AN ALIGNMENT OF SHOPS THAT ARE SMALL AND DISTINCTIVE

 

ON LEAVING THE PARK...  

(ON AVENUE DE CHOISY)

...one comes upon kitchenware...

 Asia Center

162 avenue de Choisy

...a specialist in Chinese foot massages...

"Plants and organic Chinese tea" 

3 rue du Moulinet (corner of avenue de Choisy)

...plants, in collaboration with the restaurant next door...

Choisy Flor

153 avenue de Choisy

It joins forces with this restaurant, at the corner of rue de Tolbiac (a minute away).

...fruit, vegetables, spices, sauces...

Asia Market

185-189 avenue de Choisy

...electronics... .

Delta Electronic

207 avenue de Choisy

Friends visit the owner, as in African shops (please scroll down).

 

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Avenue de Choisy ends with City Hall, a second Tang supermarket and a mall: 

The model on a mall welcome sign

is Asian, Black, North African and white,

 and has a huge smile for all.

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But...

• Opened at the end of 2023 : A Chinese restaurant and Asian wares in the renovated mall...

 

  At the mall next to place d'Italie

• ...and in May 2024, announced as "Coming soon" (in English!), a branch that is  part of a 7000-restaurant chain:

Chose among the multitude of little restaurants instead.

Here are two that I know well.

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A bustling, spartan and generous Vietnamese canteen