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Marché Bastille
If you only get to one open-air market in Paris, this one - with its traditional French and ethnic food stalls of every description stretching between the Bastille and Richard Lenoir metro stations - is among the very best.
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Marché Beauvau
Adjacent to the place d'Aligre flea market, this covered market sells Arab and North African food specialties such as couscous and sweet pastries.
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Marché Belleville
Belleville's diverse community comes together at this vibrant market, which has African, Middle Eastern and Asian stalls piled high with fruit, vegetables, spices, condiments and delicacies, as well as local artists selling their works.
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Marché St-Quentin
Since 1866, the corridors beneath the iron-and-glass roof of this covered market have sold a vast array of foodstuffs; these days the offerings are often very gourmet.
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Pho 67 Restaurant Vietnam
Tuck into Vietnamese dishes such as fried boned eel, crusty lacquered duck, rare tender goat with ginger, sweetened pork and North Vietnamese soup amid the burgundy walls and suspended rattan lamps of this unpretentious gem. Pho's hidden in a little backstreet of the Latin Quarter, but is fortunately away from the over-touristy little maze of restaurants surrounding rue de la Huchette.
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Pozzetto
Paris' best new gelato maker was born in the Marais when a group of friends from Italy's north couldn't find their favourite ice cream in Paris, and so imported the ingredients to create it here from scratch. Flavours (spatula'd, not scooped) include fianduia (chocolate-to-die-for) and fiordilatte (milk). The shop also sells Piedmontese hazelnut biscuits, and the staff pour a mean espresso as well.
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Restaurant Hélène Darroze
Paris has very few female star chefs, but Hélène Darroze is a stellar exception. Her premises house the twin Michelin-starred restaurant upstairs, and the relaxed salon, Le Salon d'Hélène, renowned for its multicourse tasting menus, downstairs. Dishes lean towards Darroze's native southwestern France, such as wood-grilled foie gras.
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Ripaille
Forget the fast-food joints around blvd de Clichy and head a few blocks south to owner/chef Philippe Fauré's year-old restaurant, which serves expertly prepared dishes such as St-Jacques scallops and salmon risotto, on funky, brightly coloured china in an arty, tangerine-toned dining room. The wines are well-chosen, the service warm and personal, and the three-course lunch menu is an absolute steal.
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Stohrer
Opened in 1730, this beautiful patisserie's pastel murals were added in 1864 by Paul Baudry, who also decorated the Palais Garnier's Grand Foyer. All of the cakes, pastries, ice cream and savoury delicacies are made on the premises; with specialities including baba rhum (rum-drenched brioche) and puit d'amour (cream-filled, caramel-topped puff pastry).
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