Food store – Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau

Tag: Food store

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…
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…
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…
Rue Montorgueil – 1

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…