Message: My wife and I are going to be in Paris for our 20th anniversary from Thursday Sep 23 to Sunday 26th. We've done most of the "tourist" spots in prior visits, so we are planning to just walk around sort of in a spontaneous approach, although we have picked our 3 dinner restaurants.

If you have a favorite street market that we should walk around in on Friday or Saturday, it would be most appreciated. Most interested in food/produce items. Thank you.

Tsutomu

Try the Place d'Aligre market which is fairly close to the viaduc des Arts.

Hi Tm

Try the market at the Rue de Buci.

If it's not up to your standards, you can go to Amorino (4 r de Buci) for some heavenly gelato.

My favorite is the Saxe-Breteuil market on Place de Breteuil, near the Eiffel Tower. it is only on Thursdays and Saturdays, Saturdays being better. Unlike some of the other "markets", where the vendors are really just outside stands in front of permanent shops, this is a true market, where the purveyors come in from all over. The seafood vendors from Normandy are worth the trip alone..and the cheese sellers who will only have the cheeses of their particular region. Beautiful produce and charcuterie too

Hi Jody,

My salivary glands have gone into high gear. What are the hours for the market?

http://www.parismarkets.net/

Rue Cler: Open weekdays, all day Saturday and Sunday mornings. Many of the stores are closed on Mondays.

Saxe-Breteuil Market: Thursday and Saturday from 7am to 2:30 pm

Marche de Grenelle: Wednesday and Sunday from 7 am to 2:30 pm

Marche Ave President Wilson: Wednesday and Saturdays: 7am to 2:30 pm

We recommend that you go early in the morning as they do become crowded with Parisians doing their weekly shopping. You will enjoy browsing or shopping for food and tasty dishes for a gourmet picnic or to prepare a feast for dinner. Each market is lively and different, making it an adventure to explore all of them.

Jody, this is my favorite market; the olive man has never failed to hook me with his free-samples. For the last few years we have stayed in an apt. in the 7th and stock our pantry/refrig. by visiting the Saxe market on Thurs. and/or Sat. morning. 2 other travelling markets we like are the Sunday morning organic one on Raspail and the Sat. morning(I think) one just off Place de l'Alma.

Our favorite market is in the Auteuil section of the 16th, held Wednesday and Saturday mornings on the square outside the Michel-Ange-Auteuil metro stop. This an upscale residential neighborhood, not touristy at all, and the market offers some of the finest food we've seen at any street market in France. However, the focus is strictly on food, it's not the place to go if you're looking for non-food items.

Jumping in to this post: we will have an apartment in the 3rd..Rue Chapon. We arrive on a Monday and depart on a Saturday. Can anyone suggest markets in the area.(we used to love Richard Lenoir when we rented in the 11th)

And I will mention the blvd. Richard Lenoir market near Bastille. It is on Wed. and Sunday I believe. It is extensive and beautiful. Our favorite is at Pl. Monge on Sunday--there is a wonderful foie gras guy there. All the markets are terrific with the vendors often showing up on successive market days in a different location.

PamSF,
On rue de Bretagne there is a small food market, the Marché des Enfants-Rouges (Tuesday-Sunday). Across rue de Bretagne, rue de Picardie leads up to the Carreau du Temple, a clothes market (Tuesday-Sunday mornings).
I also liked the Popincourt market, on blvd. Richard Lenoir, not far from the Republique in the 11th, every Tuesday and Friday mornings. And nearby, the patisserie on the corner of blvd. Voltaire and rue de Malte has the most delicious brioches au chocolat & tartes au chocolat.

Markets are my favorite thing in Paris. All of the suggestions above are good. Aligre in the 12th would probably provide the most diversity. It has a covered market, market stalls and a flea market plus you can go around the corner and stop in at the famous Baron rouge wine bar--a real trip. Others that will afford some real variety are Ave. Wilson--the creme de la creme--and Barbes in the 18th at the base of Montmartre which is very international with lots of fruits and veggies from Africa and the east that you may not have seen before. My favorite there was coming upon one of those spit roaster glassed in things with not chickens but rather goat heads complete with teeth and eyes. That's interesting!!! You can't go wrong with any market but if you really want to get more info on the subject I suggest www.paris.fr/EN and click on markets. It will provide info on markets all over the city. The coffee table book, Paris in a Basket, for a mere $20 is a delight both for planning which markets to go to and for reading about them after you've been and are planning to go again. It's addictive. Enjoy.

If you love Paris street markets as much as we do go out and by the book "Paris in a Basket". There is information and photos on most of the street markets in Paris. Also the days and times the markets are open. You will not regret your purchase and it will give you many days of viewing pleasure. This is a nice hard cover "coffee table" type of book.

Thanks for the paris in a Basket suggestion! I just got lucky and found a new copy on ebay for $8.99!!

Place Maubert has an open air market several days a week, including Saturday I think.

Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions. Can't wait until our trip.

Tsutomu