The best regional grocery stores Franche-Comté

A special mention for this address, with its gourmet 100% organic offerings. With passion and good humor, Isabelle, Sylvain and Camille, certified "Artisans de qualité", cultivate raspberries, strawberries, redcurrants, cherries and blackcurrants from Burgundy. Specializing in products processed on site, they offer jams, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, creams, butters and fruit jellies. Visits are commented on with equal passion. Numerous national awards for their blackcurrant nectars and creams.

For the past 13 years, Doubs Direct has been highlighting local produce and know-how, promoting short circuits and the local economy. Convinced of the importance of promoting local products in short circuits, the founders created a meeting place for consumers and local producers. Now nicknamed "la boutique des vaches", Doubs Direct is brimming with gastronomic treasures, from charcuterie to cheeses and wines. With its warm, friendly atmosphere, this establishment has become a meeting place for lovers of local products from the Franche-Comté region.

A visit to the Château de Commarin plunges us into 900 years of history. This beautiful property, still owned by the same family for twenty-six generations. Listed as a Historic Monument between stone, water and garden, this castle is a treasure to be discovered. You come to visit it, walk in its gardens or simply have a drink on the terrace or stroll in its shop. A bookshop area with a beautiful collection of books by and about Henri Vincenot, an author to discover when visiting the Côte-d'Or. As for delicacies, some emblematic wines of the region that you can take away or taste on the spot. The Café du Château offers a magnificent terrace overlooking the castle to eat local products. Ideal for families with a beautiful space of freedom for children.

Founded in 1946, Maison Gaugry is well known to Burgundy cheese lovers. The stars here are Palet de Bourgogne, a delicious soft cheese with a washed rind, Soumaintrain and Chaource PDO. Winner of several awards, Maison Gaugry enjoys developing products that combine gourmet pleasure with respect for tradition, such as Époisses AOP, Plaisir au Chablis bio, Crémant and Brochonnais bio. You can take a gourmet tour of the production facilities, and even treat yourself to a selection of cheeses.

This shop was created more than 20 years ago by an association of milk producers' cooperatives from the Jura and Doubs regions. It presents carefully selected products. A prime example of the local produce of the Comtois region, with all the best specialities: charcuterie, wines, soft drinks, cakes, jams... You will find everything! The Ali Baba's cave of regional products. You can also make gifts, they make superb baskets. This shop has a website that allows you to order online.

L'Épicerie Comptoir is welcoming, with its trendy decor and delicatessen feel. Here you'll find all your daily essentials: organic bulk produce, condiments and a number of local artisanal products. Bonus: a fine selection of Auxois wines, highlighting the region's little-known know-how. In the beer department, there's La Voûte, brewed under the grocery store where the micro-brewery is located. Of particular note: the attractive coffee and pastry tasting area, and even a daily menu on certain dates.

Faubourg des Saveurs is at once a delicatessen, a cheese bar, a wine shop and a cheese shop. On site, the cheese boards, charcuterie and wine cellar will make your mouth water. The cheese section is stocked with around a hundred products, including Roquefort, Comté and Epoisses, while the charcuterie section offers short-distance products such as Tuyé salaisons from Papy Gaby in the Jura, and parsley from Gaec des Hameaux. Gourmet fondue evenings on selected evenings. Takeaway sales for evenings at home.

L'Epicerie de Céline is so beautiful that it is almost the ideal grocery! Here, the shelves are filled with quality products, from the regional terroir from here and from abroad… Wines of Burgundy, Italy, Portugal, crémant and champagne… At the shelves of fresh products, you'll find finely cut charcuterie, cheese and organic eggs from a nearby farm… L'Epicerie de Céline is not that big, yet the line of shelves abounding In quality products is impressive. Céline's offer evolves with the seasons, fruits and vegetables, truffles, wine fairs, Beaujolais nouveau, panettone at Christmas. As a bonus, Celine can invite you to choose a book as a gift: the ones with the green dot. Good things also nourish the spirit. Good mood and generosity: words that make sense to the friendly owner. You're sure to come here to cheerfully do your little shopping!

At Ferme du Pontot, Gérard and Philippe Plaçon have opted for direct sales of free-range eggs from their farm of 17,000 red hens. Some of the 15,000 daily eggs are consumed by the best restaurants in the Côte-d'Or region, but they can also be found in grocery stores in Dijon and in 24-hour vending machines on the farm and in 5 neighboring towns. The eggs are renowned for their quality and their "Bleu, blanc, coeur" label.

Céline Mossu welcomes you in her charming store of regional products. It is in an old winegrower's farmhouse with a wine cellar look that Céline highlights the family products and the local producers. Wines, jams, honeys, syrups and other flavors of the region await you. You can enjoy the terrace with its bohemian and romantic decoration to taste the products of the store or spend an evening with family or friends! Throughout the summer, Céline organizes animated evenings in a friendly atmosphere.

Védrenne is over 100 years old, a family group with excellent know-how. The Beaune boutique has a purple front dating back to 1895, the oldest in town, so you can't pass it by without seeing it. Step inside and discover liqueurs, creams and syrups in a variety of flavors: grapefruit, ginger, blackberry, elderflower, Amaretto, passion fruit, watermelon... The brand's iconic Supercassis cream, made with blackcurrant from Burgundy, is a pure delight. You can enjoy it in a kir or add it to your cocktails. Ask for our recipes!

No, Foie gras is not just a South West specialty! In the heart of the Auxois, in Mairey, the duck specialist in Burgundy is named Pascal Laprée. He chose to sell on-line the exquisite products of his farm: fatty livers, breasts breasts, rillettes… Pascal and his family raise, in the open and with love, lambs and nearly 2 500 ducks, the famous mulards, the ideal breed to produce the best fatty livers. Result: high quality products appreciated by the amateurs and chefs of the region. Pascal Laprée innovates regularly. Taste its delicious legends and terrine from lamb to lemon. The farm tour is a real treat for the landscape, of course, but also for the Laprée family and for its production! Beware, you must prevent at least one week in advance. Find the products of Pascal Laprée in Dijon, under market halls, Friday and Saturday and in Beaune (Saturday) where he will be happy to advise you. Perhaps you have the privilege of buying a few fresh eggs collected by Madame Laprée… It's the perfect place for you to enjoy a high quality and unbeatable taste!

There are market days in front of Ghislaine and Philippe Garnichet's shop, located on a tiny street that leads to National Square. Under the arcades of a former house, before which the mother of the writer Bernard Clavel sold Flowers, she is not so small as it appears. As its name indicates, there are cheeses and those of the Jura have a beautiful share. You can also buy other carefully selected local products: wines, honey, cured, biscuits, beer… The perfect place to make the full of franc flavours! But also other regions: camembert of Normandy, reblochon of Savoy, cheese of Burgundy… or des (20 varieties from all over the world), wines from Burgundy and its 25 appellations, everyone will find what to savour!

Nestled in an old residence, in front of the Sarret Museum in Grozon, this shop houses Philippe Gonet's passion. It shows that a great vinegar can also be appreciated in terms of aromas, length in the mouth, and harmony with refined dishes. Poulsard, trousseau, savagnin, and, of course, yellow wine are the basis of the vinegar maker's taste creations. Several ranges: light, concentrated, balsamic... Some vinegars are available in spray, to delicately spice up a fish or sauce. And what about the little luxury straw wine vinegar to cook a foie gras? In addition to vinegars, you will find wines from the region, cherries in brandy, mustard in yellow wine. Enough to fill superb baskets filled... !

Along an important artery in the city centre, this shop does not look like a mine but contains liquid and solid treasures. Arranged all in length, it spreads fresh fruit and vegetable crates all the way to the sidewalk. They change every day, depending on the arrivals and seasons. Inside, the Comté terroir can be found on all shelves. Organic and dietetic products in bulk or in bags are a natural part of it. Coming from the region's market gardeners and winegrowers, they diversify into delicatessens as well as futures. Ferme Comtoise is also a top-of-the-range dairy, or even a cheese dairy. Among the best choices are the small fruit counties, the Mont d'Or and quality goat cheese. In addition to extra-fresh eggs, excellent Gizia honey and other taste specialities. A store with a large time slot.

The Truffle Shop is a unique place in Burgundy, dedicated to the famous mushroom, that Thierry Bezeux, harvester and trader, baptized L'Or des Valois and allowing to find truffles all year long. The famous Tuber uncinatum is characterized by its dark gray color and its marked perfume and is declined in gourmet products. Note that this passionate person proposes you to live a unique experience, through workshops in the cellar of the store and on reservation.

Since 1796, Mulot et Petitjean has made the reputation of Dijon with its emblematic gingerbread made with wheat flour. For 227 years, the company has been "the heir to a long and prestigious history", and is now a certified Living Heritage Company. The store offers products made in Dijon: candied fruit cobblestones, thin ice cream, croquets, filled nonnettes with raspberry, blackcurrant, chocolate... Not forgetting an aperitif range of mini-nonnettes with onion confit or chickpeas flavored with mint. All to the gingerbread!

The grocery store le Loco is open every day, 365 days a year from 9am to midnight. In addition to being an address that helps out, remember that it offers quality and regional products: gingerbread, mustard and consort are on the shelves and can even be delivered to your home via the Uber Eats application. Here you will find all the pleasure of local shops and a warm welcome. Super convenient as it is only a stone's throw from the station and in front of a tram station.

This cheese dairy, which is over a hundred years old, produces cheeses that are regularly awarded medals. 470 tons annually, of which 4,500 wheels of cheese are matured and sold on site. You will also find: raclette, morbier, tome du Jura, the Delight of Chalain, the Little Hedgehog made in winter, the Serrat and the cottage cheese. An audiovisual gallery with interactive terminals allows you to discover all the stages of production, from milking to maturing. But you can also watch the cheese maker at work. A shop is located in Beaune (21). A very good cheese dairy.