Here’s our guide to one of the world’s true culinary capitals.
Best food market
Marché des Enfant Rouges
The best food market in Paris, it is also the oldest covered market in Paris, dating back to 1615.
Foodies will love exploring its multicultural tastes and aromas.
39 Rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris
Famous food street market
Montorgueil Street Market
Rue Montorgueil is a popular market street where you’ll find a variety of restaurants and vendors offering a wide variety of food.
The boulangerie is especially popular thanks to its delicious baked bread and its knack for croissants.
Best shop for cooks
E. Dehillerin
Opened in 1820, it is the oldest kitchen shop in Paris and now run by the fourth generation of the Dehillerin family.
Julia Child shopped there as well as Chuck Williams, who started Williams Sonoma.
18-20 Rue Coquillière, 75001 Paris
Best sandwich in Paris
Caractère de Cochon
Some say the jambon-beurre with uncured ham, salted butter and cheese so beloved by food critics and locals alike is quite possibly the best thing they ever ate in Paris.
It will have you wanting to come back for more before you leave town.
42 rue Charlot, 75003 Paris
Must-visit food halls
The food halls of major department stores like Printemps du Goût, La Grande Épicerie de Paris and Lafayette Gourmet offer a wide and very international choice of food, with the accent on quality.
In the 3rd arrondissement, Maison Plisson is a unique concept with a food hall and restaurant.
The chain with the most supermarkets in Paris, Franprix has at least one store in almost every neighbourhood.
Le Bon Marché
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche was the first department store in the world. The food options are fantastic.
It opened in 1852 in Paris at the instigation of Aristide Boucicaut and his wife Marguerite.
They were both in favour of “a new kind of store that would thrill all the senses”.
Paris food tour
As a trained pastry chef and culinary researcher with a focus on Parisian pastries and chocolate, Sharon Heinrich creates food tours around Paris which she says “is my home and my playground”.
With so many options to choose from in Paris, how do you know which shop to stop in or where to find the best macarons or croissants?
Where can you taste Paris’ best mille-feuille or sip the cosiest hot chocolate?
Where should you go to find the chocolate bonbons that don’t just look like gems, but also taste magnificent?
During Heinrich’s sweet tours, she shares her abundant knowledge and stories collected over the years wandering together from pastry shops to chocolate shops, tea houses to delicatessens.
The tours include fascinating stories of French history and tasting … and hearing those tales will leave you hungry for more.
