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Contributed by:
Jean Croissant
When the stomach is
calling up, you will find
the true French man striding allong the streets of Paris
looking for his favorite
market.
 First
of all, the local markets where you can buy
fruits and vegetables,
dairy products, sea-food, 'Charcuterie' (Meat
Delicatessen) and have a taste
of a typical Parisian roots atmosphere !
They are usually open
weekdays and/or week-ends
and every district has got his own market on a fix day
of the week.
For example, you will go
to the Marché
Mouffetard on
Sunday
morning along the lower rue Moufetard in the 5th
district. Don't miss this very
colorful market!
You can even join in the
spontaneous choir singing
traditional Parisian tunes at the corner of
rue de l'Arbalète,
unless you prefer to sip your coffee at the sunny café-
terrace facing it.
Le Marché d'Aligre is
a really cosmopolitan market and one of
the cheapest in town.
It is open six days a week (closed Monday),  place
d'Aligre 12th arr.
You even have an organic
market 'Marché Bio'
for biologique in French on Saturday morning
called Marché
Raspail 6th arr, at the corner of rue de
Vaugirard. You will
encounter there a joyful crowd mixing alternative
freaks with new-age and/or
health-food yuppies...
See also the Flea
Market...
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