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From the venerable old boutiques on Rue de la Paix to Paris's great grands magasins on Boulevard Haussmann (namely Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps), there’s no shortage of shopping opportunities here. Once you add in the area’s elegant covered passages, there is enough to keep you busy for a weekend, if not an entire week.
Join Paris's chefs and head for G. Detou (get it, j'ai de tout—I have everything), just off the wonderful Marché Montorgeuil, for an absolutely astounding range of baking staples, nuts, chocolate, canned rarities, and other French and European delicacies. Basically, a bit of, well . . . everything.
This institution opened in 1730, thanks to Louis XV's Polish bride, who couldn't bear to part with her pastry chef and thus brought Nicholas Stohrer along with her to Paris. Today, it has all the to-die-for pastries that made the bakery's name, including the famous baba au rhum that originated here, as well as a tantalizing range of other sweets, breads, and savory prepared foods to go.
