Vichy's restaurant scene reflects its dual character: there are several formal establishments catering to thermal visitors and tourists, and a more everyday selection of brasseries and bistros serving the city's year-round residents. The local cuisine is Auvergnat — hearty, centred on pork, cheese, lentils, and river fish — with the refinements that a long history of fashionable visitors demanded. The Allier river provides freshwater fish, and the surrounding region produces excellent charcuterie and Cantal cheese.