LE TRIANON
Read moreFor nearly sixty years, the orange and black window of the Trianon pastry shop has been attracting gourmets from the Couronneries district and aficionados of the Sunday market for its delicious pastries and beautiful pastries. In the window, chocolates, beggars, macaroons compete with the cakes. A must try? The Concerto, a marvel of chocolate mousses on a crispy bed. It's hard to resist when faced with so many delicacies. For birthdays, try a number cake! And in season, ice creams and home-made sorbets make their appearance. An address not to be missed in the district which perpetuates its know-how with brio.
LA FERME DU MARAS
Read moreThis 85-hectare farm is run by Emmanuelle and her cousin Arnaud, who raise 160 dairy goats. These affectionate, curious and fragile animals live at the goat farm all year round, in a bright, airy and spacious space. You can watch them being milked every evening at 5.30pm. Fed exclusively with forage grown on the farm (hay, alfalfa, clover), the goats give good milk that makes good cheeses, sold at all stages of ripening: fresh cheeses with faisselle, logs, chabichous, crottins, tomme, goat-box.
LE FOURNIL D'ÉLINA
Read moreIn this bakery, the word "artisanal" takes on its full meaning. In front of you, the sourdough breads are baked in the wood-fired oven and the smell that emanates from them will make your mouth water. Traditional, like Elina, Polka, but also special with kamut, small spelt..., the breads are shaped with flours from organic farming and have an exquisite taste. Gourmets will be interested in the pastries and in January, don't miss the house specialty: the praline brioche. The plus: a pizza maker offers delicious pizzas to take away cooked on a wood fire. A local shop with quality products. You can also find it at Place Charles de Gaulle in Poitiers.
LAIT GOURMAND DE LA MOULIERE
Read moreThe old-fashioned way! It is with her truck that Melanie goes from market to market and from house to house delivering her good raw and organic cow milk! The fifty cows are fed in the family farm with the fodder from the farm. In our containers or in the farm's returnable bottles or buckets, we recover the milk from the day's milking, to be drunk raw or incorporated into our culinary preparations. We rediscover its taste, we rediscover its flavours.
RANNOU-MÉTIVIER
Read moreThe Chartier sisters were already making them in 1872, and today the Bertrand brothers (5th generation) perpetuate the Montmorillon macaroon, keeping their recipe a secret. With its delicious almond flavor, it delights every palate and is available in a wide range of flavors, depending on the season. There are also thistles, bonne mémé tartelettes, broyé du Poitou and macaroné, as well as 50 types of chocolate. Mmmmh! The house is one of France's finest chocolatiers! This beautiful boutique also sells tea and ground coffee.
HUILERIE DE NEUVILLE
Read moreAt the oil mill, we've been grinding since 1850! Thanks to ancestral craftsmanship, the oil flows like gold. The large stone millstone grinds walnuts (from local producers), hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, peanuts, rapeseed and organic sesame. Hydraulic presses dating from 1920 produce a precious nectar which is left to settle for 15 days to 1 month before bottling. Production takes place all year round. Come and discover the oil production process. The workshop also produces fruit and vegetable vinegars, mustard and sells local products.
LE JARDIN DES SAVEURS
Read moreOpen field, in season and extremely fresh! At the Jardin des Saveurs, you will find fruits and vegetables galore. Picking is self-service from mid-May to the end of October. At home, there is sometimes not enough space to grow vegetables, and even though we often try to harvest what we sow, we have to face the facts: being a market gardener is a job. With a basket, you can make your choice, everything is sold by weight. Every day, Patrick and Dominique Pierre put on their website the production ready to pick.
DOMAINE DE LA ROUSSILLE
Read moreAnne and Laurent created Domaine de la Roussille 30 years ago. Here, we love grapes in all their forms: table grapes, fruit juices (grape-apricot, grape-cherry...), wine confits and, of course, Loire Valley wines, more than 10 different ones, including 3 traditional methods. A winegrower from father to son, Laurent is now supported by his 3 sons in working this 40-hectare vineyard cultivated using sustainable agriculture methods. Jovial, Laurent will welcome you for a tasting. Close to Futuroscope, the Domaine offers 5 pitches for camper vans.
L'EAU À LA BOUCHE
Read moreTheir grandfather planted the 1st seed in the 1950s. Today, Vincent and Simon Baille-Barrelle cultivate 10 ha of fruit trees. In Les Roches-Prémarie, the two brothers continue to develop the Chezeau family orchards, one of which is certified eco-responsible and the other organic. On site, you can pick your own strawberries, beans, apples... In Poitiers, in their store, they sell their apple varieties, as well as other seasonal fruits, vegetables and a wide choice of regional products. Quality, traceability and authenticity!
MAURI SAVEUR
Read moreOriginally from Mauritius, Stephen Begue decided to set up his company Mauri Saveur in Poitiers, offering black vanilla (otherwise known as bourbon vanilla) in all its forms to flavor desserts, drinks and savory dishes. Stephen has chosen to work with a handful of Madagascan producers, who are paid their fair share, and to offer premium-quality vanilla processed in Mauritius. Mauri Saveur's catalog includes fresh beans to be consumed within 4 months, vanilla powder from dried and ground beans, vanilla caviar and vanilla sugar. All Mauri Saveur products are available in a gift box on sale on the website.
LE NID DE CIGOGNES
Read moreA stork has decided to nest in Poitiers and is nesting between the arches of the Palace Bridge. At the head of this pretty and warm store, Jean went to find the best products from Alsace, his native land. In addition to gingerbread, spaetzeles... the store offers, among its 900 references, all the ingredients to make your sauerkraut or your flammekueche. In the back, beers, pinot noirs and gewurztraminers fill the cellar. The place is also a tea room. You can taste generous homemade pies, spiced cakes, homemade ice creams, delicious pretzels, and at lunchtime taste, among others, the sauerkraut of the establishment.
LES CHAMPIS CLAIRVALOIS
Read moreIn Scorbé-Clairvaux, six employees of Le Ressort, an employment-oriented company, are reviving the mushroom farm. In the cellars, nearly a ton per month of white button mushrooms, oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms are grown. The production is sold on the spot, at the Galerie du Réemploi in Naintré or in supermarkets, in local produce stores and on markets (Tuesday in Scorbé-Clairvaux, Wednesday in Colombiers and/or Ozon, Thursday in Cenon-sur-Vienne). Don't hesitate to try the processed products: velvety button mushrooms, Greek button mushrooms, oyster mushroom spread... For good local mushrooms, you now know where to go!
GASTRONOMIE
Read moreSpecialist in French cuisine, here we sell in detail or for groups on major occasions: marriage, baptism, party without any excuse. Very good address also for your improvised meals or when you don't want to cook yourself. Salads are excellent and salty pies really have taste. Alain Ferrand and his team will let you enjoy their cuisine for every occasion and also give home. A good address for your small or great receptions.
SERENITY BISCUITS
Read moreCatherine Pigeonnat shapes her sweet and savory cookies. In her cookie library, you will find slices, crackers, shortbread, crushed, crunchy cakes... or tasty squares with the good taste of Availles nuts and Dissay honey. Delicious! Its secret? To make artisanal products, to get supplies from local producers and to be inspired by them to create new recipes. Thus, even the Beer of the Pirates of Clain is part of the party. A gluten-free range is proposed. So, go to the laboratory in Vicq-sur-Gartempe to crunch and crack!
GOULIBEUR
Read moreTo taste it, the tradition wants that one breaks with a blow of fist this famous galette poitevine pure butter. With more than 40 years of experience, Goulibeur has continued to make its famous Poitou crushed cake recipe with panache. Still using its 5 natural ingredients, Goulibeur innovates and offers other flavors such as lemon, cocoa, walnut, cognac, but also a salted range with olives, comté cheese and onions. The store sells, in addition to the exquisite galette in pretty iron boxes, good products made in Poitou!
PISCICULTURE DU TALBAT
Read moreAt the end of the road, the fish farm's large ponds are home to salmonids of all sizes. Talbat smoked trout has a long-standing reputation. Winner of the silver medal at the Concours Général Agricole in 2024, its flowery taste comes from salting with Guérande salt, smoking with beech wood and a well-kept manufacturing secret. Here, products are processed on site: marinated trout, trout rillettes... For those who like it natural, the breeders will go fishing directly in the ponds.
LA MANUFACTURE DE BIÈRES
Read moreLa Manuf is the story of a group of friends, their craft beer tasting club, and a dream: to create their own brewery. Their recipes are the fruit of a collective effervescence, while remaining true to their identity: beers with a strong hoppy character. At La Manuf, we like to innovate, and these activists of good foam have launched Le Labo. Every month, 3 new barrique brews make their debut, limited editions with surprising flavors. To discover them, visit the website or the bar/shop, with its view of the vats and summer terrace.
LES CAFÉS DE THÉOPHRASTE
Read moreIt is at the back of this elegant and spacious shop, with gleaming stainless steel pipes on a black background, that the large German roaster Probat by Anne and Frédéric operates. A beautiful machine! Twelve tons of coffee beans are roasted year round and ground for the customer every minute. In the tasting area, nestled in a comfortable Chesterfield, you will be able to rediscover the good coffee, the one that is filtered the old-fashioned way, less strong than an espresso and more aromatic. And then a hundred teas await you here, as well as fine groceries, such as the very subtle Cluizel chocolate or the "spreads" of (local) mushrooms and spices, oils... The welcome is warm.
FROMAGERIE JÉRÉMIE CHOSSON
Read morePoitevins will tell you: "For cheeses, go to Jérémie Chosson! For you, the artisan creamer-cheesemaker selects the cream of the cream. In his pretty store where everything is elegantly designed, each cheese, perfectly matured, will be described to you with love. You will find the local ones, all the classics, but also the eccentric ones. Tastes that will make a beefy effect on your plate. Try also the gourmet preparations: gougères, panna cotta, box raclette...