The beer is very expensive over 5 Euros and usually 6 at most places a not always full pint - ouch, so get some bottles at a supermarket for a few before going out.
The Melting Pot is good but a better starting point is the English bar the George & Dragon, nice guy runs it. There are not many just bars in the centre as most are cafe bars, nice if its sunny like Saturday was where you can sit out.
As you are not playing at the same venue cannot comment on where you can drink at the ground.

You wont have a problem after a Pastis, stick with the mentioned boozers though for the main part and have a little wander, its a cracking place.. and just about anywhere is good for a swifty.

From what i can remember

If it's a TV game and they're playing at Blagnac then Heineken is 5E a pint in the ground (cheapest pint we had all weekend when we were there!) but you can get 4 cans of Kronenbourg for 2E from the supermarkets and they've no problem in you taking cans in to the ground.

Or, cheaper still, drink wine!

Ouch. Might have cottoned on to it then

It's at this point that I shall admit that I hadn't twigged on about French sports licensing laws being completely different to the UK, and supped two cans outside the ground, only to notice upon paying 20E for a round in the stadium that everyone else had just lugged in a crate or two

Dif grounds Blagnac and where 'Fax played wasn't it?

We played at the Stade de Minimes

Hahaha. Just got an image of Mini Me from Austin Powers playing Rugby.

Here's hoping we can take booze into Blagnac then

Am off in 5 1/2 hours, no clue why still on here like

You can take beer in to the ground....but not in bottles as we found out and got all ours confiscated. 'It's OK' said the nice steward, 'you can have it back on the way out'. Needless to say he'd disappeared and so had our stash

We had cans and had to drink them just inside the ground under the watchful eyes of security

my best tip for Widnes whilst in France is to return home with a scoreline similar to the Gateshead game.

All the best, Mon ami's.

MES AMIS! (possessive pronoun takes the plural form)

Got to Blagnac with few cans, the securtity guards couldn't decide what to do !

1st was ok, then no have to be opened 1st, then had to open and poor into a pint glass... add half hour outside the gates filling plastic cups with cheap cans will put pic of inicdent up when can!

Happy day's mind!