If you are planning to go to the most elegant capital of Europe, be prepared to fork out for this pleasure. Paris is an expensive city and not every tourist can afford to have breakfast, lunch and dinner in restaurants every day. Even in places far from the center it is expensive, not to mention the central streets. Nevertheless, in Paris you can eat relatively inexpensively, even without straying from the beaten tourist path. I will offer you several options for this, and the rest is up to you - depending on how much money you can afford to spend on food.
If you want to save money, I recommend buying ready-made food in supermarkets, such as Lidl or Leader Price. There are often discounts here. A little more expensive products in Auchan, Carrefour, Casino, Franprix, Monoprix, Champion, М-S.
You can buy in the supermarket, for example, 1 piece of crispy baguette, 250 g. Camembert cheese, half a kilo of tomatoes, 2 liters of freshly squeezed juice, a package of frozen veal (there are two portions inside that can be heated up in the microwave in the store). Dinner for two will be: 1+1,5+1+2+ 5.5 = 11 euros. You will have a picnic on the Place de Mars. Don't worry: no one will think you are homeless. Many people do this:
Here are some approximate prices for some products in Paris stores:
- vegetable puree soup, 1 l. - 1-2 euros;
- French baguette - 0.8-1.8 euros;
- croissant - from 0.5 euros;
- Brie or Camembert cheese, 250 g. - 1-1.5 euros;
- flan or yogurt, 4 pieces - 1-1.5 euros;
- milk, 1 l. - from 0.8 euros;
- cooked chicken, 1 kg. - 3-4 euros;
- bacon, 150 g. - 2.8 euros;
- tangerine, 1 kg. - 2.5-4 euros;
- banana, 1 kg. - from 1 euro;
- apple, 1 kg. - 2.1-3.4 euros;
- drinking water, 1.5 l. - 0.9 euros;
- eclair - from 1.8 euros;
- tartlets, 4 pcs. - 4.5 euros.
There are fast food establishments in Paris: McDonald's, KFC, Quick, where you can eat for 7-8 euros.
Tourists really like sandwich baguettes - a baguette cut in half, in which they put ham, cheese, tomatoes and green salad leaves. On average, it costs 3-5 euros. Each additional ingredient increases the price by 1.5 euros. The most expensive sandwich baguette with foie gras costs 13 euros. Sandwiches are also sold at mobile stands.
You can also eat falafel - balls of beans with yoghurt sauce or sesame paste. In the Marais quarter, it is prepared according to old oriental recipes.
It is considered that it is best prepared at L'As du Fallafel. You can have dinner at this cafe for 7-9 euros.
Address: 34, rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris. Open from 12:00.
There are more than 80 markets in Paris. You can buy fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, cheese, wine and other products there. I will list some of them.
Le marché d’Aligre — Address: Place d'Aligre, 75011. Nearest metro stations: Faidherbe Chaligny (M8), Ledru-Rollin (M8). Open every day except Monday.
Le marché des Batignolles — Address: 34, Boulevard des Batignolles, 75017. Nearest metro station: Place de Clichy (M2, M13). Open every day except Monday.
Le marché de Barbès — Address: Boulevard de la Chapelle, 75018. The nearest metro station is Barbès — Rochechouart (M2, M4). Open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7am to 3pm.
I will now offer you several relatively inexpensive cafes and restaurants.
The "Flunch" looks very attractive. These are restaurants on Caulaincourt, 1-3 and Beaubourg, 21 streets, which operate on the "buffet" principle.
Depending on the size of your plate, you pay 3-5 euros and fill it with any salad and side dish. You will have to pay separately for meat, sweets and drinks. 7-9 euros will be enough. Pizza costs 7 euros.
The Monte Carlo restaurant works on the same principle (from the Arc de Triomphe, head towards Place Charles de Gaulle and walk to number 9 along Avenue de Wagram). Depending on the size of the plate, you will have to pay 12-16.5 euros.
The bakery Le Grenier à Pain is located near the Place de la Bastille. Here, croissants cost 1 euro, and sandwiches - 3.20 euros.
Now I will introduce you to some outstanding restaurants.
Le train bleu - it is located in the building of the Gare de Lyon and will send you back to the 1920s:
La Tour d'Argent - has existed since 1582. Notre Dame can be seen from the window. Charlie Chaplin and Belmondo loved to dine here, and, they say, Cardinal Richelieu, too.
Le Procope - the history of this cafe begins in 1686. It was visited by Denis Diderot, Benjamin Franklin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo and other famous people. It has existed since 1582. The cafe keeps Napoleon Bonaparte's cocked hat, which he himself left here when he could not pay for dinner. You won't leave like that.
Le Grand Vefour - this restaurant has been welcoming guests since 1784. Danton, Marat, Robespierre, Balzac loved to come here.
In short, the choice is yours.
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