There’s a place in Lyon (Bernachon) which is the only chocolate shop in the world which actually makes their own chocolate, from scratch, from the beans. This Parisian shop carries it, and Brittany caramels, and home-made marshmallows, and bergamot candies, and well, you get the idea. A must visit. Open Tuesday-Saturday, with some Monday hours. Call ahead on Monday to be sure.
30 rue Fontaine
Paris, France 75009
Métro: Blanche
Tel: 01 48 74 59 55
This shop near the Eiffel Tower features truffles which blend nine types of chocolate. The man is an artisan who makes, for example, replica sausages in net bags – all made of chocolate. Wow.
149, rue de l’ Université
Tel: 01 47 53 74 40
Paris, France 75007
Alain Ducasse has a food shop and deli, with a full bakery and patisserie folded in. There is seating here, but “to go/take away” is the rule. BE stands for Boulangerie Epicierie, so you can get savory and sweet here. Famed baker Eric Kayser provides the baked goods.
BE 7
3 bd. de Courcelles
Paris., France 75008
Tel. 01-46-22-20-20
Métro: Courcelles
Patisserie to the Elysee Palace – the French White House, basically. Oh yes, and the Rothschilds. They also have a super posh tearoom you won’t want to enter under-dressed. They have a self-named dessert which features almonds and praline creme layers. Don’t miss the “Opera”, almond flavored biscuit layered with chocolate and butter cream.
Dalloyou
101 rue du Faubourg St-Honoré
Paris., France 75008
Tel: 01-42-99-90-00
Métro: St-Philippe du Roule
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Pourst famously used a madeleine cookie (actually more like a tea cake) to launch his novel of memory. Yeah, when they are good, they are that good. Here, there are classics, and then reinvented madeleines in flavors like green tea and pistachio.
Fauchon’s
26 place de la Madeleine
Paris, France 75008
Tel. 01-70-39-38-00
Métro: Madeleine
Baba au Rhum is a rum-soaked cake which is a Parisian dessert staple. Not exactly apple pie and ice cream. This shop offers a premier example of the cake, among many other treats. It’s been open since 1730 and the reign of Louis XV, and features hand-painted frescoes of the time, depicting lovely damsels in 18th century costumes, holding flowers and pastries, natch.
Stohrer
51 rue Montorgueil,
Paris, France 75002
Tel: 01-42-33-38-20
Métro: Sentier or Les Halles
At Pierre Marcolini, chocolatier. While bagged marshmallows are a great sugar rush, these are in another realm. This auteur of chocolate, Pierre Marcolini, has said that “time is a cake’s enemy.” The man equates good dessert making with war. That rocks!
Pierre Marcolini
89 Rue de Seine
Paris, France
Tél: 01 44 07 39 07
In this cold weather city known for fashion you need to be slim for, ice cream is wildly popular. It makes no sense, but that does not mean the ice cream isn’t really wonderful. Since 1976, this spot has offered depth of flavor, organic choices and flavors like fig, banana rum and raspberry mint.
La Tropicale
180 bd Vincent Auriol
Paris, France 75013
Metro: Place d’ Italie, Lines 5,6,7
Some people come straight from the airport, bypass their hotel and arrive here, for tea and a multi-page dessert menu. Known for hot chocolate you can stand a spoon in, and the iconic Mont Blanc egg white dessert.
Angelina Paris
226 Rue de Rivoli
Paris, France 75001
Tel: 00 33 1 42 60 82 00
Chocolate eclairs don’t have to be lead pipes filled with pudding. They can be airy and delectable. Eclairs are available all over Paris; this spot made the Top 20 list in Paris Match. That’s French people critiquing French desserts. Can that be bad? Also available here are lovely praline macarons, and delectable marble cake.
Laurent Duchene
2, rue Wurtz
Paris, France 75013
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