Maison POS in Paris is a tiny food store that opened in December 2010. It has a small selection of seasonal and organic produce (if not organic it is pesticide-free) as well as some carefully selected dairy products (cheeses and yogurts), charcuterie, wines and ciders. Maison POS in Paris buys directly from the producers and chooses to buy in small amounts to get a quick turnaround of their products, thus ensuring their freshness. Maison POS makes a big pot of soup every day (flavor of the day on their black board) and it is sold to go with some organic bread. They sell oysters on the weekend!
Maison POS
90 Rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.70.83.01
Metro: Charonne
7/7
M: 5pm-9.30pm
Tu-F: 11am-2.30pm / 5pm-9.30pm
Sat: 10.30am-2pm / 5pm-9pm
Sun: 1pm-2.30pm / 5pm-9pm
It doesn’t look like much from the outside, however this pastry/confectioner’s shop has been in business since the begining of the past century and in the hands of the same owners for the past forty-five years. Aside from the classic pastries (mille-feuille, St Honoré, religieuse, éclair…) this shop specializes in traditionnal French candies such as the hand-crafted réglisse de Montpellier, or the pâtes de fruits and violet candies. As the owner would say: “it’s all the old candies from back in the days, here nothing has changed except our faces.”
Louis Etoré
92 rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.71.49.99
Metro: Charonne
Tu-Sun: 7.30am-8pm
Closed on Monday
Ceramist Patricia Vieljeux just happened to have the lamp shade that my kitchen light bulb has been missing for the past year.
Her boutique/workshop is a bit off the beaten path—unless you have a specific reason, you are unlikely to stumble upon it. This is a great place for those who might want to purchase unique stoneware and porcelain pieces made by hand. For information about Patricia Vieljeux’s workshops (for age groupe 11 to 17 and for adults) contact her boutique/workshop.
Patricia Vieljeux
21 Rue Godefroy Cavaignac
75011 Paris
tel: 01.46.59.04.10
Metro: Voltaire, Charonne
Violette and Co is an 850 square foot space dedicated to books about women, lesbians and the rest of the queer community. It’s a breath of fresh air in a city where a guy on a motorcycle feels the need to comment about two women holding hands as he is riding by (and pass for a douchebag); in a city where four men in a car will have the urge to laugh at two women holding hands on the street (while definitely making fools of themselves); in a city where pimply teenagers will insult two women embracing each other on a sidewalk (ignorance is such a plague.) Finding essays and studies about the gay community is particularly refreshing when you want to offer, let’s say, informative literature about homo-parenting to a parent with some internalized homophobia.
Violette and Co sells novels, essays, thrillers, art books, comic books, magazines, books for youths, CDs and DVDs. The bookstore also hosts book signings, book readings, debates and exhibitions.
Violette and Co
102 Rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.72.16.07
Metro: Charonne
Tu-Sat: 11am-8.30pm
Sun: 2pm-7pm
Closed on Monday
Reminiscent at times of Alec Soth or Todd Hido, French photographer Gaël Clariana presents Intime Paysage at Chambre avec Vues gallery in Paris.
January 19 - March 6, 2010
Gaël Clariana at Chambre avec Vues
3 Rue Jules Vallès
75011 Paris
tel: 01.40.52.53.00
Metro: Charonne
Tu-Sat: 2pm-7pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday
This is Spanish photographer Rosa Basurto’s first Parisian show. It will certainly not be her last one.
Nov. 17 - Dec. 23, 2009
Rosa Basurto at Chambre avec Vues
3 Rue Jules Vallès
75011 Paris
tel: 01.40.52.53.00
Metro: Charonne
Tu-Sat: 2pm-7pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday
If you are looking for Lebanese pastries in Paris, Bistrot Beyrouth is where you want to get them from. Baked to the perfect golden crisp and with the right touch of honey so the sweetness won’t make you hit your sugar wall instantly, the Baklava (layers of fillo pastry and cashew nuts brushed with butter), Bookaj (pyramid-shaped pastry with cashew nut filling in layers of fillo pastry and topped with pistachios) or Lady fingers (crunchy ground cashew nuts tightly rolled into fillo pastry), to name a few, will make you go back and order more. Count 5€ for an assortment of 6 pastries. Also, Bistrot Beyrouth serves an amazing rose-flavored infusion served with fresh mint leaves and aniseeds—it is their version of the traditional Lebanese café blanc (white coffee) and is a perfect hot beverage to accompany the pastries. The food is good (they serve a Lebanese-style burger with homemade French fries that I have to try) and the service is great. The service is non-stop from noon until midnight and the food can be ordered to go.
Bistrot Beyrouth
103 Rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.70.23.92
Metro: Charonne
M-Sat: 12pm-2am (Food is served all day until 12am)
Closed on Sunday
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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