Step into Paris's oldest covered market, a vibrant 17th-century maze where you can savor everything from Moroccan tagines to fresh produce and flowers.
"You should eat in a buzzing 17th-century market, especially when it’s the oldest covered food market in Paris. This Marais favorite is known for its stalls of produce, fish, cheese, and casual countertop-style stands representing international cuisines. Midday, you’ll rub elbows with locals on their lunch break as they line up at Chez Alain for customizable sandwiches as big as their heads, and throw back tagines from the Moroccan deli or cool soba noodles with vegetable tempura from Chez Takeo. For a longer, sit-down meal (that carries a higher price tag), arrive at the start of lunch to snag a stool at Les Enfants du Marché, a seafood and natural wine bar with a party vibe and enough whole fresh fish to make you feel like you’re beachside. " - sara lieberman, lindsey tramuta
"You should eat in a buzzing 17th-century market, especially when it’s the oldest covered food market in Paris. This Marais favorite is known for its stalls of produce, fish, cheese, and casual countertop-style stands representing international cuisines. Midday, you’ll rub elbows with locals on their lunch break as they line up at Chez Alain for customizable sandwiches as big as their heads, and throw back tagines from the Moroccan deli or cool soba noodles with vegetable tempura from Chez Takeo. For a longer, sit-down meal (that carries a higher price tag), arrive at the start of lunch to snag a stool at Les Enfants du Marché, a seafood and natural wine bar with a party vibe and enough whole fresh fish to make you feel like you’re beachside." - Lindsey Tramuta
"Lunch in this 17th-century covered market in the middle of the Marais is definitely not going to be a peaceful or serene experience. It’s a proper market, so most of the seating is at countertops on tall backless stools where tourists pour over their phones and locals who work nearby enjoy a long lunch break. Skip the takeaway sandwich stalls and head to one of the restaurants for a sit-down meal: Les Enfants Du Marché is a seafood-heavy natural wine bar, Chez Takeo is a Japanese counter that serves bento boxes and assorted small plates, and The Butcher Of Paris is exactly what it sounds like. The first two (and certainly not the third) have solid vegetarian options, like the breaded porcinis sprinkled with pecorino at Les Enfants, or cool soba with vegetable tempura at Chez Takeo." - sophie friedman
"One of the oldest covered markets in France, an absolute must. It’s nested behind a row of buildings, so you could easily miss the arched entrance to this nearly 400 year-old farmers market. But once you walk in, it’s a wonderland of all sorts of savory treats. You can find lots of stands serving food from different cuisines, Moroccan, Italian, Japanese, Lebanese... At lunch time the sights and smells are intoxicating: from the falafel and shawarma sandwiches available at the Lebanese vendor; to the tender lamb tajine and couscous in the exotic Moroccan corner. Everywhere you go the delicious smell of food will get you enchanted. The market also offers produce from fresh vegetables, to fruit, flowers and cheeses, it’s always worth a walk." - Say What Studio
"Tucked away in the micro-neighbourhood known as the Haut Marais, Les Enfants Rouges market is considered to be one of the oldest in Paris. Around since 1615 when France was under the reign of Louis XIII, peruse the various stalls bursting with fresh produce before snagging a seat at the counter of one of the restaurants to which the market is home." - The MICHELIN Guide
