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A large selection of different french and italian cheeses on the counter of a small store at the Aligre Market (Marche d’Aligre) in the Bastille district. Paris, France
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Is a trip to Paris in your future? If so and you are a cheese lover, you’re in luck because Paris is one of the great cheese emporiums in the world. Paris has hundreds of cheese shops. Here’s a detailed description of the top locations in Paris where you can enjoy hundreds of different cheeses, preferably with a bottle of wine!
Cheese Shops
Androuet, 37 Rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris
Named after a legendary French cheese monger, Henri Androuet, it is the pinnacle of French cheese culture. The stores stock several hundred cheeses, including artisanal and raw milk cheeses drawn from throughout France.
For many years, Androuet also operated a restaurant, opened in 1934 by Henri’s son Pierre Androuet. It was widely considered the best cheese-themed restaurant in the world. Sadly, it closed several years ago. A second Androuet restaurant in London has also closed.
Currently, Androuet operates multiple locations throughout Paris and is celebrated for its extensive selection of cheeses, meticulously labeled with information about their origins and production methods. The shops also offer cheese tastings, workshops, and pairing advice. In recognition of its artisanal excellence, Androuet received the EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) label in 2020, distinguishing it as a leader in French culinary heritage.
COW – Cheese of the World, 30 Bd Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris
COW features a wide selection of French and international cheeses.
Saisons Fromagerie, 30 Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare, 75003 Paris
Saisons features a wide selection of French and international cheeses, including seasonal artisanal cheeses.
Fromagerie Laurent Dubois, 47 Ter Bd Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris
The Fromagerie features over 150 cheeses, including Camembert Pomcalva, a Camembert soaked in Calvados.
La Fromagerie Goncourt, 1 Rue Abel Rabaud, 75011 Paris
La Fromagerie offers several hundred French and international cheeses, including seasonal raw milk cheeses like Tome des Bauges from Savoie.
La Fermette, 86 Rue Montorgueil, 75002 Paris
Another notable Parisian cheese monger offering a wide assortment of French cheeses.
Barthélémy, 51 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
A quaint Parisian cheese shop offering a wide selection of French cheeses, including Fontainebleau – a fresh cow’s milk cheese.
Fromagerie in a market in Paris
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Fromagerie Marie-Anne Cantin, 12 Rue du Champ de Mars, 75007 Paris
A specialty cheese shop specializing in aged, raw milk cheeses like Saint-Nectaire, Fourme d’Ambert and Salers. It offers an extensive collection of French cheeses, including unique “bouton de culotte” goat cheeses.
Chez Virginie, 54 rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris
A large cheese store in Paris’ Montmartre district (18th Arrondissement) features a selection of several hundred cheeses, including Brie façon tigre (Brie with crushed peppercorns) and Tomme aux fleurs (a cheese coated with edible flowers). A second store is located at 125 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris.
Taka & Vermo,61 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75010 Paris
Taka is an artisanal cheesemonger that features an assortment of over 100 specialty farmstead cheeses, including Sansho Pepper Saint-Nectaire and Yuzu-Lime goat cheese.
La Ferme Saint-Aubin, 76 Rue Saint-Louis en l’Ile, 75004 Paris
A tiny cheese shop located on île Saint-Louis. La Ferme offers a variety of cheeses and provide vacuum sealing services for customers who want to take cheese home in their suitcases.
Chez Alexandre (La Ferme d’Alexandre), 19 Rue Saint-Placide, 75006 Paris and 21 Rue Mouton Duvernet, 75014 Paris
A friendly fromagerie in the Saint-Germain neighborhood, known for its exceptional cheeses, charcuterie, and other French products. They stock over 350 types of cheeses.
Fromagerie Jouannault, 39 Rue de Bretagne, 75003, Paris
Priscilla Jouannault and her husband, Nicholas, lead this family-run fromagerie and affineur. They age their cheeses in a 17th-century stone cellar beneath their store and offer over 200 hand-picked cheeses.
Paroles de Fromagers, 41, Rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris
An artisanal cheese store and bar offering tastings with wine pairings and cheese-making workshops. The selection features over 150 cheeses.
Fromagerie Quatrehomme Martyrs, 26 Rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris
A historic Parisian cheese monger from 1953, it features over 200 cheeses and offers a selection of cheese plates and wine and cheese pairing classes.
La Fromagerie, 31, Rue Cler, 75007 Paris
A Paris institution, La Fromagerie, claims to have the largest cheese selection in Paris with more than 450 cheeses on offer.
Markets
Marché d’Aligre – Hardouin-Langlet, 6 Place d’Aligre, 75012 Paris (inside the Beauvau Covered Market)
The market features a wide variety of French artisanal and farmstead cheeses.
A man checks cheese, on December 24, 2008 at Rungis wholesale food market, outside Paris. Rungis international market is Europe biggest wholesale food market and 18 million European consumers are supplied from here, including 12 million within a radius of 150 km around Paris. Nearly 30.000 professionals gather at Rungis market each day and 25% of the turnover of its businesses is made during yuletide. AFP PHOTO MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP) (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rungis International Market, 1 Rue Ernest de la Tour, 94150 Rungis
Rungis is Paris’s wholesale food and horticultural market. Covering 810 acres, it is the largest wholesale food market in the world. It is also the world’s largest wholesale cheese market and features hundreds of France’s best-known cheeses. Rungis is where Parisian cheesemongers and chefs buy their cheese.
The market is in Rungis, a suburb on the outskirts of Paris. It’s about a 20-minute taxi ride from the city center. Rungis operates from midnight to about 8 am. It’s closed to the public, but several companies offer customized tours. See, for example, Explore Paris or Las Route Des Gourmets for tour options.
Restaurants, Wine Bars and Cafes
Gourmet Fancy Charcuterie Board with Meat Cheese and Grapes
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Le Clarence, 31 Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 75008 Paris
Clarence was chosen as one of the 50 Best Restaurants in the World in 2022 and boasts two Michelin stars. It offers an extensive selection of French cheese with a daily cheese cart of rotating selections.
Monbleu, 37 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009 Paris
Monbleu is a cheese-focused restaurant that features around 100 farmstead cheeses and offers a variety of cheese plates with wine pairings. It also has unique offerings like Comté gougères and Roquefort ice cream.
Wine bottles, glasses and cheese in restaurant
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Ô Chateau, 68, Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 75001 Paris
Although not technically a restaurant, Ô Chateau offers a wine and cheese lunch experience that features five French wines, including Champagne, paired with artisanal cheeses from La Fromagerie du Louvre. It also offers a sommelier-guided tasting and pairing education set in its private wine cellar that covers wine-tasting techniques, French wine regions, and food pairings. The wine and cheese servings are considered generous and are frequently praised by patrons.
Pain Vin Fromages, 3 Rue Geoffroy l’Angevin, 75004 Paris
A cozy stone-walled space restaurant with an extensive wine list and various cheese selections, including Savoyard raclette, fondue, and assorted cheese platters.
Le Vieux Bistrot, 54 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
A charming bistro with wood beams and exposed stone walls. It features a wide selection of French and international cheeses, including traditional cheese fondue and raclette.
Monbleu Père Lacheese, 151 bis Rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris
Monbleu is a fromagerie-buvette, a combination cheese shop, and a refreshment bar. In the cheese shop, you can buy exceptional artisanal French farmhouse and raw-milk cheeses from a selection of over 100 cheeses, including rare cheeses like a juniper-smoked Picodon, a creamy triple-crème Barisien meusien or a powerful Sablé de Wissant. It also offers a selection of cheese plates expertly paired with French wines and a variety of other dishes, including an all-you-can-eat raclette option.
Le Comptoir by Monbleu, 12 Rue Dupetit Thouars, 75003 Paris
A wine and cheese bar. The restaurant’s menu highlights organic, natural, and biodynamic wines paired with raw or cooked farm cheeses in traditional or modern versions.
These locations offer diverse Parisian cheese experiences, from traditional French varieties to innovative artisan and farmstead creations and inspired wine pairings. They also offer cheese-based menus and cheese-making classes. Together, they are a cheese lover’s perfect Parisian weekend! See La Guide de Fromage for detailed contact information on Paris’s cheese stores.
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