Gourmet products local specialties and wines Martinique

For lovers of pata negra! This grocery store is specialized in the top-of-the-range, Bodeguita positions itself as the ambassador of Spanish lifestyle through a rigorous selection of 100% Latin or Spanish quality products : hams, sausages, chorizos, dried tomatoes and peppers, wines, sparkling wines, preserves, jams, and other sweet pleasures straight from the Iberian Peninsula. The grocery store also offers afterwork tapas apéritifs every Thursday from 6:30 pm. A sweet way to end the week!

For over ten years, Appro Zagaya has been offering the most suitable products for your cruise. The principle: shop in advance on the website. The emphasis is on fresh produce, with a wide range of fruit and vegetables sourced from local producers. They are delivered to you at the last minute to guarantee freshness. There are several delivery options: the comfortable option, where we organize the larder for you on the boat before your arrival, or the more sporty option, with carts available to collect your order.

Nestled in the heart of the pottery village, this charming store will delight food lovers in search of the island's local flavors. Here, everything is made locally to let you discover the “péyi sweets” 100% made in Martinique. For lovers of sweet or savory flavors, the choice is wide: delicious jams, candies, spices, coffees, teas, and cocoa… Not to mention the home-made punch exquisite! There are beautiful gift boxes to bring back in your suitcases. Nice choice of Caribbean crafts.

Here, everything is made traditionally. Pascal Feval is an artisanal ice-cream maker who is passionate about his work and works with seasonal fruits and local ingredients. More than 60 flavors are declined between ice creams, sorbets, cakes and frozen desserts. Of course, we like the Peyi flavors such as cinnamon, ginger, red currant, June plum, sweet pepper, guava, or soursop and mango. But originality also includes unusual flavors such as sea urchin ice cream, sweet potato ice cream or foie gras ice cream!

In this tea room with its tempting window displays, you can enjoy pastries revisited by Anaïs and Franck, made mainly from local produce: passion tart, strawberry tart and basil-lemon tart. All accompanied by coffee, tea, fresh juice or homemade ice cream. You'll also find some excellent speciality breads and viennoiseries. At lunchtime, the shady terrace is the perfect place for a light lunch (sandwiches, salads, pizzas, quiches...). A real favorite! Festive cakes to order.

On the 30-hectare site, which is farmed organically, a multitude of fruit trees grow to supply the 2,000 tons of fruit processed each year in this factory founded in 1908 by Baron Pierre Daniel Jullien de Saumery. You can come and visit (with prior reservation) the factory taken over by Royal and which now favors local distribution to understand the transformation process of the fruits, of which the pulp is then incorporated into juices and jams. The visit ends with product tasting.

Chocolates made in Martinique (without GMO or palm oil): this is what this delicious store located right at the end of the Village de la Poterie offers. Here chocolate is king, of course, but not only: it coexists with cookies made with local flours, fruit jellies, nougats and many other sweets produced in Martinique. A range of macaroons with coconut flavors, old rum, passion fruit, tangerine, caramel, peanut, and many other flavors. You can visit the production laboratory.

The former Hardy distillery in Tartane is now home to an artisanal roasting facility, where a wide variety of coffees from the Caribbean and Martinique are roasted to perfection. On site, you can watch your future coffee being roasted live. The list of coffees is impressive: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, certified organic coffee from Guatemala, the amazing and unique natural decaffeinated coffee from Nicaragua and coffee from Martinique. Before you leave, you can buy the coffee of your choice in the workshop's store.

Armelle, the creator and owner, welcomes you to this pretty boutique adjoining her smoked fish laboratory: unique in Martinique, these fish are caught locally and then cold-smoked with sugar cane bagasse, mahogany sawdust and Guérande salt. Be sure to pay her a visit, she'll be delighted to explain her work. Then leave with one of her famous pieces or slices of tuna or marlin, souskay or smoked rillettes, all homemade!

Michel La Rougery, the owner of the premises, is the first organic banana producer on the island. Michel's choice of organic bananas has been a long time coming: his father was a conventional farmer and when Michel took over the family farm, it was a long struggle to produce a healthy banana without pesticides. His farm covers more than 37 hectares of land which has been Ecocert certified since 2014 with certified chlordecone-free soils. In addition to bananas (dessert or yellow), he produces mangoes, avocados, chilli peppers and many other vegetable crops.

In the small alley that runs alongside the church of Saint-Henri, in the heart of the village of Anses-d'Arlet, Panier Madras is a pretty yellow and green Creole hut located just a few steps from the sea. The store offers a selection of fruits, vegetables, and seeds (mainly from Martinique and sometimes from elsewhere), but also drinks and other nibbles before going to the nearby beach. On Sundays, you can even buy homemade black pudding, of which the reputation has spread all over the village. We highly recommend them.

Right next to the cemetery, on the seafront, a new and pleasant structure, a large covered market hall, hosts the daily market of Le Diamant and its local producers. In addition to fruits and vegetables, a few small stalls offer local handicrafts to bring back a few gifts: jewelry, trinkets, pareos, punch and rum, madras fabrics, dolls, paintings, not to mention the delicious Martinique pastries. Three small restaurants adjoining the market, on the seaside, offer quality Creole cuisine.

For over twenty years, Cap Créole has specialized in the production of smoked Caribbean fish (rillettes, marinated, smoked). The parent company is based in Guadeloupe, a prime fishing ground for deep-sea fish such as marlin, king mackerel, tuna and sea bream, supplied directly by local fishermen. Species are selected for their flavor, before being transformed into smoked fish using traditional brining and smoking methods. This small boutique is the brand's first point of sale in Martinique.

For meat-lovers! Here is an address that should seduce non-vegetarians. In 350m², this concept-store butcher's shop offers the best of local meat. Beef, mutton, poultry, pork, veal, cold cuts and pâtés: everything is 100% Martinique and of a quality handpicked by CODEM, the Martinique Cattle Breeders Cooperative. The idea is to promote the know-how of Martinique's breeders and to encourage short circuits. The butcher's shop also offers catered meals and hosts Prisca Morjon's specialties corner.

Organic certified since March 2019! This former agro-ecological farm of Cols Verts is now cultivated by Pierre-Gilles Iman, a former computer scientist who has converted to organic farming. This passionate market gardener, who delivers most of his production to the Ta Nou solidarity structure, applies the principles of agro-ecology (respect for nature's cycles, crop association) as well as traditional techniques with planks, pits or natural mulching.

At Délice Spiritain, the specialty of the house is the pièce montée! There is one for every taste, of every size and for every event. As for the other traditional cakes, they can be enjoyed endlessly: pastry, mousses, éclairs, choux buns, religieuses, mille-feuilles, maréchal, amours-cachées, robinsons, large coconut cakes… And, at lunchtime, cold or hot sandwiches and various salads are also available. In short, a temple of treats where you can take refuge at any time of the day.

In the Château Gaillard roasting plant, the Ti Kafé production workshop is always busy. Here, we come to drink coffee, but also to watch the roasters roast the green coffee beans to release the aromas. Coffees from the Caribbean and Central America are carefully selected. Ti Kafé continues to innovate: after launching a range of coffee that is 100 % certified of Martinique origin, from small producers of the island, it has launched the Nespresso capsule that is rechargeable with artisanal ground coffee. A great idea! Nice selection of teas.

For more than twenty years, Cap Créole has specialized in the production of smoked fish from the Caribbean (rillettes, marinated, smoked). The head office is located in Guadeloupe in a privileged fishing area for deep sea fish: marlin, king mackerel, tuna and sea bream, directly supplied by local fishermen. The species are selected for their flavor, before being transformed into smoked fish according to the traditional methods of brining and smoking. This small store is the first point of sale of the brand in Martinique.

The famous chocolate makers Thierry and Jimmy Lauzéa have just opened a boutique in Les Trois-Ilets. In the cosy lounge with its warm colors and gourmet aromas, or comfortably seated on the terrace with an exceptional cup of coffee, you can savor delicacies made in Martinique that sublimate Creole flavors: chocolates and fruit jellies with Caribbean flavors, liqueurs and shrubb, chocolate bars or caramel chips, gourmet squares...

Bio Kail is a family business led by the charismatic Léon Tisgra, alias Tonton Léon, the first organic farmer in Martinique. In his 15 hectares farm facing Mount Pelée, Tonton Léon works on the development of his market garden, cultivated according to the principles of the Creole garden. In addition to the fruits and vegetables from his farm, Ecocert certified, he offers bungalows, a large cottage and a table d'hôtes, which welcome holidaymakers looking for a green haven away from the city.

Baskets of healthy fruits and vegetables, from local distribution, accessible in a click: this is the leitmotiv of Petit Cocotier. The fruits, vegetables and aromatic plants offered grow on certified chlordecone-free land, cultivated with permaculture and agroecology practices. For Sébastien, André-Judes and Cédric, the founders of Petit Cocotier, ethics are fundamental to their approach. All three seek to promote local production and consumption by advocating healthy agriculture without pesticides.

Solidarity baskets of fruit and vegetables, rimed raziè, medicinal and aromatic plants, here is a sample of the production offered by the Active association (Action for the Integration and Valorization of the Environment). The fruits and vegetables harvested make up the solidarity baskets offered for sale every Wednesday. Also to be seen: an educational circuit, which retraces the stages of arrival through the history of the various plants found on the island.

Ta Nou is the first local distribution of exclusively organic products. The objective is to allow consumers to buy organic products and Martinican farmers to benefit from it to promote their products. The structure is also committed to the creation of agro-ecological and organic farms on unpolluted soils in Martinique. To order a basket, nothing could be easier: just visit the site, which is replenished twice a week with the producers' harvests, and compose your basket.

Want to eat healthy? Committed to a respectful approach of nature, Elodie cultivates multiple products in Le François according to the principles of agro-ecology and permaculture: fruit trees, market garden and aromatic plants, vanilla… There are also laying hens and sheep. The farm welcomes you in the countryside, in an environment surrounded by generous nature and a river. Every Friday, Elodie prepares baskets that she delivers from Schoelcher to La Trinité, with her healthy and certified organic products.

It is an institution in Fort-de-France. Since 1906, Maison Suréna has been delighting the people of Martinique with its large cakes with cream or jam, its butter breads, its sweet pies and other local sweets. But the flagship product of the pastry shop is the “Robinson”, a shortcrust pastry filled with jam and enhanced with a sweet flavor of island fruit… You can enjoy one of the divine creations of the house on the spot or to take away in order to stroll through the colorful and lively streets of the city.

Craft beer comes to Martinique! Beer enthusiast Gilles Priam has created his own craft beer brand, proudly stamped Martinique. His vision? To brew beers using local fruits and spices to give them an authentic Péyi touch. The result is "Mad of Beer", a reference to Madinina. 4 delicious references: an amber with Badina and cinnamon, a blond withatoumo and another with maracudja, as well as ephemeral beers made according to the seasonality of the fruit, like the one with "grozey peyi".

Marjolait has been the only cheese production place on the island since 2014. A cheese lover and native of Martinique, Magali Cléry, at the head of a farm of cows, goats and ewes, produces artisanal peyi cheeses (fresh, soft…), but also plain, sweetened or flavored yogurts. All of this is done with a focus on local distribution, with direct sales at markets (Rivière Pilote on thefirstSaturday of the month, Lamentin on thethird Saturday, Case Pilote on the last Friday of the month, MANA, Marché Agricole du Nord-Atlantique, on Saturdays) and in a few shops.

Artisan chocolatier in Martinique, Bénédicte has been passionate about the world of cocoa and chocolate since a trip to Peru, and recently opened her workshop on the first floor of Le Monde des Épices. Immerse yourself in her world of delicate flavors and gourmet creations, where each bar tells a unique story. Let yourself be guided by the chocolatier's passionate expertise, where the elegance of textures and the symphony of aromas reveal a veritable sensory journey. Immerse yourself in the excellence of chocolate through the creations presented in the boutique.

A real artisan ice cream maker that you must discover when you visit Saint-Pierre. Audrey and Aurélien have settled in the town where Audrey's grandmother used to have a business. Aurélien has been a pastry chef and confectioner for 20 years and has worked in some of the most famous ice cream shops in France. Today he serves his own collections of ice creams, sorbets, frozen desserts, crêpes, and waffles. The style is refined and contemporary, and the quality of the products is fine. Try his artisanal Italian ice cream made on site, it is a treat!

It's one of the most authentic and lively markets on the island (especially on Saturday mornings, when the number of vendors rises from ten on weekdays to around thirty!) You'll come across both Salé and Ilé locals, who enjoy meeting up and sharing in this colorful crossroads of exchange. Amid the scent of flowers and black pudding, the colorful stalls sell all sorts of local produce: fruit, vegetables, spices, freshly caught fish, meat, as well as cassava flour and coconut water. There's also a small selection of local handicrafts.

Jordan and Sara, united in life, combined their shared passion by creating a private chef catering service in 2018, when they returned home. Equipped with a solid professional background in gastronomy, their adventure continues by imagining artisanal preserves, composed of local products from short circuits only: thus was born the brand la Conserverie Créole. The recipes are preservative- and additive-free. We love the artisanal terrines, the giraumon ketchup... Discover them in their on-site boutique or order online.

This is the story of the rebirth of Habitation Beauséjour, a listed site since 1996, whose origins date back to 1671. The Habitation Chambert, consisting of a sugar mill and a cattle mill, was founded on the north side of the island. Over the years, the owners of this sugar mill changed names several times. It wasn't until 1900 that it was christened Beauséjour, under the impetus of its new owner, Amédée Alexis Augustin Knight. With him, the farm expanded by buying out the plots of land of the adjoining houses. He also converted the old sugar mill into a distillery and created the HBS brand. On his death in 1916, the estate was sold to the de Lucy de Fossarieu family, who continued to raise the quality of HBS rums to such an extent that they were awarded a gold medal at the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris. After the Second World War, banana cultivation began to supplant cane, and the distillery ceased operations in the late 1950s... until 2016, when Jean-Louis de Lucy and his son Arthur decided to relaunch the adventure of Martinique's oldest distillery. Renovation work took place in 2019, and in January 2020 the first HBS white rum was born! From the outset, the quality is top-notch: it's the result of a highly artisanal process (the canes are hand-cut, which limits oxidation, and harvested throughout the year according to maturity), and confirms the choice to distill in copper stills, which brings more roundness and smoothness. It exacerbates the aromas of HBS rum, whose canes also benefit from very rich volcanic soil, thanks to their proximity to Mount Pelée. All that remained was the choice of container. It was Arthur, a fervent Tintin fan, who came up with the idea of taking inspiration from the bottle in The Secret of the Unicorn. Since 2020, the distillery has set itself apart with its upmarket positioning: unlike most of its sister distilleries, which can only harvest cane from February to June, HBS harvests and distills all year round, resulting in the marketing of small, confidential cuvées (500 to 1,500 bottles per cuvée) several times a year in white and aged (with or without finishing in former cognac or whisky casks...). A visit to this traditional distillery, where you'll be greeted by Brice, our passionate cellar master, is well worth the detour!

Famous for its ultra-gourmet ice creams, American company Häagen-Dazs has landed right in the heart of the capital of Foyal, opposite Place de la Savane. The world-famous ice cream brand, founded in 1960, has over 900 stores worldwide, and now has a point of sale in Martinique. Good news for fans of their legendary flavors (vanilla Macadamia, cookies & cream) and their wonderful ice cream Liège waffles. A new gourmet temple for a refreshing break.

Have you heard of QV Tropicales? These 100% made-in-Martinique natural sparkling beverages are made from local fruits: Cythère plum, pineapple, maracudja... From harvesting to processing, right through to bottling, each stage of production is carried out on the island. The result is a sparkling, low-alcohol drink (4.5%), with lovely local fruit notes, made from freshly squeezed fruit juices. A non-alcoholic version, with a shorter fermentation time, is also available.

This is a delicatessen in the true sense of the word. Here you enter a world of flavours, for gourmets with sweet or savoury palates, there is something for every epicurean. It is difficult to make a selection of products, so great is the choice. The quality and originality are well present, as well as the products of local craftsmen 100% Martinique. You can find delicious smoked fish sandwiches and many other dishes... Claire, the mistress of the place, offers tastings on the spot and lunch formulas on a shady terrace.