The quintessential Ivorian dining experience is a meal at a maquis, a small open-air restaurant. Seating is at low wooden tables set on a floor of sand, and the ambience is set with the best music in the country. The fare at a maquis usually consists of fish (poisson) or chicken (poulet) braised slowly over embers, served with tomato and onion and/or attieke (mashed cassava mixed with a little palm oil). In the bigger cities, a good variety of cuisines from north and West Africa are available – Moroccan, Senegalese. Standards western fare including fast food and French snacks and savouries are always available in Abidjan. When in Abidjan, a visit to the suburb of Marcory to savour the street food there is mandatory. The Petit Marche in Marcory is also good to linger over a late-afternoon drink.
Abidjan has a lively nightlife in the district of Treichville, especially around the train station. The town of Bouake is also known for its nightlife.
Shopping
The Ivory Coast has some very lively local markets (called marches) not only in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, but also in smaller towns all over the country. These are great places to pick up examples of the famed Ivorian handicrafts including wax prints, Ghanaian kente cloth, indigo fabric and woven cloth, wooden statuettes, bead necklaces, pottery and basketware. The town of Korhogo produces toiles – handpainted textiles that would make great souvenirs and wall hangings. Abidjan also has large western-style shopping centres.
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