The best grocery stores Saint-Etienne

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.

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!

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".

Serge and Chrystelle invite you to indulge your sweet tooth! Let yourself be tempted by their teas, herbal teas, rooïbos, carcadets, pure original coffees from all over the world, their 100% Arabica from Vietnam and Mexico roasted by them on the spot and their home-made blends, which you can taste beforehand in the adjoining tea room. Convinced? Give in to the savory and sweet delicatessen products, with all kinds of chocolates and cookies. They prepare themselves nougats and salted butter caramel. We appreciate their authenticity!

Opened since April, this good thing counter has since sent «an invitation to travel of senses». A well received message, since we immediately responded by browsing this small shop with refined products. On the shelves, chocolate is found in all its forms: tablets, casse, candy, or even better, pâte. The small glass pots have a rich charm and content with unparalleled taste. What about olive oil, vinegar, quenelle or mustard that encourages cooking to get fun? Jams are also worth a visit as well as liqueurs. Originality: the chocolate cream liquor to be tasted as an aperitif to amaze your guests. We liked, with moderation of course, the rums arranged to the evocative name of Rhuma'sutra and to orginaux perfumes such as cacti, anise or tropical with guava, mango, fruit of passion and banana. A delight to share.