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ChocolateEiffel Tower atLe Gourmet,GaleriesLafayetteBar des Variétes in the Passage des Panoramaschocolatier. In the delightful Passage Jouffroyseek out toys from a bygone era at Paind’Épice, or some of the vintage shops offeringthe weird and the wonderful. Antiques are aspeciality in the Passage Verdeau – look outfor the Cabinet des Curieux and Le Bonheurdes Dames, the latter crammed with sewingmaterials and a workshop where you can havejewellery repaired or order a bespoke piece.À la Mère de Famille, Rue du Faubourg Montmartrespecialising in teas from all over the worldsince 1854.The best-known old-fashioned grocery shopin the city is the Grande Épicerie in Rue deSèvres in the 7th arrondissement. It’s a highendpurveyor of all manner of delicacies, bothFoodie ShoppingIt’s hard to know where to start – you’re trulyspoiled for choice in Paris.In Rue Montorgueil, spanning the 1st and 2ndarrondissements, you can shop like a Parisianat top quality food shops such as greengrocersLe Palais du Fruit, a ‘master cheese ripener’called La Fermette, fishmongers - thePoissonnerie Soguisa and an old-fashionedbutchers, the Boucherie Triboulet at no 54.If it’s gift-shopping you have in mind pop intoStohrer, the city’s oldest pâtisserie wherethe queue snakes out of the doorway, or À laMère de Famille, billed as ‘probably the oldestchocolatier in Paris’. They have several storesin Paris but one of the loveliest is at rue duFaubourg Montmartre, which opened in 1761,Stohrer, the oldest patisserie in Paris, opened in 1730© Krystal Kenney, Miss Paris Photoa Belle Epoque fantasy of a shop.The Place de la Madeleine offers a goodhunting ground for foodie treats. Across thestreet, at no 6 is Maille, surely the world’smost comprehensive mustard shop. Here youcan do a tasting and buy dozens of differentflavours. Further round the square is the CaféPrunier who promise to explain the ‘art ofcaviar’ and the Maison de la Truffe, a shopand-restaurantfocusing on all things truffle.Nearby is Mariage Frères, who have been62 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 63