Food & Drinks
In Paris, the Dazzling Appeal of the Simple Supermarket
The chip flavors! The baguettes! The desserts! THE JAMBONS.
Don’t underestimate the saucisson selection at a Parisian supermarket; strawberry tartlets shine at the Monoprix Forum des Halles.
Photographer: Matthew Avignone for Bloomberg Businessweek
Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd arrondissement is one of the most famed food streets in Paris. It’s home to world-renowned pastry shop Jeffrey Cagnes, whose chic sweets are displayed in cases like jewels, along with fromageries teeming with myriad wedges, charcuterie-stocked boucheries, glorious fruit stands and an outpost of Mariage Frères teas, among other gourmet outposts.
Tourists like me come here for an authentic taste of Paris. It’s not a place where a mere supermarket gets any attention.