Beneath you’ll discover our recommendations for the place to select up cheese, wine, sweets and different picnic provisions earlier than heading to the grassy expanse in entrance of the Esplanade des Invalides.
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Solids
Cheese
- Barthélémy – Merely one of the vital lovely (and costly) fromageries in Paris.
- Androuet – A historic cheese store with greater than 100 years expertise supplying Parisian picnics.
Bread
- Eric Kayser – Don’t let the a number of areas idiot you into considering that that is some sort of mediocre chain bakery: The breads at Kayser are glorious (ranked #1 on our checklist of 5 Nice Baguettes in Paris).
- Gosselin – Our contributing advisors and the judges of Grand Prix de la Baguette de Custom Française de la Ville de Paris agree that Gosselin produces the most effective baguettes in Paris (#2 and #5 respectively). The pastries are attractive, too.
Sweets
- Grégory Renard – A favourite for macarons – particularly the salted butter caramel or gooseberry with poppy flower.
- La Pâtisserie des Rêves – Successful because it opened in 2009, this contemporary and playful pastry store has gained raves for its Paris-Brest.
- Dalloyau – This historic traiteur and pâtisserie invented the oft-imitated Opera Cake.
- Hugo & Victor – Pastry chef Hugues Pouget offers basic and seasonal flavors dueling personalities – the revolutionary Hugo and extra basic Victor – on this smooth boutique. Macarons, goodies, and breakfast treats are on provide, too.
- Chapon – Don’t miss the single-origin chocolate mousse bar at Chapon.
- Foucher – This chocolate store has had a presence on the rue du Bac for practically 200 years.
The whole lot
- La Grande Épicerie – The meals corridor of division retailer Le Bon Marché is a little bit of a stroll, but it surely gives contemporary ready meals, lovely bottles, and fantastic groceries for stylish one-stop purchasing.
Liquids
- Ryst Dupeyron – The true specialty at this basic, luxe store is Armagnac, with vintages relationship again to 1868. Don’t know the very first thing about Armagnac? Simply ask, and one of many pleasant employees will pour you a style. The again room homes a formidable assortment of first development Bordeaux (Margaux, Latour) and Chateau d’Yquem, and R-D bottles their very own strains of port and Scotch, too.
- La Grande Épicerie – The meals corridor of division retailer Le Bon Marché is a little bit of a stroll, but it surely gives contemporary ready meals, lovely bottles, and fantastic groceries for stylish one-stop purchasing.
