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L’Artisan Fleuriste: flower shop in the 3rd and 7th.
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
Mexi&Co.: A Mexican grocery store/restaurant in Paris.
Mexi&Co. is located in Paris’ Latin quarter and is definitely the place to visit if in need of canned or dried Mexican goods such as Serrano peppers, tomatillos, masa (cornmeal), nopales (prickly pear cactus pads), dried chili pods, hot sauce, chipotle, and tortilla chips (8€—at least it’s a big bag) or frozen corn tortillas (in a pack of 200). Mexi&Co. has enough on its shelves to help you cook a very decent Mexican meal, which is unquestionably a plus in a city like Paris where good (and cheap) Mexican restaurants are desperately lacking. Mexi&Co. is also a restaurant (I won’t talk about their food since I haven’t eaten there yet) and a catering company. Their menu offers classic items such as chips and salsa, guacamole, quesadillas, nachos and burritos. If you are looking for good tequila such as Patrón while in Paris (and you don’t mind paying twice it’s U.S price!) I know of two places where to find it: Izrael in the Marais and Publicis Drugstore’s Epicerie on the Champs-Elysées.
Mexi&Co.
10 Rue Dante
75005 Paris
tel: 01.46.34.14.12
Metro: Clunny - La Sorbone, Maubert-Mutualité
7/7
M-Sun: 9am-11pm (Food is served all day from 12pm-11pm)
Café des Musées in Paris: Seasonal and artisanal bistro food.
At Café des Musées, the food is seasonal, straightforward and comforting. Whether choosing the Entrecôte à la plancha with fries and salad in a tarragon dressing (17,50€) or the 19€ dinner menu with its artichoke (served with both crème fraîche and vinaigrette), mackerel and rice, and the plum tart of the day, you will find yourself enjoying a simple meal very well crafted, in a relaxed atmosphere. For dessert try the red currant clafoutis for its perfect balance of sweet and sour (the caramelized hard crust makes it more of a crème brulée than a clafoutis, but that’s just one more reason to order it!) The service is very friendly and the servers are more than happy to speak English. The menu offers a good selection of classic French dishes reasonably priced and for lunch the prix fixe menu is a bargain at 12€. The Café des Musées is open all day and serves breakfast until noon.
Café des Musées
49 Rue de Turenne
75003 Paris
tel: 01.42.72.96.17
Metro: Fille du Calvaire
7/7
breakfast
M-F: 8am-12pm
Sat-Sun: 10.30am-12pm
lunch
M-F: 12pm-3pm
Sat-Sun: 12pm-4pm
Dinner
7pm-11pm
Dim Sum in Paris: Go straight to Chine Massena restaurant.
This is not a Chinese/Vietnamese/Thai/Laotian restaurant—for those who don’t know it yet, most of the French Asian restaurants are a mix of all of those cuisines! Chine Massena is a Chinese restaurant in Paris, specializing in Cantonese food. It can serve up to 800 people and often hosts weddings, with all the perks that such a place has to offer: a dance floor and a karaoke! When walking in, do not look for the white people there aren’t any—that’s the first sign that you are in the right place. The second sign is the dim sum cart circulating around the tables with the bouchées vapeurs (that’s French for dim sum) made on the premises. The menu offers much more, such as hot pots, soups, rotisseries, barbecue, and fresh seafood from either the salt water tank or the river water one. If you don’t know what such and such dim sum is called in French (i.e: a pork bun is called brioche au porc) and you can’t order in Chinese, just look and point at what you want. At Chine Massena the quality and authenticity of the food is as good as can be found in the San Francisco Bay Area—the best of course being in China.
Chine Massena
13, Place de Vénétie
(at the level of 18, Avenue de Choisy)
75013 Paris
tel: 01.45.83.98.88
Metro: Porte de Choisy
7/7
M-Th: 8.45am-11pm
F-Sat: 8.45am-1.30am
Sun: 8.45am-1am
Zoum shoe shop: Sneaker surplus stock clearing in Paris.
The shoe shop Zoum in Paris’ 11th arrondissement offers a great and cool selection of brand new sneakers for unbelievably low prices. The brands for sale are Adidas, Asics, Le Coq Sportif, Nike, Puma and Vans. Shoes sell for as low as 25€ (kid sizes), and highest prices are 50€ (adult sizes). You’ll find a wide variety of models such as the Adidas shell-toe, Gazelle or sl 72, Asics Onitsuka Tiger Trainers, Saiko Runner or Ultimate 81 and Van’s classic slip-ons. New stocks arrive every two weeks for a constant wide selection of sneakers in many different colors, models and sizes.
Zoum
155 Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine
75011 Paris
Metro: Faidherbe-Chaligny
7/7
M-Sun: 10.45am-7pm (Closes at 6.30pm on Friday)
Les Arènes de Lutèce: Paris’ Gallo-Roman amphitheatre.
One of Paris’ most important archeological remains of the Gallo-Roman era, les Arènes de Lutèce was built in the first century AD. It is believed that this amphitheater could seat up to 17000 spectators and was the stage for both theater and gladiatorial combat. After the barbaric invasions which took place during the 3rd century AD, the arena became a cemetery that was later filled in completely. It wasn’t until 1869, during the opening of Rue Monge, that the arena was discovered. Without the determination of Victor Hugo and a few others to save it from destruction, les Arènes de Lutèce might have fallen forever into oblivion!
Whether you go there for a pétanque game, to sunbath, draw, practice your ball-juggling, eat or rest, there will always be room for you to sit down and contemplate how much time has passed while enjoying a moment of peace in the heart of a busy city. Also, just like in all of Paris’ parks there’s free Wi-Fi at les Arènes de Lutèce.
Arènes de Lutèce
49 Rue Monge
75005 Paris
Metro: Place Monge, Cardinal Lemoine
7/7
Dec-Feb: 8am-5.45pm (9am on the weekend)
March: 8am-7pm (9am on the weekend)
April: 8am-8.30pm (9am on the weekend)
May-August: 8am-9.30pm (9am on the weekend)
September: 8am-8.30pm (9am on the weekend)
Oct-Nov: 8am-7.30pm (9am on the weekend)
Closing time’s around sunset basically!
Pozzetto in Paris: The ice-cream place you’ll go back to even in winter.
Pozzetto has some of the best pistachio gelato I’ve tried in Paris, it’s made from Sicilian pistachios and absolutely no artificial flavoring. The gelatos and sorbets are made daily for freshness, with the best fresh milk and/or seasonal fruit. There are only 12 flavors at a time, so that each one can be given all the attention it deserves. At Pozzetto they won’t ask you how many scoops you’d like and then charge you by the scoop. Here they do it Italian style: they fill up your cone or cup with a spatula and you can ask for as many flavors as you want!
Pozzetto’s espresso drinks are delicious too. A pleasant surprise in Paris where most espressos will make the inside of your mouth cringe and make you walk around with a contorted facial expression afterward.
What I also like very much about this place is that, you know when you get that craving late in the evening and everything else is closed, well Pozzetto’s there for you!
Pozzetto
39 Rue du Roi de Sicile
75004 Paris
tel: 01.42.77.08.64
Metro: Saint-Paul
21 Rue de Levis
75017 Paris
tel: 01.42.77.08.64
Metro: Villiers
7/7
M: 12pm-11pm
Tues-Sun: 11am-11pm