Are you asking where to find the festival or the foie gras. You can find foie gras at many of the markets--Richard Lenoir or pl. Monge is where I have bought it. You can also find it at Galeries Lafayette or many just supermarkets. And the Monoprix food store.

Gretchen, I was looking for the foie gras. I am thinking if we go to the markets we will find it.

Allyson, thanks for the recommendations.

You can find it in any Monoprix food area--have some that is glass packed to eat in the room. Then bring back the tinned. Love love love it.
Look for the various grades--entier, etc.

Our favorite Occasion place is Au Petit Marguery, a venerable and very French bistro in the 13th. The food is wonderful, the wines are good and not a fortune, and the atmosphere is like a party--lots of locals celebrating special occasions.

Byron, you will find foie gras in all its incarnations all over Paris, in outdoor markets, supermarkets, specialty shops, and downmarket places like Franxprix and Casino. It depends on what you are looking for - there are about a thousand different permutations on foie gras, from the actual lobes to various pâtés made with different percentages of actual foie gras, to mousses and whatnot. So, depends on what actual product you are looking for.

We usually buy based on price and/or what the sales person says. However, we found that the ones at the Sacre Couer market two years ago during the festival were quite good and very reasonably priced. Thanks St. Cirq. Obviously, we need to do some more investigating.

What St. Cirq says is, of course, right on. If you buy "entier", it is all foie gras. Then there are pates, and various other "levels" of amount of actual foie gras. Learn the labelling, and then also take the advice of the sales person too.

And be advised that it must be properly packaged to get it back to the USA. It must be in glass or tin, completely sealed, and have the proper "etiquette" (formal, approved label). I used to bring in pâté de foie gras from my neighbors with "labels" she wrote on with Sharpies - that doesn't fly any longer.