Gourmet products local specialties and wines Saint-Etienne

Located at the bottom of Crêt de Roch, the organic grocery store Vrac en Vert offers a maximum of bulk products. Customers must bring their own containers - with solutions on the spot for the dizzy ones. A way to buy only the product, and not its container. The foodstuffs come from short circuits. The shop offers baskets of seasonal vegetables and fruit with recipe cards. Courses are organized to make your own cleaning products. Designed by Franck Stindel, from l'Arrière-cour, the shop won a prize in the city's design competition.

François Pralus has opened a beautiful boutique in Saint-Etienne with a burgundy front. You don't know him yet? Certainly you do, you know, it is this chocolate maker-pastry maker from Milan who offers you his famous pralulines, from brioches to pink pralines with a secret recipe and inimitable taste. The Pralus family owns cacao tree plantations in the north-west of Madagascar and makes chocolates from grand cru cacao to be enjoyed in the form of bars or fancy chocolates. A real delight... His productions are renowned throughout France! The flagship products: the pyramid of the tropics and the infernal bar.

Since 2007, l'Arbre à Glaces has been delighting the people of St. Etienne with its frozen delights. And for good reason, in addition to satisfying the taste buds, the artisanal company takes care to choose quality products, without additional flavouring whether natural or artificial, without colouring agents and without flavour enhancer! Let yourself be tempted by the classic caramel, chestnut, vanilla... Or dare to discover divine mixtures like verbena and yuzu, raspberry and purple basil, or mango, lime and a touch of turmeric... A delight !

Meilleur Ouvrier de France, world pastry champion, Bruno Montcoudiol makes us melt with pleasure in his pretty pastry shop-chocolate factory of the "Martyrs". Numerous gourmet recipes are waiting for you: cakes, macaroons, croquembouches, ice creams... Sold individually or as a dessert, these desserts have enchanting names synonymous with delights: Fleur Australe, Pur Velay, Violina or Succès Fou... The chef also gives pastry lessons to everyone in his Monistrol workshop because, as he reminds us, gourmandise is universal!

Originally from Alsace, Eugène Weiss left his native country during the war of 1870 to settle in Saint-Etienne where he opened his chocolate candy confectionery in 1882 at 8 rue général Foy. Recently repainted in purple, a discreet reminder of the colour of chocolate, with the portrait of the founder at the back of the shop, this shop was awarded a prize in the 2011 commerce design competition. In 1912, he invented the famous chocolate square, to be served near a café. Chocolate to cook, or to taste, in bars or already prepared, to offer or to indulge oneself: chocolate cat tongues, cream sticks, palets, chocolate discs, nougastelles, nougamadines or orangettes. This world-famous chocolate factory has opened its chocolate museum next to its factory at Pont de l'Âne, near the Géant Casino Monthieu. In summer, don't miss the chance to taste the ice creams made mainly with chocolate of course, dark or white, but also with vanilla or strawberry, or even sesame praline...

After years at the head of Garrat Traiteur, Florent Garrat has handed over the reins of this beautiful business to Pauline Catteau and Kévin Richard, the owners of Richard Traiteur. In this store, just a few steps from the Place Dorian, the people of St. Etienne come every day to buy quality products: cold cuts, fish, meat and poultry. A need for a wedding, a special occasion, cocktails or simply meal trays are possible. The Garrat Traiteur team continues to support you to spend an unforgettable moment.

The Cornand family business makes pasta, but not just any way! Here, we are talking about haute couture! Three generations of creators have succeeded one another to offer us a most original, tasty and authentic dish. Dry pasta, fresh pasta, filled pasta are married with a multiplicity of surprising flavors with attractive colors: Madras curry, spirulina, truffles or sweetened with litchi-pink, chocolate or vanilla. And the website offers many recipe ideas! The true taste of affordable luxury!

Sixty years already, the Confiserie des Arcades has been delighting gourmands with its sweets. Located under the arcades of the city hall, this store has been managed for three generations by the Thomas family. In this store, various sweets, sugared almonds, macaroons, berlingots, pralines and chocolate are offered, including the famous Weiss which is the pride of Saint-Etienne or the Lyon chocolate Voisin. A store as pleasant as greedy, where one is well received.

Sébastien Robert reminds us: he is a fishmonger, not a fish merchant! In his artisanal fishmonger's shop, which today employs 14 people, he offers you products exclusively from French fishing and dishes entirely prepared in his workshop. The fish are mainly caught by line, brought back alive on board small boats. On the stalls, you will find dab, hake, sea bream but also many shellfish and crustaceans! You'll find a choice of fish on Sunday mornings at the Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert market and two other stores of the House in Saint-Chamond and Andrézieux-Bouthéon.

The Place Albert Thomas market is highly appreciated by the people of Stephan in search of good products bought directly from the producers. Many restaurateurs also come here early on Saturday mornings to help themselves. A real reference in terms of quality! You will find fruits, vegetables, cheese and yoghurts, bread... The old varieties are in the spotlight on the square! If the Saturday morning market attracts the largest number of exhibitors and customers, the Friday market is also very interesting because of its specificity as an organic market exclusively. As for the Tuesday and Thursday markets, they allow you to stock up on provisions during the week! We are in favour!

This recent bakery welcomes gourmands in a cosy and warm atmosphere, with a smiling team. On the bread side, note the traditional baguette, made with local flours from Forez. Other specialties (roasted corn, khorazan ...) await you. The pastries are also home-made, including puff pastry. As for pastries, where everything is also made on the spot, you won't miss the "pâté forézien", with apples or custard cream, pear and chocolate chips... And for the Epiphany, discover the beans honouring some of the monuments of Saint-Etienne, from the Saint-Charles cathedral to the Puits Couriot!

The name is a bit technical: a cempote is a barrel with a capacity of about 104 litres. The same one that can be found on the sign of the establishment! In Châteaucreux, the Cempote is above all two areas: on one side a well-stocked wine and spirits cellar with more than 700 references chosen by the sommelier Alex Liotard, and on the other a cheese bar with a selection of French cheese, local cochonnaille and black pork from Bigorre, seafood, and some salads also served at lunchtime. And you can combine the two: choose your bottle directly from the cellar to accompany your cheese board and enjoy them with or without friends!

In this shop, under the arcades of the town hall, you will taste the whole range of Voisin products: chocolate bars, ballotins, quenelles and cushions from Lyon, pralines, sugared almonds... but also coffees since the master chocolate maker from Lyon has a quality roasting. The choice of bulk sweets is wide and classified by colour, a selection to be made with the whole family... before discovering the know-how of the house in its sensory initiation area!

And this is the wine industry in urban times. Opened by three wine enthusiasts, La Vinifacture proposes a very original approach. In Saint-Etienne are assembled the productions of friendly winegrowers, who supply the juices. Sainté mon amour, La Syrah Canon, don't tell anyone: original wines are made on site. La Vinifacture also proposes to its customers to make their own wine, by making their own blends. An opportunity to learn about this cutting-edge craft, and to better understand the secrets that lie dormant in wine bottles.

This cellar offers a wide range of French red, rosé and white wines selected directly from producers. Two thirds of them are organic. But À Vin Pas des Marches also offers a wide range of local craft beers, top-of-the-range fruit juices and, above all, rare and unexpected spirits from all over the world. Different tasting evenings are available. Every Thursday evening an afterwork is set up. You can discover three to four different vintages with a good price-quality ratio. Tapas are available to accompany your tasting. You can also privatize and participate in blind tastings, for example

With the announced opening of a second boutique in the future Halles Mézerat, Au Péché Gourmand is now part of a dual entity under the name of Maison Dussap, named after Kevin, its creator. However, we'll continue to indulge our sweet tooth in front of the window displays filled with cakes, giving the store a jewel-like feel. Everything is homemade, with flavors that change with the seasons. On the summer menu are "Eskimos", made with organic milk from Jonzieux cows, "mojitos" with brown sugar cookie and mint-lemon cream, chococcinos or marvelous, crunchy hazelnut, nougat cream and apricot confit. There's no point resisting!

Jean-Jacques Maleysson was not intended for the wine industry. After working in university administration, he trained as an oenologist in Beaune and began trading wines out of passion. He will give you all the advice you need to buy the best wines according to the consumption you want to make. It has a wide range from all the vineyards of France: more than 300 references among wines of winegrowers, champagnes and spirits that you will sometimes find nowhere else in Saint-Étienne. So, remember to visit him in the rue François-Gillet, a little off the beaten track, which is sometimes forgotten. The address is worth a visit!

Le Oruau Lorrain is one of the most popular bakeries in the city centre. In addition to the traditional baguette, this establishment offers a wide range of breads. Sesame baguette, wholemeal bread, rye bread, but also corn bread, ciabatta, baked bread, walnut rye, country paving stone or poppy seeds... but also quiches, salted brioches, pizzas... The choice of pastries is wide: brioches, chocolate breads, chocolate Viennese, seasonal bugnes, gingerbread, shortbread... A well-known address to know who had the opportunity to represent the department in 2018 during the competition for the best baker in France on the TV channel M6.

Established in Saint-Étienne for three generations, Boucherie Pécresse offers traditional butchery, artisanal charcuterie and a catering service. Whether it's beef (ribeye, rib steak) or lamb (leg, saddle, rack, boneless lamb baron), priority is given to meat of French origin. Whether you're looking for grilled meats, truffled saveloys or wood-fired pork on the spit for your special events, we've got you covered. The dry sausage is home-made. Don't hesitate to ask for advice on the choice of meat, how to prepare or cook it, or what to serve with it: the team is ready to listen!

Paul Chauvet offers you, following in the footsteps of his predecessors and his grandfather Gustave, traditionally roasted coffee every week. The coffee, rigorously selected, is made directly in front of you in the shop, exhaling its delicious aromas of grand cru. You will also find dried fruits, tea, herbal tea, honey and spices, and a very warm welcome from this enthusiast, always ready to exchange with novices and informed amateurs about his products and the Boivin district that he knows so well, because, as he likes to remind us, "loving what you do is the recipe for success".