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Sunday, October 31, 2010
The OM Café: Football Heaven on Marseille's Old Port
If you can't make it to the Stade Vélodrome, the OM Café, situated in a prime location at the bottom of La Canebière opposite the Old Port, is the place to watch an Olympique de Marseille match live on the 13 plasma screens (arrive very early to secure a table). This is not your common or garden scruffy sports bar. Taken over in 2006 by René Faurie, a local restaurateur of renown..... Click here to read more.
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