Guidebook for Paris
Essentials
Great quality frozen food. Loads of excellent ready-meals. Try their macaroons and the salty caramel ice cream!!!
115 locals recommend
Picard
15-17 Av. Simon BolivarGreat quality frozen food. Loads of excellent ready-meals. Try their macaroons and the salty caramel ice cream!!!
Great supermarket with everything you'll need to cook up a French meal.
1007 locals recommend
Monoprix
70-72 Rue du Faubourg du TempleGreat supermarket with everything you'll need to cook up a French meal.
The second of the local Monoprix supermarkets. Just a short step across the square.
1007 locals recommend
Monoprix
70-72 Rue du Faubourg du TempleThe second of the local Monoprix supermarkets. Just a short step across the square.
Great wine-merchant with fabulous range of wines from all over France. Some very tempting grands vins alongside some discoveries. Also does tempting food and organises wine-tastings. A super address!
26 Boulevard Jules Ferry
26 Boulevard Jules FerryGreat wine-merchant with fabulous range of wines from all over France. Some very tempting grands vins alongside some discoveries. Also does tempting food and organises wine-tastings. A super address!
U Express et Drive
109 Rue du TempleU Express. New mini-market.
Market on a Sunday morning. Small and local. Some great restaurants around the junction.
13 locals recommend
Rue Alibert
Rue AlibertMarket on a Sunday morning. Small and local. Some great restaurants around the junction.
Marché Saint-Martin
31/33 Rue du Château d'EauAll organic. Not the best atmosphere but some great food.
This is Paris as its Bourgeois-Bohème best. Slurp oysters on a Sunday morning. All the most expensive posh food you could wish for whilst still feeling in touch with your roots! :-)
1003 locals recommend
Marche des Enfants Rouges
39 Rue de BretagneThis is Paris as its Bourgeois-Bohème best. Slurp oysters on a Sunday morning. All the most expensive posh food you could wish for whilst still feeling in touch with your roots! :-)
The best bread, pâtisseries and viennoiseries in the area. Try them all.
Closed on a Sunday...pppffff
9 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
9 Rue du Faubourg du TempleThe best bread, pâtisseries and viennoiseries in the area. Try them all.
Closed on a Sunday...pppffff
Forget the others, this is the one!! You'll want to buy everything. A gourmet shopping paradise!
384 locals recommend
La Grande Epicerie de Paris
38 Rue de SèvresForget the others, this is the one!! You'll want to buy everything. A gourmet shopping paradise!
Remarkably cheap supermarket full of surprises. If you like a bargain, this is for you!!
Rue de la Fontaine au Roi
Rue de la Fontaine au RoiRemarkably cheap supermarket full of surprises. If you like a bargain, this is for you!!
For late night shopping or picking up a last minute snack. Tiny version of the Monoprix chain. Prices not tiny...
48 Rue de Malte
48 Rue de MalteFor late night shopping or picking up a last minute snack. Tiny version of the Monoprix chain. Prices not tiny...
Food Scene
La Marine
55Bis Quai de ValmyCool shabby chic restaurant.
Great bar serving food at lunchtime. Super for an apéritif to watch the world go by.
473 locals recommend
Valmy
145 Quai de ValmyGreat bar serving food at lunchtime. Super for an apéritif to watch the world go by.
Fine dining! Traditional French cuisine. Already enjoyed by a few of our guests.
8 locals recommend
Avenue Parmentier
Avenue ParmentierFine dining! Traditional French cuisine. Already enjoyed by a few of our guests.
72 Quai de Jemmapes
72 Quai de JemmapesJuices, coffees, brunch. Cool crowd and relaxed atmosphere. Wifi.
The cutest little bistro. Out of the way yet just a few steps from busy Bastille. Lunch is best. Great wines by the glass and traditional food.
120 locals recommend
Le Temps des Cerises
18-20 Rue de la Butte aux CaillesThe cutest little bistro. Out of the way yet just a few steps from busy Bastille. Lunch is best. Great wines by the glass and traditional food.
A great place for a brunch or a cool juice or coffee during the day. Was one of the first places in the area to go no-smoking well before the ban. Worth loving them for this alone.
80 locals recommend
Le Sésame
51 Quai de ValmyA great place for a brunch or a cool juice or coffee during the day. Was one of the first places in the area to go no-smoking well before the ban. Worth loving them for this alone.
A hugely reliable address for good food at reasonable prices. Vegetarian? Try their tourte aux légumes. Tradidional French fare and an all year round terrace.
100 Rue Rambuteau
100 Rue RambuteauA hugely reliable address for good food at reasonable prices. Vegetarian? Try their tourte aux légumes. Tradidional French fare and an all year round terrace.
This is the traditional eatery of your dreams. Maupassant could walk in at any moment. All day, every day until 22.00. Reasonable, extensive menu, efficient, rapid service. An experience.
11 locals recommend
7 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre
This is the traditional eatery of your dreams. Maupassant could walk in at any moment. All day, every day until 22.00. Reasonable, extensive menu, efficient, rapid service. An experience.
A great place to hang out or grab breakfast. This café is classy without the crazy prices you will pay elsewhere on the Place de la République. €1.80 for a coffee on the terrace or just €1 at the bar!
18 locals recommend
Café Fluctuat Nec Mergitur
18 Pl. de la RépubliqueA great place to hang out or grab breakfast. This café is classy without the crazy prices you will pay elsewhere on the Place de la République. €1.80 for a coffee on the terrace or just €1 at the bar!
Shopping
Rue de Marseille
Rue de MarseilleCool shops!!
Cool shops!! The Kooples, APC, arty DVDs, Agnès B....Great for some 'window licking'! Yep, that's what they call window-shopping in French!!
41 locals recommend
Rue Beaurepaire
Rue BeaurepaireCool shops!! The Kooples, APC, arty DVDs, Agnès B....Great for some 'window licking'! Yep, that's what they call window-shopping in French!!
The other department stores are brash and flashy compared to this little gem. Has everything you need from a luxury store except the crowds and the noise.
13 locals recommend
Parfums Christian Dior
24 Rue de BabyloneThe other department stores are brash and flashy compared to this little gem. Has everything you need from a luxury store except the crowds and the noise.