Fruits and vegetables are excellent here. Proprietor is friendly and will let you taste the…read moreoccasional fruit before buying. It's pricey!

Cool albeit small market with a number of well known stalls from casual fruit juice and snacks to…read morefull on steaks , Moroccan and Japanese options under one roof. This is a pretty cool place in the Marais that opens up to a couple of neighboring streets with more food options that are pretty famous in their own right. Well worth walking around if you're in the area!

Food: 4/5 Service: 4/5…read moreAmbiance: 4/5 Grilled octopus: 4/5 Fried squid: 4/5 Orange wine: 4/5 I arrived at this famous market for a late lunch and found this restaurant tucked in the corner among many stores. I ordered the grilled octopus and fried squid, both were fresh and delicious. I also tried the orange wine, which was surprisingly good. While it's not exactly a bang for your buck, it's worth experiencing at least once.

The lure of shopping with friends in a warm covered market got me to venture out a bit to the…read moreMarché Saint Martin. Even though it may seem charming to walk the streets of Paris with an umbrella, I prefer to spend cold rainy days indoors, so I've spent most of the Winters here hibernating in my heated home. We were seeking something to bring to a goûter, or the afternoon snack between lunch and dinner. Even though my three friends were all French natives, no one had ever been to this market, so we meandered and shopped the stalls as tourists:) Fresh vegetables for crudites, cheese from cows, sheep, and goats, and bread made with pumpkin seeds, nuts, and sesame. It wouldn't be a French market without wine, and local beef. If you don't want to cook, you can buy prepared food to warm up at home, or snacks to nibble on as you await dinner. The center area was full of bins of oysters, or you can opt for seafood, already cooked and ready to eat.Some of the stalls were closed on Saturday, like the one selling pastries, but you can always have fresh fruit for dessert :)

From the owner: - Marché couvert.read more

Came to the Bastille Market to try one of the rotisserie chickens from here. I don't remember the…read morename of the exact place, but it was the last bird I consumed in France. My swan song from a disappointing trip in the bird department. Off the eye test, it doesn't get much better. The beautiful sight of tissi's rotating in front of a fire breathing oven, potatoes in the tray below collecting the chicken juices as they fell, had me ready to run around the Bastille plaza yelling "LE MOUVEMENT!!". I thought this was going to be my first high level bird in the City of Light. Much to my chagrin, the one I got was just lukewarm. I was ready for my fingerprints to be fully burned off. There was so much potential here, but as always, I have to judge what's in front of me. If I don't have my integrity I have nothing. It landed at an 8.1/10 on the restaurant scale which is good, but if it was hot it could have been up there with the greats in the rare 9 territory. Unrealized potential is one of the most depressing things in the world. IG @johnny.novo Tiktok @jnov__ Substack @johnnynovo

This place can be overwhelming if you're a tourist or non native, but it's worth the struggle…read more Fresh produce, meats, and fish, and a great array of different ethnic foods you would be hard pressed to find elsewhere.

Produce in Paris is on its own level, but I have never seen seasonal product as gorgeous as in this…read morelittle market. Everything is fresh, and clearly marked by signage telling you where each item hails from (bio = organic, FYI). The tomatoes on the vine are so perfect they look fake, but they definitely taste delicious. The garlic is tinged purple and obscenely fragrant when you cook with it, the fruit is stunning and sweet, and the peppers of all colors stand out as they are lined up in perfect little rows. A friend of mine lives in a different neighborhood in Paris, but still comes here to shop. That and the photos will tell you everything you need to know.

I knew something good was going to be there when the cab drove by. Mind-blowingly good produce. The…read moreolives are great too. I feel really lucky to have moved in so close. Worth going to just to look around, but you'll want to take some home too.

Small, but efficiently laid out, this frozen food grocery store offers a lot of bang for your buck…read more There're all types of ready-to-make foods, as well as frozen fruits, vegetables, seafood, etc., for a reasonable price. What drew me in, however, was the promise of une glace...a.k.a. ICE CREAM. Or, in my case, sorbet. A liter of sorbet was around 3 Euro. So, tell me, why pay 2 Euro for a frozen bar when you can get a whole liter of sorbet for not much more? Mmmm...yummy, delicious sorbet. And don't forget to bring your own bag b/c that's what they expect you to do at grocery stores in Paris. :)

Among the superettes along Boulevard de Beaumarchais, this was our chosen one (and conveniently…read moreclosest to our hotel). This superette has the most attractive arrangement of produce just under the awning. Not only was it nicely arranged, but it also always looked super fresh and ready to eat. Inside is super tiny (about four aisles), but you will find everything from beverages (juice, water, soda) to sandwiches to cookies to carrefour suchard candy (oui oui). Prices are reasonable, and there's a good selection of pantry, produce, and other miscellaneous items that you'd find at a regular market and convenience store. I believe a father/son own this superette, as we saw the son every night (of our 6 nights in Paris), and his father on one of the nights. You can tell they take great pride in their superette. We would always see the son rearranging the produce or organizing the beverages. Every night, we would stop in so Mom could buy her one produce item-banana (for the next morning). He always greeted us very warmly, and with that smile of recognition (like he'd say to himself, "Hey, it's these ladies again.. Nice to see them again type of thing"). He'd ring us up very happily, and say something to us in French (which I believe was complimentary as he was smiling at us and laughing with us). One night, we even surprised him and bought more than just the produce, but water, suchard candy, and gum. Even though he spoke little English, we knew he was appreciative and happy to see us. It's like coming home every time we walked into Superette Beaumarchais. Will miss seeing our friend and daily visits at Superette Beaumarchais. Until next time, Au revoir...

On our first night in Paris, we were much too exhausted from traveling to go out for dinner;…read moreluckily this wonderful little shop around the corner had everything we needed for "le repas du soir" in our room, all of excellent quality and so reasonably priced (at home the wine alone would have cost what I paid for everything). Shopkeeper was very kind. A wonderful find.