La Cave de Belleville’s unlikely origins sound just like the set-up for a knock-knock joke: a pharmacist, a sound engineer, and a gallerist open a cave-à-manger. François Braouezec, Aline Geller, and Thomas Perlmutter deserve lots of credit score for the size of their ambitions, as La Cave de Belleville, open each day of the week, is without delay a wine store, an épicerie, and an enormous, informal wine bar. The ethereal, well-lit area (a former leather-based wholesaler) positively bustles at apéro hour, when locals nip in for cheap plates of charcuterie, cheese, and canned delicacies. The trio’s restricted trade expertise is typically evident within the inconsistency of the store’s maximalist choices of wine, spirits, and beer. (Have been the wine not largely pure, it might be exhausting to name it a “choice”. Filling cabinets appears to have been the precedence.) However one senses the house owners’ intentions are honest, and the Belleville neighborhood – chaotic, culture-clashy, perpetually on the cusp of gentrification – stands to learn vastly from a pleasant, accessible social anchor like La Cave de Belleville.
Sensible data
Tackle: 51 rue de Belleville, 75019
Nearest transport: Belleville (2,11)
Hours: Open each day
Phone: 01 40 34 12 95
Web site Fb
Evaluations of curiosity
Time Out (2015) “De hautes vitrines élégantes, des rangées de bouteilles bien ordonnées, des saucissons et des jambons suspendus comme dans une petite boutique de Cagliari…”
Le Figaro (2015) “La Cave de Belleville est à la fois un bar à vin, et une épicerie superb. On s’y retrouve entre amis pour déguster des tapas, des fromages et de la charcuterie de qualité, dans une ambiance conviviale.”
Fortunate Miam (2015) “Ici, on peut, à « presque » toute heure, se restaurer d’une assiette de mozzarella, de tapas, de superbes fromages et d’assiettes variées de salaisons.”
