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Marchés volants: freshest fast food in Paris

19 Thursday Jun 2014

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Paris’s open air neighborhood markets where vendors set up their stands on specific days at specific hours are a great place to snack or buy picnic items. You just have to know when and where they are.

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TUESDAY
Marché Bourse – Place de la Bourse, 2nd arr Metro: Bourse 12h30 – 20h30
Marché Maubert – Place Maubert, 5th Metro: Maubert-Mutualité 7h – 14h30
Marché Raspail – Blvd Raspail, 6th Metro: Sevres Babylon 7h – 14h30 – organics
Marché Aguesseau – Place de la Madeleine, 8th Métro: Madeleine 7h à 14h30.
Marché Popincourt – Bd Richard-Lenoir, 11th Metro: Oberkampf 7h – 14h30
Marché Convention- Rue Convention, 15th Métro: Convention 7h à 14h30
Marché Saint-Charles – Rue St-Charles, 15th Métro: Javel 7h à 14h30

WEDNESDAY
Marché St-Honoré – Pl Marché St Honoré,1st M: Pyramides 12h30 – 20h30
Marché Monge – Place Monge, 4th Métro : Place Monge 7h – 14h30
Marché Grenelle – Bd de Grenelle, 15th Métro : La Motte-Piquet 7h à 14h30
Marché Président Wilson – 16th Métro : Alma-Marceau, Iéna 7h – 14h30

THURSDAY
Marché St-Eustache-Les Halles – Rue Montmartre Metro: Les Halles 12h30 20h30
Marché Maubert – Place Maubert, 5th Métro: Maubert-Mutualité 7h – 14h30
Marché Saxe-Breteuil – Avenue de Saxe, 7th Métro: Ségur 7h – 14h30
Marché Bastille – Bd Richard Lenoir, 11th Métro : Bastille 7h – 14h30
Marché Convention- Rue Convention, 15th Métro: Convention 7h à 14h30

FRIDAY
Marché Bourse – Place de la Bourse, 2nd Métro: Bourse 12h30 – 20h30
Marché Monge – Place Monge, 4th Métro: Place Monge 7h – 14h30
Marché Raspail – Blvd Raspail, 6th Metro: Sevres Babylon 7h – 14h30
Marché Aguesseau – Place de la Madeleine, 8th Métro: Madeleine 7h à 14h30.
Marché Popincourt – Bd Richard-Lenoir, 11th Métro: Oberkampf 7h – 14h30
Marché Saint-Charles – Rue St-Charles, 15th Métro: Javel 7h à 14h30

SATURDAY
Marché Maubert – Place Maubert, 5th Métro: Maubert-Mutualité 7h – 14h30
Marché Saxe-Breteuil – Avenue de Saxe, Métro: Ségur 7th 7h – 14h30
Marché Président Wilson – 16th Métro : Alma-Marceau, Iéna 7h – 14h30
Saint Honoré, Place du Marché Saint Honoré, 1st arr, 3pm to 8pm and Saturday morning
Baudoyer, Place Baudoyer, 4th arr, 7am to 3pm

SUNDAY
Marché St-Eustache-Les Halles – Rue Montmartre Metro: Les Halles 12h30 20h30
Marché Monge – Place Monge, 4th Métro: Place Monge 7h – 14h30
Marché “BIO” Raspail – Blvd Raspail, 6th Metro: Sevres Babylon 7h – 14h30
Marché Bastille – Bd Richard Lenoir, 11th Métro : Bastille 7h – 14h30
Marché Convention- Rue Convention, 15th Métro: Convention 7h à 14h30
Marché Grenelle – Bd de Grenelle, 15th Métro : La Motte-Piquet 7h à 14h30

paris marche food

The markets I especially like are bold faced. I’ve saved the best for last:
Enfants Rouges
39 rue de Bretagne
Tuesday to Saturday from 8:30am to 1pm and from 4pm to 7pm; Sunday from 8:30am to 1pm

Forget about dieting. You’ll need your strength for all the walking you’re going to do with your No Worries Paris guidebook.

Paris Gourmande: organic food markets

23 Monday Dec 2013

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To market to market to buy a fresh cheese, home again, home again got there with ease.

Here’s where they are:

Boulevard Raspail, 6th arr, between rues de Rennes and Cherche-Midi, Sunday mornings
Place Brancusi, 14th arr, Saturday mornings
Rue Saint-Charles, 15th arr, metro Charles-Michel, Friday mornings
Boulevard des Batignoles, 17th arr, between metro Rome and Place de Clichy, Saturday mornings

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Great place to buy honey straight from the source and delictable pigeon campagnarde spiked with armagnac. Kale: where art thou?

Lunch with the locals at Marche Des Enfants Rouge

13 Saturday Apr 2013

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From the No Worries Paris guidebook (follow their walking map):

“Double-back to Rue de Bretagne and go left. Pass Ruelle Sourdis de Beauce.

With delectables to delight foodies and a small garden in support of today’s grow-where-you-live trend, Le Marche Enfants Rouge seems contemporary. But it is the oldest still-active food market in Paris, built in 1615 under Louis XIII. Its intriguing name derives from an orphanage from back then, where the children wore red uniforms.

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Both fresh and prepared foods are sold in the enclosed market, which manages to fit in tables made cheery under light from a glass-and-wrought-iron ceiling. Organic produce and fresh flowers are worthy of a portrait. Standard French cheeses, crepes, seafood, and meats are balanced by a range of ethnic fare (Asian, Moroccan, Cajun, Italian). Locals hang here amid a convivial atmosphere, and the few tourists who wander in are welcomed.”

39 rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris

Tue-Thu 8.30am-1pm, 4pm-7.30pm; Fri-Sat 8.30am-1pm, 4pm-8pm; Sun 8.30am-2pm
Transport:Métro : Filles du Calvaire ou Saint-Sébastien Froissart

Rue Buci, Paris: a moveable feast

06 Sunday Jan 2013

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Make your way to rue de Buci for a peep at the outdoor fresh food stalls, cafes and take-out charcuteries. One of the best quaint marches in Paris, second only to rue Mouteffard. Foodies will squeal with delight and wonder where the closest park bench is to sample their purchases. Vendors close for lunch, on Sunday afternoons and Monday. Sixth arrondisement, closest metro: Odeon. The Moliere, located at 12 ue de Buci is categorized an historic monument where Jean-Baptiste Poquelin took his famous pseudonym Molière. Check your No Worries Paris guidebook for more photos and exact directions.

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Bargain shopping at Marche Aux Puces

03 Monday Dec 2012

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If you don’t speak French, best to take someone along who does and who can haggle. Memorize the exchange rate and buy something that will fit in your suitcase. Mailing anything from France can be more expensive than your treasure.

How to get to the Paris Flea Market:

Métro:

Porte de Clignancourt, line 4, coming from Paris.
Take the exit marked Boulevard Ornano, odd numbers, then the exit rue Belliaud /rue letord. Go under the ring road. Avenue Michelet is the continuation of the Porte de Clignancourt, but the easiest way to get to most of the markets is along the rue des Rosiers (first left off the avenue Michelet).
Garibaldi, line 13, from Saint-Ouen.
Reach the end of the rue des Rosiers by crossing the square Marmottan or along the rue Edgard Quinet .

Bus:

N°85 (Gare du Luxembourg-Mairie de Saint-Ouen), Paul Bert stop (except Sundays and bank holidays, when the bus only goes as far as the Town Hall of the 18th arrondissement).
N°56 (Château de Vincennes-Porte de Clignancourt).
The PC: Porte de Clignancourt
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