Wine – Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau

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 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…