Gourmet products local specialties and wines Rouen

With its typical wooden facade, this burnery invites you to discover the flavors of selected, old-fashioned roasted coffees. In addition to your pack of freshly ground coffee, you can also take away a teapot or tea caddy as a souvenir of this beautiful place. You'll also find teas, chocolates, fruit jellies and jams made with passion by the house. Walking through the door of this burnery is like stepping back in time to visit a traditional shop of yesteryear.

For Anne Caron, coffee is a family affair. She has been immersed in its aromas since she was a child, and has been named "Meilleure Ouvrière de France" (Best Craftswoman in France). The boutique features meeting and co-working spaces, as well as a tasting area. Here, we'll be delighted to tell you the story behind each product. In particular, the journey of Duni Anemos, an organic coffee from Colombia, which crosses the Atlantic on board... a sailing boat!

If you wish to bring back some typical products from your stay in Normandy, make a detour to this gourmet shop which offers filled baskets, honeys and jams, caramels and other sweets, alcohols, cakes and other Normandy local products, traditional ciders, pommeaux and calvados, homemade beer, as well as ice cider, a delicious apple liqueur. The neighbouring region, Brittany, is also represented in the shop and you can leave with kouign amann, Breton pancakes pure butter or fish soup... don't be jealous. Enough to bring back a lot of souvenirs of your visit!

On the way to the Saint-Marc market, this butcher's shop is the perfect place to round off your shopping. The butcher, Thierry Simon, is renowned among Rouen gourmets for the quality of his products and his bonhomie. His stalls are overflowing with stuffed roasts, pâtés de campagne and other regional products, fillets of local poultry, cuts of veal and beef, and ready-made meals. Quite simply, there's something for everyone! Enough to delight carnivores who queue for long minutes to find the best cuts.

A visit to Le 5 guarantees you'll be eating your 5 fruits and vegetables a day. From the outside in, the displays at this must-visit Rouen greengrocer are brimming with citrus fruits, red and exotic fruits, and shiny, perfectly sized, perfectly arranged vegetables. How can you resist biting into them? Gilles and Jean-Luc, the owners with their legendary good-naturedness, will satisfy all your cravings, summer and winter alike, thanks to the wide variety of produce on offer here. Every customer is looked after by helpful, smiling and efficient staff!

Camembert, Brie de Meaux, Saint-Nectaire, Munster... by the smell of it, you'll enter this store where a thousand and one cheeses abound in the window. The owners buy their products directly from regional producers to guarantee their customers the very best in French production, without charging their customers a high price for it! On the spot, take advantage of the advice and let the staff guide you through the new products to try. Enough to perfume your dinners before the entremets.

Feel like cooking up a banh mi with pickled carrots and radishes, stir-fried noodles, lemon chicken or even making your own sushi? Come and stroll through the well-stocked shelves of this Asian grocery store. Imported products are everywhere! You'll find everything you need to prepare a dish with an Oriental flavour. You'll find plenty of spices, kilos of rice and noodles, as well as sauces, oilseeds, tubes of wasabi... On the catering side, discover homemade dishes such as egg rolls and Asian sandwiches!

Held as a cooperative society, this bakery is an adventure 100% made in Normandy, combining the know-how of two talented craftsmen with the desire to offer local and quality products. Today, the bakery has such a reputation that almost all Normans know Osmont bread, a tasty traditional sourdough bread. In addition to the various varieties of bread, you will also have the opportunity to enjoy delicious pastries, homemade viennoiseries and a wide selection of homemade cakes. All products are organic.

How about a scoop of strawberry basil ice cream? Honey and rosemary? Or with rose or lavender? Do these flavors seem far-fetched? Wait until you see the menu of the 50 flavors offered by this ice cream shop freshly installed in downtown Rouen. Delicious, in three words, is: organic, artisanal and... delicious! In addition to its ice creams, the establishment has recently started to offer salads, frozen pastries and even soups. In short, a gourmet lounge like you don't see many!

Victoire's boutique, Le marché du Robec, aims to enable people to eat locally and healthily, while encouraging non-industrial production. To achieve this, she has spent months scouring the Normandy countryside to meet farmers and market gardeners who share her values. And only farms producing seasonal, organic and sustainable fruit and vegetables were selected in the course of her quest. As an added bonus, distribution is a short circuit, with producers delivering directly to the boutique.

Voted one of the 12 best chocolate makers in France, Le Cacotier d'Hubert Masse has been rewarded several times for its creative and traditionally made chocolates. Indeed, he is one of the rare chocolate makers in the country to create "bean to bar" bars, meaning that all the stages of cocoa processing are carried out by the craftsman himself, from roasting the beans to moulding and coating. You'll feel like you're tasting chocolate for the very first time when you come to taste the creations of Le Cacaotier, a boutique not only for gourmets, but also for people curious to taste exceptional chocolate.

In this beautiful store in the historic district of Rouen, you will be well received, and will find a hundred varieties of Dammann and Compagnie Coloniale teas, bulk coffees and compatible pods, as well as very beautiful spices, including very high quality peppers. In the sweets section, you will have a choice of traditional Norman cookies, Cluizel, Dolfin and Monbana chocolates, honeys and jams voted "best in the world", which you can make into gourmet baskets. And for the passionate, workshops of discovery are proposed.

Whether the wedding guests are 2 or 2,000, whether the reception takes place 2 or 200 kilometres from Rouen, Guéret Traiteur will create a tailor-made menu, worthy of the event, thanks to its more than sixty years of culinary experience. But not only that, they will also prepare your company meals or your cocktail boxes. And they will concoct your event in unforgettable places, as they work in partnership with some of the region's sublime châteaux.

Founded in 1885, the company offers receptions, hotel masters and chef de cuisine and, of course, a range of fresh products as beautiful to see as tasty. Cirette Caterer is very called by the local authorities for which it organizes buffets.

Right in the middle of the Old Market Square, Les Saveurs du Soleil boutique offers us a real little paradise. Olive oils, mustards, vinegars, candied fruits, spices, tapenades, fruit pastes... Here, we offer you the sun, captured from the south to have some in our dear Normandy. Some products come from small local producers, others from further afield. One thing is sure, this is one of the best addresses in Rouen to fill your plate with the sun from here and elsewhere.

Located in the heart of downtown since 1985, Le Palais du Fruit, a family-run business, is a real air-conditioned garden in the city. The establishment could not be better named with its colorful stalls of fruits and vegetables, exotic products, dried fruits and other artisanal preserves and fresh aromatic herbs. All year long, the store adjusts its arrivals according to the seasons and offers a whole section dedicated to delicatessen. You will also find a beautiful range of green and black olives and their home-made tapenades and anchovy paste.

Looking for 100% fresh products, exotic fruits, or simply seasonal products? This is the address you need and, good news, it is located right on the Place du Vieux-Marché! You will find a large choice of fruits nicely stocked on colorful stalls, with products always in season, without forgetting the wise advice of the owner. This address is ideal for lovers of beautiful products, from local, national and international producers. A guarantee of quality: many chefs come here to buy their products.

For many years now, Christelle and Xavier Letrésor have been making pastry and bakery rhyme with fantasy in their store. Traditional and special breads and sweet products are made in the old-fashioned way and home-made, with a wide range of choices available every day. If you come here for the pleasure of eating, you can also take advantage of it to eat. The two other strong points of Letrésor are the large selection of sandwiches and the preparation of 55 types of mixed salads on demand and on the spot.

The Countess of Barry knows how to receive! You will no longer know where to look as the names of the local products sold here are so tempting: capon terrine with chanterelles and duck liver; lamb's mouse confit with garlic and porcini mushrooms; absolute semi-cooked duck liver and its frayed heart of confit... In addition to foie gras (whole or canned), sauces and confits, the Countess offers all kinds of delicate pâtés, cassoulets and refined ready meals. Ideal for a delicious lunch or dinner, for entertaining or as a gift - ready-made boxes and baskets, from 20 to 90 euros, are waiting for you. To make all this slide, it is better to accompany the whole thing with a good producer's wine. That's good, the Countess' cellar is also well furnished! You will find red wines from the South-West, great Bordeaux or Côtes de Gascogne wines, dry, sweet or sweet white wines, rosés, spirits and all kinds of aperitifs. Impossible to leave the Countess empty-handed!

More than 20 years ago, the Comptoir Irlandais opened its doors in the heart of the city. Since then, its success has only increased and the shop is now well established. The shop makes you want to stroll through the shelves, as if you were really in Ireland. Clothes, home decorations, a wide range of whiskies, teas, biscuits, beers for all tastes... You will find some of the best local products and there is a good chance that when you push the doors of the shop, you will only want to travel to Ireland!

La Vie Claire is certainly the specialist in organic and natural food in Rouen, but it is also and above all a friendly neighborhood grocery store, where customers and employees know each other well. In addition to its fresh breads and cereals, the store offers a large choice of dry and fresh foods and environmentally friendly household products. There is also an herbalist section. Don't hesitate to ask for advice: the sellers know their products inside out! A valuable address for those who love small local stores.

At Betty Bio, it is possible to find all kinds of organic and ecological products, from fruits and vegetables to food supplements and diet products (for those who have to watch their cholesterol and diabetes). But that's not all, because the store is also a herbalist. You will find essential oil treatments, capi-plants and a large selection of Bach flowers. Finally, you will also find various stones for the followers of lithotherapy: crystals, selenites, ambers...

Since 1951, this chocolate shop has been an institution in Rouen. The concept of this chocolate craftsman is original because here you can offer a bouquet to your friends, your relatives or on a special occasion in the shape of... chocolate! Everything happens as in a florist's shop: you choose the composition of your creation with a choice of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, hazelnut chocolate, and many other original recipes. You will also find boxes for every occasion, and sublime bars of all kinds to treat yourself.

Located right next to the cathedral, in the pretty Rue Saint-Romain, this chocolate shop welcomes you in a very picturesque setting. You'll be delighted by the choice of delicious chocolates, ganaches or pralines, made from great cocoa vintages. Flavored with tea, coffee, spices or fruit, these chocolates with their fragrant, original flavors are sure to please connoisseurs of the genre. The store also offers other sweets such as macaroons, fruit jellies, marshmallows, marrons glacés... In short, a huge choice for Rouen's gourmets!

There aren't many bakeries in Rouen where you can buy organic, expertly-made sourdough bread - and good bread at that! Frédéric Hamelin, a gifted and passionate craftsman, has made no mistake: he offers a range of special and traditional breads never before available in Rouen. And the public is more than happy to sample a nutty loaf, a seeded loaf or a Swedish baguette. But that's not all, of course. On the sweet side, the man works wonders. We can't fail to be delighted by his gourmet desserts based on fruit, caramel and, of course, chocolate!

Here, we do much more than buy alcohol. You get advice, you taste, you discover new products... The store, installed on the quays of Rouen since 1992, is specialized in the sale of wines coming from rigorously selected and visited vineyards. All French regions are represented, and you will find spirits from all over the world as well as a large choice of craft beers. As a bonus: the store offers you to rent beer taps for 6 or 30 liter kegs for your special events.

A vast choice of great wines, local wines, whiskies and beers: this is what makes the reputation of the Caves Jeanne d'Arc. This house, founded in 1961, houses more than 1,500 references, to be discovered in some 400 m² of basement with free access. The advice is given with a smile by a team that knows its business and that will also offer you ready-made gift boxes and others to make yourself. You can also participate in private tasting evenings to perfect your palate.

La Maison Pinel is a delicatessen where you can stock up on quality gourmet products from local producers and artisans. The emphasis is on regional specialties, such as Dieppe apple caramel and the inevitable ciders and calvados. But also terrines, condiments, ready-made meals, jams, honeys, confectionery, teas from Comptoir Havrais, as well as wines, beers and spirits. And to help you discover the Normandy region around you, gourmet baskets can be put together with our expert advice.

Following the success of their eponymous beer bar located at Place de la Haute Vieille Tour, Frédéric and Cyrille wanted to continue their adventure by opening a beer cellar. In their establishment, the Badaille brothers offer a wide selection of browns, blondes and reds with exotic names and diverse origins. There is something for every budget, from the most affordable at 5 € per liter to the most sought-after at 30 € per liter. The opportunity to fill up before a drunken evening!

In this new store that bears its name, there is plenty to enjoy! Beers from everywhere, but especially brewed in Normandy, carefully selected whiskies and vodkas, not necessarily Scottish or Russian, not to mention the most refined rums. But you will also find Woodwick candles, of all sizes, to warm up your home, as well as objects to offer yourself or to choose for a gift: very original lamps, tea sets, glasses... And lots of sweets to put under the tooth!

Like jewels in a gleaming case, the colourful bins immediately take us to the land of ice cream, Italy! Just a stone's throw from the Place du Vieux-Marché, this new boutique is already a must for a lazy afternoon. 26 flavors are beautifully proposed. They are home-made, natural and without colouring agents, and varied: pistachio from Turkey, blueberry cheesecake, dulce de lecche... New flavours are regularly introduced. The best part? They are organic and vegan. In cones or jars, to be enjoyed without moderation.

Grégoire Maurice loves exceptional products and has decided to focus on coffee. He selects the best coffee beans from all over the world. His roasting method has been refined over time until he has achieved the perfect roast. He offers coffee in beans, ground, in capsules or in pods. Tea lovers are not left out since the store also offers a wide selection of Adaraya teas.

For lovers of traditional roast chicken, Au Poulet Normand invites you to feast on Normandy free-range poultry, roasted to perfection. This rotisserie, hidden away in the heart of the Place du Vieux-Marché, under the covered market halls, offers à la carte chickens, either whole, half or quarter portions. They are accompanied by perfectly cooked and golden-brown potatoes. Local, old-fashioned chickens of incomparable freshness, whose firm, flavorful flesh is sure to please.

This grocery store specializing in products from around the world also offers a catering service. At Comptoir Latino, you'll find absolutely everything you need to prepare your favorite Chilean, Mexican or Argentinean dishes! You'll find traditional corn tortillas, frijoles, a wide range of sauces with varying degrees of spiciness, over 35 maté varieties imported from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, and a host of local beverages... In short, everything to make your taste buds and those of your guests travel!

This farm is not like the others. It is a work integration site that takes in people who have lost their jobs and who are given the task of growing vegetables as part of an apprenticeship. In the large greenhouses, seasonal fruits and vegetables are grown: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, leeks, salads... Everything is sold to the public two days a week. This allows consumers to buy fresh products, labeled organic, and to participate in the reintegration of young and old into the world of work.

In this new store, it is the luxury donuts which is put in the honor. At snack time, you will discover the traditional sugar, chocolate or granola doughnuts, but above all the most elaborate ones: Tropézienne (with orange blossom pastry cream), Garden (with pistachio cream and raspberries), or the sublime lemon meringue. Then, when it's time for lunch or an early evening snack, the salty side takes over: the Bakin'dwichs come in Norwegian, chicken or sweet & cheese versions... in short, a very nice address to adopt.

La Vie en Vrac is a delicatessen with a special feature: it serves retail products. At the foot of the cathedral, the shop offers many products: teas, coffees, chocolates, terrines, salts, vinegars, sweets, oils, spices, cereals, cakes, and lots of sweet and salty spreads... Everything to prepare an aperitif or a dinner without polluting, and without wasting. Norman products are also featured, as well as others labeled organic. And, naturally, the price depends on the quantity you buy.