K mart is the new Asian supermarket in Paris to go to for Korean food as well as Japanese products. This is the only place I know of where one can purchase non-filtered sake in Paris. Alongside the sushi grade fish and the fresh meat counters is the produce shelves with shitake, enoki and shimeji brown mushrooms, daikon radishes, shiso leaves, fresh ginger, red and green chillis… Also, don’t miss the supermarket cafeteria for a quick lunch or food to go.

K mart
6-8 Rue Sainte Anne
75001 Paris
tel: 01.58.62.49.09
Metro: Pyramides, Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre

Open 7/7
M-Sun: 10am-9pm

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*UPDATE: PINK FLAMINGO JUST OPENED A NEW PIZZA JOINT. IT IS LOCATED ON RUE D’ALIGRE IN THE 12TH ARRONDISSEMENT.

If you want a regular (as in classic flavor) pizza, you might want to try a different place. Aside from La Dante (tomato-mozzarella-basil) or La Cantona (8 cheeses), Pink Flamingo likes to offer flavors that will make you travel, which can be very useful if, for example, you can’t decide between pizza and Indian food (try La Gandhi: sag paneer, baba ganoush and mozzarella), or pizza and Spanish food (try L’Almodovar: pizza paëlla), or pizza and North African food (try La Macias: chicken cooked tajine style with cured lemon and olives)… Among the less unusual ones there’s also La Björk (smoked salmon, lumpfish roe and crème fraîche), La Basquiat (cured ham over gorgonzola and figs) or La Marcello (roquette with olive oil and balsamic vineger and parmesan.) As you might have noticed the pizzas are named after inspirational people who have made a difference in this world. While the pizzas are made in a traditional way—they use organic flour and all of the toppings are made with quality ingredients and fresh produce bought daily from the farmers market—Pink Flamingo likes to think of its product as something that stands out by its quality and novelty. And for dessert you can order some cheesecake.

Here are Pink Flamingo’s delivery maps in Paris’ 3rd and 10th arrondissements. Deliveries are made by foot or bike, hence the limited delivery area. Pink Flamingo cares more about the environment than getting the pizza to you super fast (that said, it’ll still get to you in a timely manner.) Last but not least, if you want to eat your pizza somewhere along the canal, you can order it at their restaurant in the 10th, leave with a Pink Flamingo balloon and when it’s ready they’ll come look for the balloon!
For food to go and to eat along the canal there’s also Le Cambodge restaurant.

Pink Flamingo 3rd arrondissement
105 Rue Vieille du Temple
75003 Paris
tel: 01.42.71.28.20
Metro: Filles du Calvaire

open 7/7
M-F: 12pm-3pm / 7pm-11.30pm
Sat, Sun: 12pm-4pm / 7pm-11.30pm

Pink Flamingo 10th arrondissement
67 Rue Bichat
75010 Paris
tel: 01.42.02.31.70
Metro: Goncourt, Jacques Bonsergent

Tu-Sat: 12pm-3pm / 7pm-11.30pm (last order and delivery at 11pm)
Sun: 1pm-11pm
Closed on Monday

Pink Flamingo 12th arrondissement
23 Rue d’Aligre
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.47.07
Metro: Ledru-Rollin, Faidherbe-Chaligny

Tu-Sun: 12pm-3pm / 7pm-11.30pm (last order and delivery at 11pm)
Closed on Monday

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If you saw the movie “Paris, je t’aime” then you have seen the inside of this lovely turn of the century café-restaurant located right across the street from the pretty square Trousseau—a perfect view from the heated terrasse. My favorite time to hang out at Le Square Trousseau is during off-hours when there is always a free table on the terrasse (and not too many smokers around) and for l’apéro or breakfast. They serve good coffee and some of the best croissants and pain au chocolats (voted best in Paris) that come from the very popular bakery next door, Blé Sucré.
The restaurant fills up pretty quickly for lunch and dinner so I would recommend making a reservation. If you want to try a dish that makes this restaurant more than worth going back to, try the seven-hour lamb. Oh, and the hamburger looks delicious. Le Square Trousseau restaurant can also accommodate private parties up to 18 people in the restaurant’s adjacent private dining-room. The food is good, the staff is great, the place is very charming, the atmosphere is peaceful, there’s free Wi-Fi and magazines, Le Square Trousseau is always open—it’s a great address.

Le square Trousseau
1 Rue Antoine Vollon
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.06.00
Metro: Ledru-Rollin

Open 7/7
M-Sun: 8am-2pm (lunch/dinner menu from 12pm until 12am non-stop)

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Pharmacies in Paris open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
Pharmacie Dhéry
84 Avenue des Champs-Elysées
Galerie des Champs
75008 Paris
tel: 01.45.62.02.41
Metro: George V

Pharmacie Perrault/Européenne
6 Place Clichy
75009 Paris
tel: 01.48.74.65.18
Metro: Place de Clichy

Other pharmacies in Paris open 7 days a week but not around the clock:
4th arrondissement
Pharmacie du Village
26 Rue du Temple
75004 Paris
tel: 01.42.72.60.71
Metro: Hôtel de Ville

M-Sat: 8.30am-9.30pm
Sun: 9am-8pm

Pharmacie des Halles
10 Boulevard de Sébastopol
75004 Paris
tel: 01.42.72.03.23
Metro: Châtelet

M-Sat: 9am-12am
Sun: 9am-10pm

8th arrondissement
Pharmacie du Drugstore Publicis
133 Avenue des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris
Metro: George V

M-Sun: 8am-2am

Pharmacie Matignon
2 Rue Jean Mermoz
75008 Paris
tel: 01.43.59.86.55
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt

M-Sun: 8.30am-12am

9th arrondissement
Pharmacie Internationale
5 Place Pigalle
75009 Paris
tel: 01.48.78.32.65
Metro: Pigalle

M-Sun: 8am-12am (open until 1am on Friday and Saturday)

British and American Pharmacy
1 Rue Auber
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.65.88.29
Metro: Opéra

M-Sun: 8am-8.30pm

10th arrondissement
Pharmacie Paris Est
Hall St Martin 4
75010 Paris
tel: 01.46.07.55.00
Metro: Gare de l’Est

M-F: 7am-9pm
Sat: 8am-9pm
Sun: 9am-8pm

11 arrondissement
Grande Pharmacie de la Nation
13 Place de la Nation
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.73.24.03
Metro: Nation

M-Sun: 8am-11pm

12th arrondissement
Pharmacie Benhamou
2 Place de la Nation
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.42.05
Metro: Nation

M-Sun: 9am-12am

Grande Pharmacie Daumesnil
6 place Félix Eboué
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.19.03
Metro: Daumesnil

M-Sun: 8.30am-10pm

Pharmacie Forum Santé
86 Boulevard Soult
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.13.68
Metro: Porte de Vincennes

M-Sun: 8am-2am

13th arrondissement
Pharmacie Italie Tolbiac
61 Avenue d’Italie
75013 Paris
tel: 01.44.24.19.72
Metro: Tolbiac

M-Sun: 8am-2am

14th arrondissement
Pharmacie Montparnasse
3 Rue Départ
75014 Paris
tel: 01.43.20.70.22
Metro: Montparnasse

M, Sat: 9am-10pm
Tu-F: 8.30am-10pm
Sun: 10am-10pm

15th arrondissement
Pharmacie Centrale
52 Rue du Commerce
75015 Paris
tel: 01.45.79.75.01
Metro: Emile Zola

M-F: 8am-12am
Sat-Sun: 9am-12am

18th arrondissement
Pharmacie Espace Conseil
64 Boulevard Barbès
75018 Paris
tel: 01.46.06.02.61
Metro: Château Rouge

M-Sun: 8am-2am

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Chic and fashionable Parisians dress their kids in Zef clothes. Designer Mariu De Andreis, the daughter of Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi, captures the perfect French bobo (bourgeois-bohème) look for her line of kids’ clothing Zef. The quality of fabrics, the elegant patterns, the ethnic touch, the casual yet sophisticated clothes definitely set this brand apart. It is classic and hip, timeless and modern. Sizes range from new born to 12 years old.
Also, the accessories are very tasteful and I can easily imagine grown ups shopping for themselves at Zef!

Zef 1st arrondissement
32 Rue de Richelieu
75001 Paris
tel: 01.42.60.61.04
Metro: Pyramides, Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre

M-Sat: 11am-7pm (closed for half an hour at lunch)
Closed on Sunday

zef 3rd arrondissement
15 Rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
tel: 01.42.76.09.65
Metro: Saint-Sébastien - Froissart

7/7
M, Sun: 2pm-7pm
Tu-Sat: 11am-7pm

zef & zef piccolo, espace naissance 6th arrondissement
55 bis Rue des Saint-Pères
75006 Paris
tel: 01.42.22.02.93 / 45.22
Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Près

M-Sat: 10.30am-7pm
Closed on Sunday

zef, espace Printemps Haussmann 9th arrondissement
64 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.50.00
Metro: Havre-Caumartin

M-Sat: 9.35am-8pm (open until 10pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

zef 16th arrondissement
93 avenue Kléber
75016 Paris
tel: 01.45.53.55.89
Metro: Trocadéro

M: 2pm-7pm
Tu-Sat: 10.30am-7pm
Closed on Sunday

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“The new Apple store in Paris is located below the famous Louvre Pyramid, in the Carrousel du Louvre. The store includes a level dedicated to the Mac, as well as a separate space dedicated to the iPhone. As with other flagship stores, the space is immense, and features a glass staircase. It is opening with a team of 150 employees, and includes the usual assortment of services such as The Genius Bar, One-to-One shopping, business consulting, classes, and presentations.”
If you need guidance upon arrival look for the concierge dressed in an orange tee-shirt.

Apple Store Paris
Carrousel du Louvre - level 1
99 Rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris, France
tel: 01.43.16.78.00
Metro: Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre, Louvre-Rivoli

7/7
M-Sun: 10am-8pm

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Address and opening hours of Amapola flower shop in Paris, 11th arrondissement.

Amapola
32 Rue Faidherbe
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.56.72.47
Metro: Faidherbe-Chaligny, Charonne

7/7
M: 12pm-8pm
T-Sat: 9.30am-8pm
Sun: 10am-1.30pm (until 6pm around Christmas time.)

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Address and opening hours of L’Artisan Fleuriste flower shops in Paris, 3rd and 7th arrondissements.

L’Artisan Fleuriste
95 Rue Vielle du Temple
75003 Paris
3rd arrondissement
tel: 01.42.78.40.40
Metro: Chemin Vert, Saint-Sebastien - Froissart

7/7
M, Sun: 10am-8pm
Tu-F: 10am-9pm

L’Artisan Fleuriste
6 Rue Commaille
75007 Paris
7th arrondissement
tel: 01.42.84.40.40
Metro: Sèvres-Babylone

M: 1.30pm-7pm
Tu, W, Th: 10.30am-8.30pm
F, Sat: 10am-9pm
Closed on Sunday

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