A
tour of Paris's markets offers a rare glimpse of an
immensly important French ritual.
There are some fifty-seven marchés volants, or roving
markets, which include more than 5000 independant merchants
moving from neighborhood to neighborhood on given days.
Markets
In the neighborhood of the hotel :
Marché
Avenue du Président Wilson
Also called the Marché du Pont de l'Alma
It is one of the biggest open markets in Paris. The
selection of food is tremendous and you will hardly managed
to get to the end.
It's hard to adequately the variety and quality of the food
here. The selection ranges from produce to meats, fish,
flowers, pasta, breads, sweets and even house wares.
Customers have been coming here for years and frequent
their favorite vendors.
You frequently hear: 'Bonjour Madame! Plaisir de vous voir
cette semaine !...Today we have delicious… I
recommend you try one.'
The choice is fantastic : fruits, vegetables, flowers,
fish, olives and salads, cheese, Italian pasta, simple
wines, bread, snails and stuffed mussels...
Avenue du Président Wison (16th), between rue
Desbrousse and Place d’Iéna
Wednesday and Saturday from 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Marché
de la Rue Poncelet
Located near the Place des Ternes, a throw stone from the
Arc de Triomphe and Avenue des Champs Elysées, the market
of rue Poncelet used to be considered as one of the
biggest, most beautiful and best open markets in Paris,
with the ones of rue Montorgueil and rue de Lévis. Even if
it is a bit smaller nowadays, it is still a great place for
the variety and the quality of the food and French
specialties.
Important
choice : meat (Boucherie Roger), cheese (Fromagerie des
Gourmets, Alléosse), Wines (Les Grandes caves), coffee and
tea (Brulerie des Ternes), fish (Poissonnerie
l’Océan), Italian specialties (Delitaly), fruits and
vegetables (Le Maraicher)...
Rue
Poncelet (17th)
Tuesday to Saturday from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM (some shops are
closed between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM)
Sunday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Closed on Monday
Covered
Market of Passy
Rue
Bois Le Vent Paris (16th) at the corner of rue Duban and
rue Bois le Vent
Tuesday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Saturday from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 3:30 PM to 7:00
PM
Sunday from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Covered
Market of Saint-Didier
23
Rue Mesnil Paris (16th)
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and saturday from 7:30 AM to 2:00
PM
Our favorites markets in Paris :
Marché
Rue Cler
Located
in the 7th arrondissement, not far from the Alma Bridge and
the Ecole Militaire, the market of Rue Cler is a
destination for great food shopping in Paris.
Twenty years ago, rue Cler was a nice little pedestrian
street, great for a weekly shopping trip to a few favorite
stores for meat, fish, greens and cheese.
Over the years, it ihas truly flourished !
There are more food shops, better specialties and the
pedestrian area devoted to food has rown larger.
Get there early as it becomes extremely crowded after 11 am
on Sundays.
Being near rue Cler is one of the great pleasures of living
in Paris, whether for a week or a lifetime !
Huge choice : Fruits and vegetables (Halles Bosquet, Les
quatre Saisons), flowers stand, Italian gastronomy (Deli
Zius, Davoli), olive oil (Olivier & Cie), Chinese
takeaway, pastry (Lenôtre), cheese (la Fermette, Marie
Cantin), meat (Boucheries Coucaud), roasted chickens
(Darius Rotisserie), fish (La Sablaise), wine (Bacchus),
chocolate (Leonidas), coffee store...
Covered
market Les Enfants Rouges
Les
Enfants Rouges is the oldest covered market in Paris,
renovated in the late 90's, and one of the oldest in
France. This small market is located in the 3rd
arrondissement, and is worth seeing in the occasion of a
walking tour of le Marais.
39, rue de Bretagne
Tuesday from Saturday from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00
PM to 7:30 PM
Sunday from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Le Marché Montorgueil
Les Halles, Paris's most famous market, is no more, but Rue
Montorgueil remains.
The city has made attempts to spiff up a rather grubby and
run-down market by adding a pleasant new cobblestone
street, and many of the city's finest chefs still do their
marketing here, sharing chores as one chef markets for
fish, another goes after the meat, still another for the
produce, then all meeting for coffee before heading back to
their restaurants.
Rue Montorgueil (1st & 2nd)
Marché
Saxe- Breteuil
Among
the many markets in Paris, this has the reputation of being
one of the best and certainly the most beautiful.
It starts at Place de Breteil and stretches to Avenue de
Segur. There is no more lovely setting, as it is framed by
the Eiffel Tower and the Invalides. Farmers and producers
come from all over France to sell their specialties and
this market is known for its high quality foods, including
many organic ones.
Avenue de Saxe (7th)
Thursday and Saturday from 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Marché
Biologique Raspail • Organic Market
These
are food markets unlike others in Paris - more like old
fashioned country farmers' markets.
On weekends from thirty to fifty independant organic
farmers set up stalls on Paris's boulevard Raspail.
They sell organic grown fruits and vegetables; homemade
breads ; dried fruits and nuts; charcuteries ; farm-raised
chickens, ducks and geese ; and even wine that's guaranteed
to be "natural".
Boulevard Raspail, between rue du Cherche-Midi and rue de
Rennes (6th)
Sunday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
