The best delicatessens Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

The famous Italian grocery store, opened more than 20 years ago, is THE reference for transalpine gastronomy and catering. Fiorentina offers a wide range of fresh pasta and ravioli that make the house famous, antipasti, cold cuts, cheeses, wines... For lunch, home-made snacks on the go are offered during the week. A must-see address in the pleasant Endoume district, that you can't miss: it's open every day. Smiling welcome and good advice. Still highly recommended by the Petit Futé.

Les Délices de La Ciotat is a top-quality delicatessen where every product has been meticulously selected by the owner, a true enthusiast for good, and even very good, food. Local spirits and rums (Maison Ferroni, Les Canailles, Manikou...) are particularly worth discovering, as are bulk coffees, roasted in La Ciotat, and a whole range of preserves and spices from around the world. You'll also find superb gift boxes and, of course, local wines and craft beers to wash down your victuals.

This little store on the Quai des Sardiniers sells products from Lou Mujou, the Provençal name for the muge (or mullet). Anchoïade, monkfish liver confit, rouille, pistounade and, of course, the company's emblem, poutargue, the Provencal caviar made from mullet roe... all made on site. The managers are happy to offer advice on how to prepare it. And to discover the different stages of production, the young couple open the doors of their cannery once a month, from July to September.

Fine deli or grocery store of choice, it is depending on you. In any case many products are offered around the store. Foie gras, smoked salmon, caviar and Provençal products, tapenade, olive oil, nougat of Sault and Montélimar, calissons from Aix, or even Guérande and Camargue salt. Fresh products are also available including a wide range of ham. Teas, coffees, wines and spirits can be unearthed on the shelves. Composition of customized gourmet baskets on request.

This delicatessen, created in 2017, is a member of the group of producers of the plateau of Valensole, a guarantee of excellence. It is the quintessence of Provence that awaits you in the friendly Maison de Marius, revamped with taste and passion. You will find a large choice of local and traditional food products. The House produces its own organic essential oil of lavender, immortelle and thyme, its olive oil and its lavender honey. Tea room in winter and gourmet plates at lunchtime in season. A beautiful and charming place where the beautiful rubs shoulders with the very good.

It is Laurence who welcomes you and makes you discover the shelves supplied with high quality local products - olive oil, wines, honeys, jams, home-made local beers, tapenade made on the spot, truffles in season. You will find a store of breads made by a local artisan baker, homemade sandwiches. Remember the address for its excellence because very soon a tea room in continuity of the grocery store will see the light of day. A shop is at your disposal offering beautiful tableware.

It is the reference of cooks and good food lovers. Salts (in all its forms, of any planet, flavoured or not), spices, honey, jams, infusions, condiments, rice, mushrooms… the shop of Laure and Stéphane abounds in carefully selected products. By the way, the two owners speak passionately about it and they will give you many advice for their use. A good address attentive to its guests.

A boutique tea shop where you can buy teas from all over the world, but also coffee, fine groceries and crockery.

A fine grocery store offering you many noble products, truffles, caviar, salmon, foie gras, champagne, but also Provencal and Italian specialities, quenelle, honey, brown jam, sardines, pasta, cold meats, cheeses… At the bar, you can enjoy a counter kitchen, with tapas, antipasti, breakfast plate…, of wines from the Vignoble's Center in Brignoles-sur-Issole, which you can also buy to take, like old marc and olive oil in the area.

This delicatessen and oil bar, located in the heart of the village, has existed for over 20 years. Brigitte, your host, will make you taste different PDO and organic Provence oils, in order to discover their different flavours. Other natural and gourmet local products, black tapenades, olives, anchoïades, dried tomatoes, pistou, aubergine caviar, Provence honeys, spices, aperitifs, Côtes de Provence wines..., along with oils from the Vallée des Baux, Nyons..., as well as Provencal products including the famous Luberon sausage.

This store is a general diet of a kind concept store. Opened by Karine and David, this boutique built under the vaults of an atypical place brings together a selection of fine grocery stores and objects for culinary art. Sculpted sugars, Confitures jams, sparkling water in a bottle designed by Alberto Bali and drink creams. Okay, okay, it's not that you'll eat Jules at noon, but the gift ideas are fun, and for fruit and vegetables, wimps by the start, rush at Casino or Picard!

La Taste has been in existence for more than 35 years and its regional products, rigorously selected by Thierry, the owner, are always of such high quality. This Provencal delicatessen caters to all tastes and budgets. You can choose from fine wines, aperitifs, liqueurs, scents, cosmetics, ceramics and corporate gifts. Thierry is in perpetual search of authenticity and originality for his products. He also gives good advice, and knows that nothing is better than a good tasting than a long explanation!

Located below the village, in the Pin district, this delicatessen offers a fine selection of local or foreign products, but in any case from small producers. In addition to some 300 references in gourmet products, you will find charcuterie and cheese in the form of take-away trays, aperitif boxes , and even turnkey trays for your fondues and raclettes! To accompany all this, there are no less than 380 references of wines, champagnes, whiskies and other spirits; ask Christophe for advice, he will be able to guide you

Marjorie and Jean-Sébastien Gros, beekeepers and gourmets, invent and expand their range of products day after day. In their shop, come and taste their local recipes, all homemade: lavender, fir tree and acacia honeys, dark chocolate, cognac and Espelette pepper truffles, salted butter caramels, liquorice anise, chocolate, honey pepper confit, shallots, white nougats, walnut and coffee nougats, almond, hazelnut and pistachio truffles, guanaja cocoa, gingerbread, eggplant caviar, pesto, pesto rosso, olive oil...

Quai Sud in Signes is a small company based in the Var that has been making gourmet products for delicatessens in its workshops for many years. Favoring human know-how over machines, the company relies on French expertise to create beautiful, high-quality products. A guided tour is available to discover the manufacturing process and taste their products. What's more, you can stock up on gourmet products in their factory outlet store, which accepts payment by credit card and cheque. This tour is the ideal way to support local producers.

Stroll through the pedestrian streets of Lourmarin and stop off at the Moulin shops. This is the annexe of the Hôtel Le Moulin de Lourmarin, the delicatessen where you can fill your basket with local Provencal products: tapenades, olive oils, wines, cheeses and charcuterie in the fresh section, jams and honeys, Marseille soaps and other drugstore items. At the counter, you can order a sandwich, a brownie, a pastry of the day or a coffee on the go.