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 Colleagues - updated
February 2008
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Looking for a grocery store that is open on Sunday?
Try Superette de la marché in the vicinity of the hotel.
On Sunday they are open 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.!!!
Directions.
Franprix (rue de la Glacière) is open
only until 1:30 p.m.
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For those of you new to the layover hotel here is a summary of information:
Helpful directions
You are now in the south section of Paris. The hotel almost straddles two
arrondissements. It is located in the 14th, but 30 seconds away to the right
is the 13th arrondissement.
When you go out of the front door you will see a metro rails in front of
you. That is Line 6 that runs between Nation in the east and Charles de
Gaulle Etoile (Arc de Triomphe) in the west.
When you leave the front entrance on Blvd. Saint-Jacques, and turn to the
right you will head toward Place d'Italie. The following is a list of some
of the things you will find in that direction:
The name of the boulevard in front of the hotel changes names.
When you cross rue de la Glacière - out the door and to the right -
the name changes from Blvd Auguste Blanqui to Blvd Saint-Jacques.
Concierge
The very helpful and knowledgeable head concierge is Nicolas Avril. He always looks forward to working with us.
East toward Place d’Italie (Italie2) - Leave hotel turn right
When you leave the front entrance on blvd. Saint-Jacques and turn to the
right, you will head in the direction of Place d'Italie.
In
that direction you will find:
the Centre Commercial Italie2
(3 level shopping mall - 125 stores, Champion grocery store, etc.)
Champion is open
Monday to Saturday: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The stores are open
Monday to Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(Metro jump off point: Place
d'Italie)
Chinatown (more Vietnamese) Metro:
Tolbiac or rue Tolbiac (tip from Charles: you want to eat at Vietnamese or
Thai restaurants -- less cooking oil in the air, better food).
Small shopping center - 2 minutes walk from the hotel
Quick mart with food, wine and fresh vegetables and fruit.
Open Sunday and every day except Wednesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Shops in the small shopping center:
I can recommend
Sylvie Demont Coiffure for French
style at a reasonable price and thanks to Ina for this recommendation.
Sylvie uses a
razor combined with scissors for styling. The shampoo, cut and style was 30
euros.
She and her staff
understand English but are shy to use it.
Take a photo
reference if you like. I believe that they understand more than they let on.
You will find them all very gracious.
147 Boulevard
Auguste Blanqui, 75013
Telephone: 01 53
80 26 57
Open: Tuesday and
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday: noon to
8:30 p.m.
Friday and
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more
hair salon information visit my
Pot-pourri page.
Kosher butcher shop
sells large bags of pistachios, almonds, sunflower seeds, cashews, etc.
Pharmacy
- open daily except Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Boulangerie
(bakery) Monday to Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Franprix
(a small grocery store in this shopping center - a larger one open on Sunday
is close by on rue de la Glaciére). (I heard that the prices here were
cheaper than Monoprix.) (Open Easter Monday by the way.)
Wine stores
la Treille d'Or,
21 rue de la Tombe-Issoire 75014, For
a personal alternative to the chain Nicolas try la Treille d'Or. Nicolas
Sirieix can answer your questions in English. He carries organically grown
wines and smaller producers. Stop in for a visit, you will not be sorry! See
my shopping page/Wine shops and caves
for more information.
Nicolas
– the wine shop (tell them that the head concierge, Nicolas, sent you and
they will prepare your wine bottles for transport). Look for the 3
liter and 5 liter BIBs. Don't laugh it is not just flight attendants
that buy their Bordeaux in a box. The box prevents oxidation and the wine
will last a long time. (Drinking time is relative.)
3 minutes walk from the hotel
Petit Casino
Open Sunday morning 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4
p.m. to 8 p.m.
Closed Tuesday
Bus 21 corner of Blvd Auguste Blanqui and rue de la Glacière
Great bus that runs up to Luxembourg gardens, Blvd Saint-Michel over the
Seine to Châtelet, past the Louvre, Palais Royal, Avenue de l’Opéra,
Printemps, to Gare Saint-Lazare.
It runs on Sundays (buy your tickets at the metro station Glacière).
15 - 20 minutes walk or 3rd stop on metro line 6
Place d’Italie (Italie2) - Shopping mall (Centre Commerciale)
Open every day 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Champion grocery store open 9 a.m. to 10
p.m.)
Closed Sundays; this mall has 125 stores!
You will also notice that the
name of the boulevard changes to Blvd. Auguste Blanqui
Closest metro:
If you turn to your right and walk 30 seconds, you will happen upon the
metro station Glacière.
Rue de la Glacière
You will find that rue de la Glacière is a banquet for satisfying your
eating needs!
Denfert-Rochereau
- 15 minutes walk
The street in front of the hotel changes names.
To reach the pedestrian street rue Daguerre, follow the paws of the lion**,
head in their direction.
Another hint is to look for the brasserie “le Rendez-vous” and “Hôtel du
Lion” - 10 - 20 minutes walk .
Just past these two establishments, you will see an organic bakery (Moisan).
Guide book
I found a pocket-size guide book that would be really helpful for you to
understand your new neighborhood.
"Paris Visits" has great maps, photos, diagrams, and short descriptions. I
found it at FNAC Les Halles and the department store BHV in English. So it
is probably at other bookstores as well. ISBN information is located on my
Guide Books page.
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Gilei, Gerard,
Nicolas, Florence and Ludovic -- the concierges always glad to help us!
Barbie commands the jet with an AA passenger
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First time
at the layover hotel?
The crew room
is on the second floor and includes two computers, a full-size
refrigerator, coffee machine (also makes tea and chocolate), sink,
microwave, plastic glasses and ice machine.
The fitness
room is next door.
The hotel
offers us a 20% discount in the bars and restaurants.
Sandwiches,
pastries and coffee are available at the ground floor café. |
Crew lounge -- the
carpet, the computers and the furniture arrangement are new
Lounges on the
ground floor
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Holidays 2007
The layover hotel restaurants
will be open normal hours (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.) and the bar
will be open until 2 a.m.
Remember we have
a 20% discount on regular menu items, alcohol is not included.
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Emergency numbers
If you are using a
cell phone in Paris and need to make an emergency call the Mayor's office
provides a list of useful numbers in the back of their monthly magazine
distributed to all households.
Health:
SAMU
(Emergency medical help in Paris): 15
Police
(Emergency): 17
Pompiers (Fire
department): 18
SOS
Médicins (website available in English) 24-hour
doctors - 01 47 07 77 77
Urgences médicales
de Paris (Emergency medical services) - 24-hour doctors - 01 53 94 94 94
Pharmacies (open 7
days a week/ 24 hours):
84, avenue des
Champs-Elysées (01 45 79 53 19 or 01 45 62 02 41) - 75008
6, place de Clichy
(01 48 74 65 18) - 75009
Urgences
funéraires (emergency funeral arrangements) 7 days a week/ 24 hours: 08 00
88 00 88
Objets trouvés
(Lost and Found): 08 21 00 2 25 (0.12 cents/min) Monday to Friday
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Lost or stolen credit cards
Our purser's
purse/wallet was stolen. On someone's advice she immediately contacted the
hotel concierge.
The concierge desk
has the precise numbers to call and within minutes everything that needed to
be cancelled was cancelled.
Instead of calling
back to the States and trying to locate telephone numbers and banks, go
immediately to the concierge.
Put a copy of your
passport and credit cards in a place other than your wallet for these
emergencies.
Always carry a
copy of your passport in your wallet but never the original, unless
necessary.
A copy of the
passport will also work at the department stores that offer 10% discounts
for foreigners.
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Extra passport (visa) pages
in Paris
The following
information is provided thanks to Frank:
"...Cost - free.
No Expediting fee
Time: 3.5 -4 hours
R/T from hotel included
45 - 90 minute
passport processing time.
Hours: Monday
through Friday 9 a.m. to noon at the U.S. Consulate (Not Embassy)
Metro: Concorde
(Place de la Concorde) Lines 12 and 8
Consulate
telephone: 01 43 12 22 22
Address: 2 rue
Saint-Florent (side street)
(Until 3 p.m. you
will only get an answering machine after being transferred to the passport
office. Call only if you think they may be closed due to a holiday.)
Once you exit the
Concorde metro stop you will have the obelisk and Place directly in front
and the Eiffel tower off in the distance....
(Upon exiting the
metro, turn right down rue Saint-Florent.)
...You will see a
long line of people next to the building waiting for their U.S. visas.
Go to the front of
the line with your passport and the guard will let you in.
The security
screening takes some time. Do not bring water, camera, iPod/MP3, lighter,
computer or anything else you do not want to check.
Make sure you are
in the building and in line by noon; they close the doors at that time for
US passport issues.
Stand in line for
windows #1 and #2, on your right as you enter.
Pick up a form
while you are in line, it has green color on it.
After they process
it, your name will be called from window #1 or #2 and you will get a paper
transaction receipt for the additional 24 pages.
Keep the receipt
in case the additional pages are questioned."
Thanks Frank.
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Shopping
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Duty free shopping 40%
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Grab a sandwich
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Pharmacies
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Porcelain
- Monoprix (large)
- Monoprix (small)
- Boulangeries
(Bakeries)
- Shopping Mall
- Outlet mall/street
- Paris
Specialty Markets
- Paris
open-air markets near hotel
- Flea market - Vanves
- Shopping
street
- Health food
store
- Grocery stores open on
Sunday
- Department
stores in the local area
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Wine store - la Treille d'Or
Grab a sandwich
Before you jump on the bus,
Joni recommends the brasserie,
Au Réveil
Samaritaine,
next to the hotel for a great sandwich around 3,50 euros.
Benlux Louvre
174 rue de Rivoli, Paris
Susan and Donna gave me this idea for
duty free shopping. Take your ID badge to get 40% off on their purses by
Longchamp, Ferragamo,
Discounts of 20% are available on
make up -- check prices before you go. Benlux marks them up a bit, in order
to bring them down. They do have better prices than the French department
stores, however.
Your savings will depend on the
current exchange rate.
M.P. Samie
45,
avenue du Général-Leclerc 75014 Paris
Telephone 01 40 47 59 21
Open: Monday
to Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., closed Sunday.
Métro:
Mouton Duvemet
"Everything for the
home and decorating..."
If you are:
Looking for Limoges
souvenir of the Eiffel Tower (15 euros)
Looking for Apilco
porcelain
Looking for the dark
blue Limoges knick-knacks or demitasse services
Votive candles by
Philippe Deshoulieères (29 euros)
Looking for
hand-painted gold lines on plates (15 euros)
Child's tea set (10
euros)
Baby shoes (1,95
euros)
M.P.
Samie sells seconds here as well,
thus, the lower prices. Apilco and Limoges and products by Samie are on three
levels at this location. Many hand painted porcelains.
Ground
floor: white porcelain; basement: permanent or ordinary dishes (seconds or end
of series selection); upper level: more decorative pieces, not seconds.
Suzie first brought M.P.
Samie to my attention when she was searching for Apilco porcelain, which
by the way you can also find at
la Vaissellerie stores.
La Vaissellerie
in the Marais area (4th) offers a 10% discount when you make a
minimum 20 euros
purchase and show them a copy of the web page.
92,
rue Saint-Antoine - 75004 Paris
Telephone:
01 42 72 76 66
Metro: Saint-Paul
La Vaissellerie has white
porcelains, decorated porcelains, English earthenware, cutlery,
glassware, kitchen utensils in wood and metal. If you are interested in
products made by Lauiole® from Aubrac (Aveyron), you can find it at la
Vaissellerie -- one example for a gift is wine opener - 5 euros!
Monoprix (large)
A full service
Monoprix is very close to the hotel (off the beaten path for sure!). Look at the
map at the top of this page (click on to enlarge it). Look for "rue Daviel"
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10-15 minutes
walk
When you exit the
hotel and turn right, you can either take rue de la Santé or rue de la Glacière.
Hours: Monday -
Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (they close the doors at 8:50 p.m.).
An alternative to
rue Daviel is to cross rue de la Glacière, pass the flower shop and look to your
right into the housing area. You will see the red neon letters of "Monoprix".
A small
Monoprix
(not a full service) is located on the
corner of rue Daguerre.
Shopping mall
Place d'Italie has a
shopping mall (centre commercial) called Italie2.
Open: Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. until 8
p.m.; the grocery store, Champion, is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
This shopping center has 130
stores on 3 shopping levels.
Some of their largest stores are Printemps, Zara, Go Sport, Darty, FNAC,
a grocery store - Champion.
When connected to the internet, left
click on the name and you can find out the store hours and other
information.
Two restaurants that are open seven days a week, 24 hours
a day, are El Rancho and Hippopotamus. Check at Hippopotamus for a
special menu of dinner and a movie.
Check out this website for all of the stores at Italie2
for discounts with their "Carte Italie2". Since Sainsbury's card in
London works with the hotel address, try the Paris hotel as well. Save 5
and 10% on products. For example: Sephora save 10%; Printemps save 10%
in the "parfumerie" section; shoes at Minelli are 5% off; El Rancho
restaurant gives a 10% discount, etc.
Outlet
Mall/Street
Walk along rue
d'Alésia around numbers 64, 92, 114 and 122 for some well known French
brand names with deep discounts.
Paris
open air markets
(click this link
food
markets
for a complete list of open-air markets in Paris within my website
www.colleensparis.com )
Marché Alésia
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13th arrondissement
Rues de la Glacière et de la Santé.
Wednesday, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday , 7:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Métro : Glacière
Marché Auguste-Blanqui.
(formerly
known as Gobelins) -
13th arrondissement
Blvd Blanqui between Place d'Italie and rue Barrault.
Tuesday, Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, 7:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Métro : Corvisart, Place d’Italie
I visited
this market and it is a very lively one and quite a long one. Good for
photos and learning French (how they ask for items, for example).
Paris Specialty Markets
(click this link
specialty
markets
for a complete list of specialty markets in Paris within my website
www.colleensparis.com )
Arts
and crafts
In the open area of boulevard Edgar-Quinet
Métro : Edgar Quinet - 14th arrondissement
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Organic foods
Place Brancusi - 14th arrondissement
Métro : Gaité
Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Flea
market, old papers and maps, clothes, artists
Vanves.
Av. de la Porte de Vanves and rue Marc
Sangnier.
Métro : Porte de Vanves - 14th arrondissement
Saturday, Sunday 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Vanves
flea market -
Puces de la Porte de Vanves
The men in green (that is the color of the uniform) told
me this is market is safer than St. Ouen – fewer thieves.
Vanves is held every Saturday
and Sunday during the year -- about 350 merchants participate until 1
p.m.
along Avenue Marc Sangnier. The market continues all day along Avenue
Georges Lafenestre -- during the month of August, Lafenestre will close
about 2 p.m.. (Sangnier and Lafenestre intersect one another.)
Look for furniture, books, art, fabric, glassware,
clocks, jewelry, military paraphernalia, photos, music and other
curiosities.
If you really like getting into an authentic Paris flea
market atmosphere, come to Vanves.
Metro: Porte de Vanves
(line 13 direction Châtillon
Montrouge)(14th arrondissement) rues Marc Sangnier and
Georges Lafenestre
(If you use the blue book for your Paris map, “Paris
Pratique” it labels rue Marc Sangnier as “Marché aux Puces”.)
Shopping street
The rue Daguerre is a pedestrian street. Go to the official website of the merchant's association for this area known
as "Centre Commercial Daguerre".
On the left-hand side of their site, you will see a list of types of businesses.
Click on "alimentation" for example and it will show a photo and give the
address of all the places to buy food. Click on "restauration" for all of the
restaurants.
Haili Paris (great selection of clothing styles out of the ordinary) at no. 56.
Health food store
Biocoop Paris Glacière
53 rue de la Glacière
Open Monday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (doors close at 7:55 p.m.)
Grocery stores open on
Sunday
Superette de
la marché
Located
alongside the
Marché Auguste-Blanqui on Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui. Turn right out
of the hotel and walk toward Place d'Italie (One and half minutes past
the gas station).
Open on
Sundays 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (I have to check on the other days --
plan on 7/7)
Franprix (a large grocery store) located across from 51 rue de la
Glacière
Open Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. without interruption
Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m./Closed Monday all day and Sunday afternoon
Petit Casino
Open Sunday morning
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Closed Tuesday
Galeries Gourmandes
(l'Atrium du Palais des Congrès de Paris - Hôtel Concorde-Lafayette)
Metro: Porte Maillot
lower level Hours: Monday to Saturday 9:30
a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Sunday
10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Alimentation Génerale in the little
shopping plaza outside and to the right of the hotel.
Department stores in the local area
Bon Marché is located at metro Sèvres-Babylone.
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday
9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday
La Grande Epicerie
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday
Printemps is located at Place d'Italie,
Italie2
(their website lists all of the 125 stores in the mall)
Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
Galeries Lafayette is located at the Tour Montparnasse.
Hours: 9:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
For additional department store information in Paris, click on
department stores
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At the market along
Boulevard Auguste Blanqui
Tuesday and Friday
Some things that you will see at M.P. Samie's:
Tea set for children
Apilco products
Fine china
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Pharmaceutical aids
In case you get sick,
fall ill, get an infection, etc. while in Paris, I have prepared some extensive
information, based on flight attendant recommendations and my experiences, about
shopping for a remedy.
Pharmacy with a discount
Citi-Pharma offers a 30% discount on most of their products. They
buy in bulk and cut out the middle-man. The store has two floors of traditional
medication by prescription, over-the-counter medications, phytothérapie/aromatherapy,
Dr. Scholl, ginseng, dietary foods, support hose (compression dégressive)
-- 10,30 euros to 12,50 euros; Back Original Flower Essences, products by "le
Docteur Jean Valnet", the father of modern phyto-armoathérapie; seaweed baths,
wide variety of toothpastes, etc.
Toothpaste - Made in France
Elgydium - Although this may seem an unusual topic, people
do search out this toothpaste, and I can see why. It leaves no after taste and
it's refreshing. On sale at a normal pharmacy you might find two tubes for 10
euros. At the discount pharmacy Citi-Pharma it costs 2,10 euros.
Support hose
On the second floor at Citi-Pharma has support stockings
(12,50 euros) and support knee highs (10,30 euros).
Sleeping aid
Donormyl 15 mg (active
ingredient) doxylamine. Depending on the pharmacy, Donormyl costs between 5,30
and 6 euros. It is available over the counter.
Erwin suggests a half tablet; you
will wake up with a clear head as compared to ambien (stilnox in France). Raisa
had the opposite experience with these products. Heather recommends not
"drinking too much wine before taking Donormyl or Ambien (or any sleep aid),
...side effects may be sleeplessness ... and/or sluggishness the next morning."
As you know, all of these products are taken at your own risk.
Urinary tract
infection
In speaking with my
pharmacist, he recommends a brand called "Olioseptil". Ask for "voies
urinaires". The company, Olioseptil also makes products for intestinal ailments,
sore throat, headaches, etc.
This product is an antiseptic
and is not considered a medicine. It is available without a prescription. It
will clear up the problem, but the pharmacist advises
seeing your doctor when you return if the discomfort continues.
Olioseptil (voies
urinaires) costs 7,50 euros and you would
take one pill, three times a day for five days. Continue to drink mass
quantities of water. It is completely natural with a
plant base and no chemicals (it is considered aromathérapie and not homeopathic).
If you wish an
antibiotic (Noroxine or Monuril), a prescription is necessary.
Homeopathic
remedies that were recommended to a flight attendant were:
Uromil - comprimé
enrobe-- (take one table 4 times a day) (this is a green tea product)
Elnsanes - urisanol
cranberge (twice a day). These should be considered temporary fixes. These
products are available without prescription.
Busserole - A
pharmacist at City-Pharma recommended Busserole (the precursor to antibiotics)
and cannberge (as a protection) for infections. Busserole is a "petite
montagnarde" in Europe (a mountain flower).
Here is a sample note
to hand to pharmacist for a urinary tract infection:
"Cette demoiselle
semble souffrir d'une infection urinaire. Pouvez-vous lui recommander un
médicament efficace? Merci."
Headache, fever, toothache, cramps, etc.
Doliprane is used like aspirin. It contains paracétamol and is
available at the pharmacy without a prescription. Doliprane costs about 1,74
euros.
Colds and flus
L52 is a "miraculous" homeopathic drug against colds and the flu,
especially wen you want to avoid catching your partner's bug. -- Sylvie's tip.
For more information on remedies, read more on my
French pharmacy page. My
French pharmacy list page
provides you with a list of ailments, how to ask for a product in French, and
the name of a French equivalent/product.
Citi-Pharma
Parapharmacie Discount
Homéopathie, phythothérapie, orthopédie
26, rue du Four, 75006 Paris
01 46 33 20 81
Open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 8
p.m.
For information on the one of Europe's oldest pharmacies, visit
my Pharmacy page.
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Boulangeries
I have been hearing a lot of good praise for all
of the boulangeries near the hotel.
M. Voiriot
61 rue de la Galcière, open 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Closed Saturday and Sunday.
When you turn right out of the hotel, walk along Boulevard Auguste
Blanqui, turn left at the corner of rue de la Glacière. You will come upon a
bakery/boulangerie on the right. Everything is homemade at Mr. Voiriot's
store, including the chocolate.
Sandwiches cost between 2.30 euros and 3.60 euros; small quiches are 2.50.
They have hard boiled eggs (oeufs dur), salads, mini pizzas and of
course pastries and bread (au levain means sour dough). They also
have organic (bio - label AB-agriculture biologique) bread. Oh, and they use
only real butter.
L'Atelier des Saveurs
94 Boulevard Auguste Blanqui
Tuesday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Closed Sunday afternoon and Monday
Leave the hotel and turn to the right
toward Metro Glacière, cross rue de la Glacière and walk a few steps. It is
on your left.
Mr. Stephane Pouget runs the boulangerie that
also includes a Salon de Thè (tea salon) with an 11 euros menu during the
weekdays. Their sandwiches and quiches show two prices. It is cheaper to do
take away.
s/p =
sur place - eat in
emporter - take away
Their
lunches are hot lunches with a menu that consists of either a main course or
salad, a dessert of your choice and a drink of your choice and are sold between
between noon and 2 p.m. Otherwise, they have tarts, quiches and sandwiches that
you can dine on anytime.
They sell
wine and locally made candies Their small quiches range from 2.30 to 2.50 euros
for take away.
L'Atelier des Saveurs won the 1999 Best Baguette
in Paris award.
Mr. Pouget makes all of the pastries downstairs
with his four helpers.
la Maison Kayser
Received this tip from Suzie:
Just wanted to tell you about another
find.... Eric Kayser bakery on rue de la Glacière, just before you turn to
Monoprix. This bakery has opened since we moved into the area and the bread
is absolutely wonderful, as is all the bread in Paris, but this truly is
great. They have a good cheese bread available in the afternoons. They
open at 6:30 in the mornings. I went before pickup to get bread around
7:30ish and they were pulling all the breads out of the oven. No sandwiches
that early, just breads and oh so heavenly.
The boulangerie Kayser is open Tuesday to
Sunday between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
West toward Denfert-Rochereau - Leave hotel turn left
When you leave the front entrance on Blvd. Saint-Jacques and turn to the
left you will head toward Denfert Rochereau. The following is a list of some
of the things you will find in that direction:
The Catacombs (1, place Denfert-Rochereau)
Monoprix and pedestrian street (rue Daguerre)
Montparnasse cemetery (enter on Blvd. Edgar Quinet) or the back entrance on
rue Emille Richard).
la Treille d'Or
21 rue de la Tombe-Issoire 75014
Closed Sunday and Monday morning
Open 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. (closed for the summer holidays between July 23 and August 26,
2005).
I can recommend this "cave" for those of you
looking for something different than what the chains and grocery stores
carry.
Nicolas Sirieix is the connoisseur of this
wine shop on rue de la Tombe-Issoire. He speaks English and will gladly advise you and answer your
questions.
Turn left out of the hotel and it is less
than five minutes away. I can recommend an organic wine: Clos du Tue-Bœuf,
la Caillère 2002, Cheverny. It tastes like raspberries one day and chocolate
the next.
Don't be shy! You will be glad you paid a
visit.
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Mr. Voiriot's boulangerie
Laurent at
l'Atelier des Saveurs
l'Atelier des Saveurs
l'Atelier des Saveurs
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Brasseries, Bistrot, Restaurants near the hotel
Difference between a brasserie and a bistrot
The traditional
opening times of a brasserie are 8 a.m. to midnight 12 p.m. Big on beer and wine
and quick meals.
The traditional
opening times of a bistrot are 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; big on
drinks and coffee.
These
restaurants are located near the hotel (13th and 14th arrondissement).
Additional restaurants
can be found on my Paris
restaurant page for more details.
Everyone's tastes are different; I hope these
recommendations are helpful.
le Quinze
Restaurant cosy et neo-traditionnel
Open 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., Closed Monday
reservations: 01 43 22 77 52
15 rue Roger 75014/metro Denfert-Rochereau/Gaité
"It was fabulous! It was a Saturday so I had made reservations.
They were turning people away.
The owner's name is Jean Louis and is very nice and friendly. His wife is
the chef and his children work there as well. They live in the neighborhood.
The food was very good and the service was wonderful!
Also, Jean Louis speaks fluent English and Spanish as well.
The restaurant is très charming and with beaucoup of ambiance! It is closed
on Mondays."--Maria 2007
le Temps
Cerises
This is a must-try restaurant in the Butte aux Cailles
area that Diane first recommended.
The rillettes de canard is homemade and everything everyone
had was mouth watering good! The waiter finally just sat down at our
table and patiently waited for us to decide. Of course, we were there
before 8 p.m. so he had the time; after 8 p.m. they place is packed!
Le Temps Cerises is an
excellent quality-price ratio.
Don't be scared away by the term "Joues de cochon
confites" (pig's cheeks). If you are unsure, take it as the
appetizer.
This crew was a bit timid to try new things, but came
away quite content for the experience. Some of our selections were "salade
de fromage de chèvre mariné, Joues de cochon braisées à l'ancienne, foie
de veau à la confiture d'oignons, escalope de Saumon «Temps des
Cerises», and the desserts! homemade! etc.
The restaurant is a cooperative our waiter told us: one
vote for each person involved in the business.
Our three-course menu was 22,50 euros, plus house wine
(delicious from the Loire valley); 14,50 euros for two courses.
le Temps
Cerises
18, rue Butte aux Cailles 75013
Metro: Corvisart
01 45 89 69 48
Open Monday to Friday 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday to Saturday 7:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.
Closed Christmas and New Year's days.
l'Auberge
Etchegorry
Rave reviews from the flight attendants. Outdoor seating
during the summer. Make reservations, otherwise, you might be seated
next to the garage entrance (exhaust).
Easy walk from hotel.
Specialties from the southwest. They have a
gastronomique menu for 31,50 euros (37,60 with 1/2 bottle of wine). This
menu consists of your entrée, main course, cheese and dessert. The three
course menu is 26 euros. They also have a hotel.
I had the filet de canard au foie gras, Erik chose the
foie de veau. Excellent, no tourists, very French and filled with
ambiance.
l'Auberge
Etchegorry
41, rue Croulebarbe, 13th arr. (next door to la Touraine)
Telephone: 01 44 08 83 51
Closed: Sunday and Monday and August 8-25 (check close
dates); air
conditioned
Metro: Les Gobelins or Corvisart (across from the square
R. le Gall)
Restaurant La Touraine
39 rue Croulebarbe
(13th arrondissement)
01 47 07 69 35
Metro Corvisart or
Glacière
This is a local
hangout for the neighbors. Worth the visit. Lots of good recommendations from
flight attendants. Look for menu changes and a wonderful cheese board.
11 euros menu between
7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Other menus available below 27 euros.
Look for
Square Rene le Gall. It is behind the park.
Le Temps des Cerises
18-20 rue de la Buttre-aux-Cailles 75013 Paris
Telephone: 01 45 89 69 48
Close to the hotel in a cute little village setting, le Temps des
Cerises sits on the corner in a red building, symbolic of its roots as communist
hangout.
Diane really liked the joue de porc (pork cheek); a
friendly place even if you go by yourself; look for lots of smoking and
drinking.
l’Ourcine
The
food (the presentation, the price quality ratio, the tastes), the view of the
kitchen, the convivial atmosphere of the diners at l’Ourcine, open since March
2004, deserves an “A”.
The
menu on the “ardoise”, the wood tables and chairs, the green-checkered napkins
give this high quality restaurant a touch of bistrot. Definitely make a
reservation; they only have about 15 tables and people don’t seem to want to
leave l’Ourcine.
Our
party of three was on the mezzanine with a direct view of the kitchen through
the old hutch. Two days before opening l’Ourcine, Sylvain Danière, had a small
pass through. Now the backless former hutch provides the chef with a view of his
clientele and vice versa. It also serves as the door to the kitchen and is the
last step, after he garnishes the plates, before you savor his latest design.
Waiting for our friend, we had an apéro (aperitif) and it was my first
experience with absinthe. This is a whole experience on its own with the
dripping water onto the sugar over the glass!
Dinner began with an “amuse bouche” –a fennel mousse. Excellent.
My
entrée was rabbit inside two croustillant wrappings with a prune sauce,
accompanied by a small, light salad. The leaves gave the sense of freshness that
they had just been plucked from the garden. The rabbit presentation looked like
candy and tasted that way as well. So it was pleasure for the eyes and the
palette.
The
two pieces of onglet de veau were tender and capped a bed of fresh haricot verts
and black trumpet mushrooms. Cooked to perfection, it melted in my mouth.
My
dessert was a wedge of praline mousse coated in chocolate with a coffee-flavored
mousse to the side.
The
menu changes often according to the market, so book a table and be surprised at
the day’s offerings.
Three course dinner menu: 28 euros
Lunch menu: entrée + plat + dessert, wine included 19 euros
92
rue Broca (13th arrondissement) Telephone: 01 47 07 13 65
Metros: Les Gobelins, Glacière, Denfert-Rochereau
Closed Sunday.
Restaurant Lao-Lane Xang/Huong Lan
105, avenue d'Ivry
75013, 01 45 85 19 23
Closed Mondays
Open Tuesday to Friday 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m./ 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Open Saturday and Sunday 11:30 to 11 p.m., non-stop.
Metro: Tolbiac (just a couple of blocks away from Place d'Italie).
Charles recommends Restaurant Lao-Lane Xang/Huong Lan for Laotian, Vietnamese and Thai. The food is
fresh and you will not leave smelling of cooking oil as in some Chinese
restaurants.
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