Little Italy in the Marais’ heart
If you feel like walking in a busy neighborhood and discover a sunny and refined cuisine, this is the place to stop!
You can find original and rare specialties from all countries in the rue François Miron. Italy was missing. Dino and Nathalie have filled this omission.
Fuxia L’épicerie (Fuxia Grocery), is a chain of Italian restaurants & grocery. The decor consists of shelves lined with Italian products (from Sicily, Veneto and Parma) that a large picture window allows you to see from the street. There are large tables up to 10 guests and more intimate corners. The terrace of 40 places are grabbed as soon as a little sunbeam (coming from Italy, maybe?) points its nose!
The “carte” offers a wide choice of pasta (from 15 to 17 euros) and if you’re lucky you may be able to taste the wonderful truffle risotto. To finish the meal, the house offers a beautiful card 8 Italian desserts at unique price of 6 euros.
Seven years after the first opening rue de Richelieu, the concept of the Fuxia restaurant
has been developed. Today Fuxia L’Epicerie is 9 grocery-restaurant-catering in Paris … You’re only problem is to know which one to pick !
45 rue de Richelieu, 1st district
25 rue des Martyrs, 9th district
40 rue de Ponthieu, 8th district
51 rue des Martyrs, Paris 9è
69 place du Docteur Felix Lobligeois, 17th district
42 place du Marché Saint-Honoré, 1st district
91 avenue Raymond Poincaré, 16 th district
1 avenue Victor Hugo, Centre national de la Danse de Pantin (93 – Seine Saint Denis)
L’ébouillanté
A stone’s throw from the noisy Pont Marie, you just have to take a small street behind the Saint-Gervais Church to discovert this surprisingly quiet pedestrian street.
A blue front catches your eyes and then you are aroused! “L’ébouillanté” (the scalded) : is it a tearoom or a showroom? Both at the same time!
L’ébouillanté carries on the history of the place where the painter Gali, who resided at this address, transformed in 1977 his painting workshop into a tearoom. L’ébouillanté is a break in time during which you can enjoy an Indian tea with cardamom, or a Crumble (crispy oatmeal) with apricots and berries (just delicious !).
At the dinner or lunch time, do not miss the large salads or these thin Tunisian of semolina pancakes filled with various ingredients. The plates are plentiful and the service pleasantly relaxed.
L’ébouillanté – 6 rue des Barres – 75004 Paris
Métro : Hotel de ville, Saint-Paul, Pont-Marie
Phone : +33 1 42 71 09 69
Hives in Paris
Hives in Paris … is this a crazy idea? Absolutely not Ladies and Gentlemen ! Apiaries in Paris have been existing since the nineteenth century, when rural populations, newly arrived in town, could maintain hives near their houses. Nowadays there are still a few swarms of bees in the capital : in the garden of Luxembourg (6th district), in the Parc Georges Brassens (15th district), on the roof of the Opera Garnier (9th district) and on roof of the Eiffel Park Hotel (7th district).
I heard that the city honey (also called concrete honey) would be purer than the one from the fields ! Indeed, the fields are heavily polluted by pesticides and our city flowers, despite the environmental pollution would be less contaminated.
More informations
The blog of the Eiffel Park Hotel
The hives of the Luxembourg gardens and Georges Brassens Park
Les petites reines » of the Opera Garnier
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