THERE IS ONLY ONE SUPERMARKET AND SUPERETTES BRING AFRICAN VEGETABLES ONTO THE STREET
Rue Doudeauville
Rue des Poissonniers
Stores overflowing with African produce are even more prevalent than barber shops, while new gourmet shops bring a mix.
- African music and the smell of spices :
Koyaka Market
47 rue Myhra
- A shop with African products and no name
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Interspersed, new European shops that are personal creations:
- "There was no way we could find the 40,000 euros the real estate agency asked, but we could afford this corner."
Vivre(s)
39 bis rue de Doudeauville
- Coffees and teas:
Brûlerie Barbès
14 rue des Poissonniers
- Cheese: Notice the recommendations on the window.
La Laiterie parisienne
74 rue des Poissonniers
-- "I'm surprised to see such a shop in this neighborhood. How do you get on?"
-- "Fine! At Ramadan women come to borrow the pails we use for milk to present the (excellent) cooking they sell on the sidewalk."
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A restaurant from which to watch the street:
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Haïtian Mama
20 rue Labat
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On your way back to the Barbès métro...
- Mothers and grandmothers sit next to the railings of the Square Léon park, selling products that they have prepared themselves:
"How much?" "One euro." -- "That's very little." --"But we don't pay taxes!" (They laugh.) They didn't want their pictures taken.
- A block away from Barbès's frightening young men, a bar for artisanal beer suggests that co-existence is taken for granted.
28 rue de la Goutte d'Or
- Across the street a grocery too has flair
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Amiprimeur
10 rue Caplat
Minutes away,
At least according to my outsider's view,
all goes well.
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