Gerard Mulot offers a visual feast of grand cakes and tarts, tiny and tempting petit-fours, chocolates worthy of their own boutique, a case of savory prepared foods, and good baguettes to boot. One stop shopping, à la Parisienne.
This new bakery sells only one thing, and (hallelujah) it isn’t cupcakes or macarons. No, Popelini — named for the Italian cook who supposedly invented pâte à choux — sells cream puffs. Tiny, adorable cream puffs.
Piping hot pies with fresh toppings, industrial loft décor, and cold cocktails from the full bar are attracting the branché masses to this pizza place between République and Bastille.
Does Candelaria serve the best tacos “this side of Jaurez“? No sabemos, but they are certainly among the best in Paris, a statement which, until the recent wave of Mexican openings (see for example El Nopal and Rice & Beans), didn’t meant much.
This wildly creative pastry shop is known for, among other things, a line of multicolored marshmallows, square-shaped tarts, use of unusual flavors (there might be rosemary sticking out of your gateau), and a baba that receives its dose of rum from a hypodermic needle. There’s bread, too, if you’re just looking for a baguette.
Madman Jacques Genin started the made-to-order millefeuille craze, but that’s only one reason to visit his chic haut-Marais shop and tea salon. Some others? The chocolates, the caramels, the éclairs, the tarte au citron, the…sigh.
Make a pot of mint tea or strong black coffee and bite into these fragrant, sticky-sweet Algerian pastries.
Bento boxes for the bobo set (“benbo”? “boto”? “bobox”?), courtesy of chef Kaori Endo, who is winning raves from the French press for her light and colorful, Japanese-inflected salads, soups, and small plates, as well as a decidedly non-Japanese coffee cream tart.
The appeal of Merce’s uber-cool upper Marais café lies in both its style (a very deliberate mix of retro furnishings and fixtures) and its substance (fresh and colorful salads, American-style bakery goods, and some of the best espresso in Paris).
“Pas comme les autres,” is the motto at kitschy cool Pink Flamingo Pizza, and they aren’t kidding. Yes, there’s a margherita (here called the “Dante”), but the “Ghandi” is topped with sag paneer and baba ghanoush; the “Che”, with Cuban roast pork and fried plantains. No word on whether the “Almodovar” includes a drop of Penelope Cruz’s blood. Take-out and delivery available at all locations.
An excellent independent wine shop near the Marché des Enfants Rouges.
Near the Places des Vosges, Vannier offers playful chocolate sculptures and a range of bon bons.
Mary Quarta charms everyone with her gelato, market fruit sorbets, warm smile, and ability to conquer any language barrier.
Savory and sweet tarts for takeaway, delivery, or consumption in a bobolicious dining room in the northern Marais.
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