ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FAST FOOD: "THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD FIND THE 40,000 EUROS THE REAL ESTATE AGENCE ASKED, BUT WE COULD AFFORD THIS CORNER."
-- Sonia, the cordial co-founder and owner of the shop below, which faces the former bistro now fast-food.
Small food shops have nothing to do with the anonymity of fast foods or brands. Here are a few, traditional or new:
Vivre(s)
39 bis rue de Doudeauville
Neighbor:
African music and the smell of spices
Koyaka Market
47 rue Myhra
Teas and roasted coffees:
Brûlerie Barbès
14 rue des Poissonniers
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.
- The corner grocery has flair...
Amiprimeur
10 rue Caplat
- Across the street and 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
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