In addition to the spots listed below, there are little kiosks all over the marché and the major streets serving rice and sauce, mutton soup, rice and beans, and other traditional fare. Donât overlook the street vendors selling fried snacks. Fried dough-balls with a little sugar makes a good breakfastâsomething like a donut if you use your imagination. Fried bean-flour balls make a good snack with a beer.
Restaurant Kawar. Located on the road that leads south from the market past the mosque with the tall tower. The menu choices are different every night, usually rice and peanut sauce which is very good, spaghetti and tomato sauce not very impressive, beans, mutton soup, or tô. They also brew terrific bissap and sell yogurt and soft drinks. A hotspot for visiting NGO agents and Mossi functionaries. Open for lunch and dinner.
Eldorado. Located next door to Kawar. Besides serving Flag, Brakina, and So.B.Bra, they occasionally serve roasted pork around lunchtime and grilled fish or chicken at nightâask for the weekly schedule. Another spot for the Mossi crowd, especially the policemen who work at the station up the street.
Kiosk de la Paix. Located at the intersection of the road Campement Tondikara is on and the road leading north from the obelisk in sector 5. Open erratically for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can get the usual fair, and rarely a special treat like green beans or peas. They also make a tasty ground beef sandwich, very cheap but lean on meat I always ask for double meat on mine.
Le Petit Américain. Since the availability of tasty ground beef sandwiches at Kiosk de la Paix is unreliable, we prefer the new place. They always have them for sale and they put more meat in. Super cheap lunch. Itâs on the main road going thru sector 5 (Mayorâs office, Action Sociale and New Loock are on the same road. Go past New Loock towards PDL.
New Loock [sic]. Located East of the mayorâs office, past the obelisk. They serve beer and garlic grilled chicken, although Banguia chicken is cheaper and bigger.
Kiosk au Coeur du Sahel. Good place to eat riz gras, rice and beans, or whatever else they have cooking. Located in the Market.
Banguia. The place to go for dancingâthereâs a huge floor and lots of patrons. Gorom is a good place to party on new yearâs eve if you want to get away from the craziness and frenzy of Ouagadougou on that particular night. They serve the usual beers and soft drinks, plus the best garlic chicken in town, courtesy of Victoire. During gardening season October to May you might also be lucky enough to find the salad lady working.
Mouton au Four. Right next to Banguia, in the direction of the market. Roasted mutton. Never ate there, but heard itâs yummy.
Le Monde. Next to the Campement Tondikara. They serve beer, soft drinks, and the usual dinner fare.
Guiraâs. All the Gorom guides hang out here, getting loaded and watching the road for tourists to pester. Besides beer, they grill chicken and in summer they sometimes make omelettes and soup for breakfast.
