Posted: 04 June 2014 - David Lebovitz
My perfect day in Paris is one that
starts at the Marché d’Aligre.
I’d get there first thing in the morning, around 9 A.M. as the flea market
vendors are unloading their trucks, scoping out treasures as they unpack them.
(Before the rest of humanity descends on the market.) I’d rifle through the
boxes of knives, cast-off kitchenware, and perhaps score a vintage Le Creuset
gratin dish, before doing some food shopping, bringing home the bacon.
I’ve been going to this market for
over ten years, and it’s still one of my favorites. For a while, there weren’t
any stand-out dining options at the market, which was a shame, because you’re
surrounded by all this food at the one of best markets in Paris, but few places
were serving them. So I was happy to see that in the last year or so, a number
of eateries have opened where you can sit down and enjoy everything from
Portuguese pastries to steak-frites,
a market staple dating back to the days of the old – and sadly displaced – Les
Halles.
One place in particular that I was
interested in trying was boucherie Les Provinces,
a combination butcher shop and restaurant. While I had my head buried in boxes
at the flea market, avoiding getting stabbed by vintage French forks, an SMS
popped up on my phone from my friend,
asking me where the heck I was. So I hightailed it over to meet her for lunch.
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