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Independant
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 Gourmet Food Shops
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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.
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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.
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Fauchon
26-30, place de la Madeleine
Tel: 01.47.42.60.11
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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
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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.
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Tang Fréres
168, avenue de Choisy
and an even larger store at 48, avenue d'Ivry.
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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.
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Izraël
30, rue François Miron
Tel: 01.42.72.66.23.
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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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Sweets
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La Mère de Famille
35, rue du Faubourg Montmartre
Tel: 01.47.70.83.69.
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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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Bread
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Poilâne
8, rue du Cherche Midi
Tel: 01.45.48.42.59
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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.
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Poujauran
20, rue Jean Nicot
Tel: 01.47.05.80.88.
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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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Tea Salons - Tea And Coffee
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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
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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.
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Café Verlet
256, rue Saint Honoré
Tel: 01.42.60.67.39
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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.
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A Priori Thé
35, Galerie Vivienne, 75002
Tel: 01.42.97.48.75
Open daily
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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.
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Ladurée
75, avenue des Champs-Elysées, 75008
Open daily
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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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