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| Grand
Epicerie du Bon Marché
Located at the corner of rue de Sèvres and the rue du
Bac
Tel: 01.44.39.81.00. |
Located behind
the Bon Marché department store this large modern grocery
features gourmet counters for cheeses, fruit, coffee,
and just about every international food, ready for take-out.
On the shelves the selection of top French boutique
brands like Fauchon, in pretty containers, make this
an easy place to pick-up a few food gifts. Many American
brands are also featured, thus the popularity with Americans
living in Paris. |
| Fauchon
26-30, place de la Madeleine
Tel: 01.47.42.60.11 |
Three stores in
one, Fauchon, located just behind the Madeleine is the
uncontested king of Paris traiteurs. Just the windows,
with their elaborate food displays are worth the visit.
One store houses the pastry selection, the other prepared
dishes, fruits and vegetables, and the third carries
Fauchon brand foods from tins of cookies, to teas and
coffees. Downstairs at No. 26 is the Fauchon cafeteria.
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| Hédiard
21, place de la Madeleine
Tel: 01.43.12.88.88.
126, rue du Bac,
70 avenue Paul Doumer
and 106, blvd. Courcelles |
With the main
shop at the Madeleine and three satellite shops, Hédiard's
deep red façades enrobe a collection of gourmet jellies,
chocolates, spices, oils, mustards, a bakery counter,
and a stand of blemishless fresh fruits vegetables.
The food is too pretty to eat. |
| Tang Frères
168, avenue de Choisy
and an even larger store at 48, avenue d'Ivry. |
The Asian super
market par excellence has Parisians of all races trekking
down to Place d'Italie on Saturday morning to load up
on rice noodles, green tea, and hard to find spices
and vegetables. The Tang brothers live near their stores
in what is known as the "China Town" of Paris, where
their success has made them famous both in France and
in their native China. |
| Izraël
30, rue François Miron
Tel: 01.42.72.66.23. |
Winding through
the tightly packed aisles of this two-room store, you'll
find spices, chilies, dried beans, rice, in short everything,
brought in from around-the-world. You might want to
ask for help from the friendly, though busy staff, since
actually putting your hands on what you need might resemble
a treasure hunt in this jam-packed store. |
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| La Mère de
Famille
35, rue du Faubourg Montmartre
Tel: 01.47.70.83.69. |
This beautiful
store, dating to 1761, is an extraordinary candy shop,
one of the last of its kind in the city. In fact the
store is classified as a historic monument. Glass jars
filled with colorful bon-bons line the shelves and you
can often watch them making chocolate right there on
the marble counter. |
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| Poilâne
8, rue du Cherche Midi
Tel: 01.45.48.42.59 |
These bakers are
famous for their large, round miche simply called pain
Poilâne by the many restaurants and boutiques who now
carry their bread. The dark crusty loaves can be bought
in quarters, halves or whole. Visit the original store
to appreciate the house specialties such as buttery
cookies, and apple tartelettes. Expect to see a line
in the evening. |
| Poujauran
20, rue Jean Nicot
Tel: 01.47.05.80.88. |
The dainty pink
façade marks one of Paris' best loved boulangeries.
Baguettes, bread with walnuts, rolls, tarts, and Financiers,
are just some of the fresh-baked delights that fill
this store. Space is tight so if you don't know what
you want, you might want to avoid the pre-lunch and
dinner rushes. |
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| Mariage Frères
30, rue du Bourg-Tibourg
Tel: 01.42.72.28.11.
New non-smoking location at 260, rue du Faubourg Saint
Honoré
Tel: 01.46.22.18.54 |
Who hasn't discovered
these fragrant and royal teas - literally hundreds of
varieties at their home store in the Marais? Here an
almost all-male staff, dressed in jackets, still weigh
the tea out on scales, then send you to pay for your
order at an old-fashion cashier's "cage". The tearoom
serves high tea, brunch or lunch. Today, Mariage Frères
tea can be found in their own in-store boutiques in
most of Paris' big department stores (Galleries Lafayette,
Samaritaine), along with exquisite gift box sets of
teas, tea flavored jellies and sables. |
| Café Verlet
256, rue Saint Honoré
Tel: 01.42.60.67.39 |
Sacs of beans
surround this small excellent coffeehouse and store,
where you can have your Colombian or Guatemalan roast
ground to perfection. Light fare served at lunch. |
| A Priori Thé
35, Galerie Vivienne, 75002
Tel: 01.42.97.48.75
Open daily |
Tea or lunch in
one of Paris' prettiest covered passages, right next
door to the shopping area of the Place Victoire. Reserve
for lunch hour, especially if you want a table in the
passage itself. Open daily. |
| Ladurée
75, avenue des Champs-Elysées, 75008
Open daily |
For the original
tea room, go to 16 rue Royale (closed Sundays), but
for the newest go to the spacious Ladurée on the Champs-Elysées.
Here, upstairs dining rooms are designed like individual
salons, or libraries, by French decorator Jacques Garcia.
A full menu is offered and it's the best place for breakfast
on the world's most famous avenue. Pastries and breads
to go. |
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