Mama Bubbele

Mama Bubbele is a tarte flambée restaurant at 2 Quai des Bateliers, on the quays of the Ill river in Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France. Founded in 2010, it makes its tartes flambées with organic ingredients and local flour, and it offers gluten-free versions, which is unusual for a dish normally built on a wheat base. Tarte flambée, known in Alsace as flammekueche, is a thin flatbread topped with crème fraîche, onions and lardons, and the restaurant works through variations of the theme. The organic tarte flambée and the gluten-free tarte flambée are the signature items. The setting is bright and informal, on a stretch of riverside that is popular for walks and boat trips, and the atmosphere is relaxed and family-friendly rather than formal. Dress is casual, tables are close, and noise levels depend on the time of day. The restaurant sits in the moderate price range, which makes it one of the easier meals to fit into a day of sightseeing, and sharing several tartes among a group is a common way to order. For drinks, regional beer and Alsatian white wines such as Riesling and Pinot Gris are natural partners to the tartes. A user-edited directory lists opening on Monday from 19:00 to 24:00 and from Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 24:00, so it serves both lunch and dinner, but the hours should be confirmed before visiting. The booking route is by phone on +33 3 90 23 83 30. Reserving is sensible at weekends, in the evening and during the Christmas market season, though the all-day opening on most days gives flexibility to dine outside the busiest hours. The location is a short walk from the cathedral, the Palais Rohan and the Petite France district.