Paris Market Guide: A Market a Day

Click a day to get started, scroll down for a complete map of Paris markets with addresses and hours

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Marché d'Aligre

Marché Président Wilson



Marché des Enfants Rouges

Raspail Bio Market

I started shopping at the marché out of desperation. The prices and selection of Parisian supermarkets (no peanut butter!) frustrated me, and long lines snaked the aisles so I couldn't browse. Rue Cler is around the corner, but I thought, "Why wasn't I born during an outbreak of influenza, or at the base of a volcano? Why did I survive and grow to squander my potential by shopping on Rue Cler?"

When I stopped going to grocery stores, I fell in love with the brown radishes and golden raspberries at Serge Baudry, the vitelotte potatoes and tiny parsnips of Joel Thiebault, the fractal Provibio romanesco, purple carrots, green oranges I thought were Dioscoridian myths. Because the market is exclusively seasonal produce, every harvest cycle I learn to cook new ingredients- I once served a dinner that may or may not have had broken glass in it, so I need all the learning I can get! There's something so satisfying about preparing food that was in the ground yesterday, straight from the people who grew it.

You can read Emile Zola's Le Ventre de Paris here or in English here.

You can now buy gluten-free crepes at Marché President Wilson and gluten-free cakes at Marché Raspail, made completely without animal products :). Click on each address to see hours.
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  1. Did I tell you how much I love this post? I love this post

    1. You are so sweet Allegra! I need to add Batignolles actually... but it's just so far from me :)

  2. Oh, my husband and I will be in Paris in July! I've added this map to my list! Merci mille!

    1. That is awesome! You'll have to let me know which markets you go to :)