Food & Drinks – Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau

Category: Food & Drinks

Street food market

As a complement to the Rue Montorgueil and rue du Nil food stores (read here, and there), every Sunday morning there is an open food market right around the corner, literally 3mn walk away. Fishmonger, cheesemonger, florist, produce … name it, if it is fresh food related, you will find it. The atmosphere is that…
Restaurants we mention along Ze way

Immediate neighborhood These are the ones we would consider for an improvised meal nearby (apart from Frenchie, La Dame de Pic and Keï of course). Everyday’s special (in no particular order) Celebration night Ze left bank Ze Olympe There are Michelin starred restaurants, and there are MICHELIN restaurant. We believe those two belong to an…
Pastries & stuff

Are you gourmand? To the point that you would get out of your way to enjoy that special taste you’re after? That’s the question coming with this post. We already mentioned some good pastry store just around the corner, like on the Rue Montorgueil, or Rue du Nil. But some of us are willing to…
Ze Comptoir de la Gastronomie

[Disclaimer – Some find it offensive that others might enjoy foie-gras and other by-product of ducks. Even thought it’s not all about foie-gras, his post is mostly targeted for the others.] The gourmet store Le Comptoir is one next-door épicerie fine (gourmet store) and restaurant that we love. One of these places that any foodie…
Rue Montorgueil – 2

The neighborhood is still called “Les Halles”, meaning the huge food market which has been feeding Paris until 1971. Because of this longstanding history (The Pinault Museum for instance is in fact the last conversion of the grain market built in the 1780s), there are many food-related stores in the area. Those who survived the…
Berthillon

Founded by Raymond Bertillon the famous Ice maker is now managed by the Chauvin family, still at an artisanal scale, despite an enlarged network of resellers. As a matter of fact, they are closed one month each summer to prepare the products for the next season. With very little motivation, it’s quite easy to fit…
So you like coffee?

You will find an automated Jura coffee machine in the flat. It you enjoy good coffee, this should meet your expectations. There is decent coffee beans in the Montorgueil supermarkets. however, should you be a seasoned amateur, we’d recommend that you try these stores: The Caféothèque of Paris, 52 rue de l’Hotel de Ville, 75004…
Rue du Nil

When you lived by the rue Montorgueil for nearly two decades, as far as food stores are concerned, one gets hard to impress. However, when Chef Gregory Marchand launched his now famous Frenchie restaurant, he moved the neighborhood’s food center of gravity. And contrary to the river it is named after, it’s a very short…
Picasso Museum via Ze Seine

In the 70’s, French President Pompidou, in love with the “Bagnoles” (cars) created a highway crossing Paris West to East, right along the Seine banks. It started in the right bank and was such a success that a left bank highway was added a few years later. It did in fact bring lots of traffic…
Ze ROOF & Madame Rêve

Alain Bashung was a Belgium song writer who died in 2009. In 1995, his live album “Confessions Publique” included many hits, and “Madame rêve” was among them. The new Palace Hotel, which opened just accros the street in 2022, was named after Bashung’s song. But we don’t mention it only because it is the nearest…