• In Erquy, in the Côtes-d'Armor, a neighbor of the Fisherman's creperie complains about the noise and smells generated by the restaurant.
  • Seized of the matter, the court ordered a one-year expert report to determine the consequences of the restoration activity on the neighbourhood.
  • The owners of the creperie, installed in an old dwelling house, believe they have carried out enough work.

The judiciary did not have sufficient elements to decide. Thursday, May 11, the court of Saint-Brieuc ordered the realization of an expertise to assess the nuisances denounced by a neighbor of the creperie of the Fisherman, in Erquy (Côtes-d'Armor). Housed in an old dwelling house, this restaurant is accused of generating noise and odors that bother one of the neighbors. This case, quickly named "the creperie that smells too much of the pancake" had been the subject of incredible media coverage after the speech of the owners of the establishment. "I feel like we've put in a lot of effort. It's relentless. We're fed up, we just want to work, "explained Alex Polge, who bought the creperie in 2019.

Quickly, the case had turned into the good old war between "the Breton tradition" and "the Parisian" who complains about it. The plaintiff couple had settled permanently in their second home in 2016 to enjoy their retirement. "It's a bit dangerous to tackle a creperie in Brittany. But we did it. My clients are not asking for a conviction. They just want to enforce their rights," explains Christophe Sanson. The residents' lawyer says he is "satisfied" to have obtained this expertise, which will last a year. The court ordered the plaintiff to set aside 5,000 euros for the carrying out of this expertise.



In its defense, the couple of restaurateurs justified work carried out at their expense to try to limit the nuisance. The couple had installed a new hood to extract the fumes, before moving their dish and insulating the room. Through the voice of his lawyer, the traders tried to oppose the expertise. At the hearing, counsel considered that this case was time-barred "insofar as the first disturbances occurred in 2013 and that in matters of abnormal neighbourhood disturbance we have five years to act". The expert will have one year to form an opinion and share it with the courts. While waiting for its conclusions, the restaurant will be able to operate normally.

  • Justice
  • Brittany
  • Côtes-d'Armor
  • Saint-Brieuc
  • Restaurant
  • Neighbour
  • Noise
  • Noise
  • Kitchen
  • Conflict
  • Restoration
  • Feeding