Gourmet products local specialties and wines Clermont-Ferrand

From the Place de la Rodade (the former foirail) to the covered market hall of the Place Poly, stalls enliven the medieval heart of Montferrand every Friday morning, an ancient town renowned for its markets since the 12th century. Seasonal fruit and vegetables rub shoulders with regional cheeses, grilled chickens and other catering stalls. To complete the offer, there are also stalls selling clothes, bed linen and accessories of all kinds. You can take the time to talk to the producers and shopkeepers and observe to rediscover this beautiful historic district.

You can spot this store in the city center thanks to the queue on the sidewalk and its very kawai sign! What attracts all these people are the frozen yogurts or froyo for the initiated. An option with vegetable milk is even available. The greediest will add toppings and toppings, as well as a crêpe or a waffle, prepared with Auvergne flour. It is now possible to eat on the spot or to take away one of the meal formulas, including a choice of a savory crepe, a "pancakes tower" or a salad, accompanied by a drink and a dessert.

Halfway between a store and a museum, Aux délices des Puys is nestled in the historic heart of Montferrand. Hélène Martin, founding president of the Puy Confit Association, welcomes you and tells you about the history of sweet products from Auvergne and explains their traditional preparation techniques. Gourmets will appreciate the choice: fruit jellies and candied fruits from Cruzilles, Nougats des Arts, pralines from Aigueperse from the Maison Vernet... The more specialized will appreciate (re) discovering the Limagnes angelica and the gourmet products derived from this somewhat forgotten local plant. The store is one of the rare points of sale of these products in Auvergne.

This pastry and chocolate shop in the old part of Montferrand offers several sweet and savoury specialities. The house specialty is the "white mullet" in reference to local history. It is available in chocolate sweetness, with praline lightly flavoured with Cointreau and in white chocolate, dark chocolate and praline feuilletine pastries. Enough to delight the most discerning palates! Jean-Pierre Perrin, master craftsman, and Valérie, work with chocolate from the finest vintages. We warmly recommend this place which will awaken your senses.

At the entrance of the Saint-Pierre street, you will discover this small bakery-pastry shop. Created by Carlos Pimenta, you will find Auvergne and Portuguese specialties. The pasteïs de nata are made in the purest tradition. The lunch formulas are good value for money. As for bread, you will find everything, including rye and sourdough. The traditional breads are excellent. On Wednesdays and Fridays, fill up on burger buns. The establishment offers bags of pastries from the day before, a good way to avoid waste.

Dor de Casa is a Romanian shop: a Romanian store if you translate it into French. After a small tour in Thiers, he settled in Montferrand, for the greatest happiness of the Romanian cooking amateurs, but also for those who like to make their taste buds travel. You can find products from Romania, but also typical products from the Balkan region: wines, beers, fruit juices and sodas, pâtés, sausages, preserved vine leaves, cookies and various sweets, frozen specialties, etc. You can also find the famous slanina afumata, smoked bacon to be tasted as an aperitif, which is out of the ordinary. The reception is friendly and they will inform you with a smile.

Small in size, but big on quality, we love this artisan bakery nestled in Rue Saint-Dominique. It's a place to indulge your taste buds! The store offers all kinds of delights: rye bread, traditional baguettes crisp to perfection, homemade pastries... It's hard to choose between an all-chocolate cake, a tartelette or a millefeuille, each as appetizing as the next. There's plenty to eat at lunchtime. The icing on the cake is that you're always greeted with a smile and a warm welcome.

This small grocery store selling Japanese and Korean products, as well as take-away and eat-in food, seems to have grown inside. The shelves are overflowing with exotic products and surprising spirits. The fresh produce and delicatessen section offers bibimbap, onigris, daily bento, sushi and more. Dishes can be enjoyed on site, indoors or on the terrace. Culinary discovery is complete: cooking classes and workshops are also organized. A second address, on Place de Salford, also offers takeaway dishes.

L'Atelier du vin has found its place in the very appropriate setting of the narrow rue de la Boucherie. Cédric has excellent advice, his cellar is more than complete and he will know how to find the ideal wine for all occasions. His advice is authoritative and he can bring out some very original things that will delight your taste buds. If you are looking for something to eat, you can go to the restaurant Le Bruit du Bouchon, also run by Cédric, at number 26. You can also privatize the cellar. Better than a wine bar or a wine shop, an intimate place in the heart of the historical and commercial district of Clermont-Ferrand!

Just a stone's throw from Grand Frais, you will find fine wines, bulk wines, champagnes, whiskies, rums, and also delicatessen products. O gré des vins offers a wide range of choices and sound advice. The store has a parking lot that allows you to easily load your purchases. Tastings are organized from time to time at the end of the week and will allow you to discover new domains, winegrowers or spirits producers, with sometimes the possibility to meet them. To take advantage of this, do not hesitate to register via the website. The "best wines" are selected and available throughout the year.

Wine lovers, coffee or tea lovers, you are at the right place. The beer stall abounds with varieties ranging from the classic to the exotic. Martial Meunier-Jourde, the excellent wine merchant, gives talented advice. His favorite red wines, his advice on white wines and his opinion on rosé wines will delight you, whatever your budget, your menu or your expectations. As for coffee, the trip is worth the detour. From Brazil to Ethiopia via (expensive!) Colombia, all flavors (and prices) are on the menu, in beans or ground. For tea, aficionados will take the time to find the bag that suits them among the forty or so varieties.

Jehanne, a doctor of pharmacy, and Maïlys her sister, a great lover of herbal teas, have concocted a bouquet of healthy and natural herbal teas, like an antidote providing pleasure and well-being. The concept, the packaging, the online shop, the herbal teas, everything is absolutely seductive and glamorous. The herbal teas consist exclusively of certified organic medicinal plants, picked and grown by producers committed to organic farming and sustainable development. With a dozen prescriptions, you are bound to find the right Anteadote for you.

Since the end of 2020, the Glacière district, in the northwest of the city, has been lucky enough to welcome a pretty little store. It offers both fresh products, fruits and vegetables in season first, but also delicatessen products, bulk food, environmentally friendly cleaning products and organic cosmetics. Among the products sold, there are both major national brands such as Terre Exotique spices, but also other local brands such as Clac spreads, Vensat or Lapalisse oils or Pierre soaps. During the tastings sometimes organized, come and get an idea of the quality of the products!

Anne and Frédéric Ranchon wish to introduce the magic of chocolate to the people of Auvergne. In choosing the products of master chocolatier Daniel Mercier, the owners were right. This famous creator of delicacies declares his passion for noble ingredients and his love of flavours to infinity. In this pretty little shop, you can also try Médicis sugared almonds, Lorlut caramels, Cruzilles fruit jellies and, when summer comes, artisanal ice creams. For a drink break, opt for a tea or a hot chocolate on the terrace.

La Boîte aux chocolats is a place like we like them: filled with sweet treats! You will find chocolates, fruit jellies, almond paste and other sweets. The "carré de Jaude" is one of the specialities: a fondant of marzipan with a ganache, perfumed with peach. The welcome is pleasant and smiling, it is even possible to be offered a chocolate tasting. At Christmas, for a birthday, for Valentine's Day, or simply to please yourself, everyone will find a box of chocolates or sweets that will surely please.