofas, lighting, chairs, etc.)
Esprit announces its closure
Hard blow for ready-to-wear in Quimper: the Esprit store, Gourvily area, has been liquidating its stocks since the beginning of June. The men’s and women’s clothing brand will definitely lower the curtain on July 20. A new brand, the name of which we do not yet know, should integrate the 400 m² which will be left vacant.
Le Détour, a new craft store
Both artisans, Maud Kramp and Morgan Sérazin-Lepesq opened the workshop-boutique Le Détour, 33, rue des Réguaires. They work there and sell their products. Maud Kramp is a ceramicist and works, under the name “Toutautour céramique”, stoneware and porcelain. Morgan Sérazin-Lepesq makes, under the name “Fillali, la fibre naturelle” felted wool cocoons filled with soaps from the brand “Les savons natures” as well as linen bread or brioche bags.
The shop also has a bread depot.
