Sunbathed the streets as the people formed a cacophony around me. The docks were mellow and the boats swayed with the ripples of the water. Calm breeze slowed down the movement in my joints as I twisted the accelerator on the e-scooter I rented. With my vision encasing the road ahead and the battery indicator, my body begged for its morning dose of caffeine. But I was on a hunt to treat myself with something unusual.
Bricolités, she was named, her sign shone under the golden light of Nice. I folded my scooter and stepped into the cafe. Mystified by which dimension I had traveled to, I was surrounded by objects from different timelines. Bricolités immerses you in the last century with its varied objects that have gone on for decades and those that are inspired by it.
Organized like a cabinet of curiosities, the little shop is a magical universe. One day, there are pastis glasses, a stuffed bird, a hunter’s leather satchel and sketchbooks and an old transistor, a few days later an embroidered cushion, old jewelry, bohemian crystal glasses, and a model ship. They move and group them regularly so that Bricolités remains a cabinet of curiosity and not a pile of old things.
Bricolités is a unique place in Nice, France. Former bakery forgotten by all for decades, this place has become, since December 2016, a cheerful tea room, in which one can also hunt for unusual objects, with singular charm or even come and tinker in a fully equipped workshop underneath.