The best specialty grocery stores Calvados

L'Épicurien is a gourmet restaurant with an Italian accent and a delicatessen. When the weather's fine, lunch is served on the terrace. Indoors, the back room and its uncluttered decor promise a lovely moment. For the main course, pasta is served fresh in half-moons, tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms (like risotto) or ravioli. For an aperitif, it's a good idea to gather around a platter of fine charcuterie or cheeses, washed down with a glass of wine.

Those of us who love something out of the ordinary are in for a treat! Flavours never before seen in Caen, with Soleil d'Hérat, heading for Afghanistan and Iran with spices, drinks, cakes and other treats. Lost (not easy when you don't know the place)? Ask the friendly manager. Not quite up to cooking a Persian dish? Then choose from the specialties concocted for lunch and dinner by the house team, guaranteed to please! And why not sit out on the terrace and soak up the late afternoon sun, for a complete change of scenery!

Armed with their experience, Karim and Julien opened their grocery store. Dedicated, of course, to Italian gastronomy, you will find everything you need for good mama's food! Delicatessen, olive oil, pesto, fresh pasta, cheese, panettone and, to top it all off, wine! You can also order your pizzas just out of Kévin's oven or get your takeaway orders from Pascaline, even on Sundays!

It's all in the name, or almost everything! Here each product has been carefully selected according to the values promoted by this store opened in 2015: emphasis on local products, the terroir, the farm, and affordable prices. Yes, it exists and that's precisely what the name doesn't mention, that Taste and Quality is also a short-circuit shop, the producer supplies the shelves directly without going through many and endless intermediaries, so necessarily the prices are affected and are so much better for us! And then the place is pleasant with its wooden stalls and gondolas, it is almost like a country market. You will find all kinds of food, from bread to the butcher's shop, groceries, wines and spirits and even hygiene products (all handmade from donkey's milk). Moreover, the store benefits from a unique partnership with "Bienvenue à la ferme", a network of farm producers that guarantees the best on the shelves. Go ahead and enjoy yourself!