Gourmet products local specialties and wines Vannes

Reconciling people and the profession is the ambition of this cooperative, which was born in 2021 and produces exclusively bread and buns. Originally, the Têtes de meule had three fixed ideas: to create a SCOP, to make sourdough bread and to limit the environmental impact. Here, every ingredient is sourced locally (local flours, Arradon salt, pure sourdough) and all the products - from the emblematic Pain du Golfe (wheat, rye, buckwheat) to the Sinagot (flaxseed and hemp) to the Gacht! al brioche (60% large spelt) - are homemade.

The fruit of a long journey through passion and a taste for authenticity, La Maison Kystin offers a sublime variety of traditional, innovative and exceptional ciders and spirits inspired by Celtic heritage. Ice cider, traditional cider cuvée Opalyne, Hérytage brandy, cuvée Kalysïe, cuvée Black Kalysïe (perry, ginger and vodka), without forgetting the Cuvée XVII or the perfect harmony between apple and chestnut, born from seven long years of experimentation... So many prestigious vintages and subtle alchemies, to savor or to offer.

Born from Laurence and Stephan's passion for the second most consumed drink in the world, the adventure of Tea & Cie with its famous little yellow box began in 2003. Each of their creations has its own story that they tell you with enthusiasm. Experienced tea lovers and novices alike can choose from among 280 premium teas and herbal teas while listening to the story of the couple's travels in India, where they love to visit plantations in search of new flavors and have only one watchword: high quality at affordable prices.

A real institution of local life, located in the heart of the city on more than 700^m2, come and meet 32 sedentary traders and 12 local producers, who offer a wide range of fresh products all year round, to be tasted on the spot or to take away, thanks to the chairs and tables installed by the city council at the back of the space. Butchers, cheesemongers, caterers, fishmongers, oyster farmers, market gardeners, scalers, wine merchants, crepe makers, chocolate makers, bread and dairy product vendors, the gourmet heart of the city beats strong under the Halles.

The centre E. Leclerc offers a large product area always at Leclerc prices, but in a beautiful modern and wood decor. The rayons, charcuterie, fish and meats are particularly successful while the shopping mall is occupied by an optician, a pharmacist, a dry cleaning, a hairdresser, a plumbing, a gift shop, a pleasant cafeteria and a cosy bar-brasserie. You will also find telephones and even a Alloc point, a point connected free of charge to the Minitel equivalent of the family allowance server. And if you're fed up with the job dodo, the travel agency Leclerc is there to give you a chance to escape…

Fromagerie Kérouzine, a cheese-ripening facility, offers some 140 cheeses, depending on the season and ripening: forty or so made from goat's milk (fondant, tight, fresh, ripened...), such as Pouligny saint-pierre (certified AB, the only one in France), saint-nicolas de la Dalmerie (small ingots flavored with thyme), pressed or blue-veined cheeses, bloomy rinds, washed rinds... All cheeses are represented, even the rarest. Bonus: the yellow wine jelly is the perfect accompaniment to a fruity Comté... Ask for our advice: you'll be won over!

Master chocolatier for thirty years, Alain Chartier has chosen to focus his production on the natural side to guarantee the highest quality for his products. No chemical treatments, no insecticides, no deforestation, but also a concern for quality of life and remuneration for planters in Africa and America. This responsible approach puts people and know-how at the heart of the business. Tablets, beggars, Easter eggs, chocolate sweets, spreads: so many tasty variations that speak of expertise and passion.

Founded in 1982, the Huche à Pain is an institution in Vannes! The specialty of the house is the kouign-amann: a must. The store offers fars and other Breton specialties, pastries as well as a whole range of savory products for the aperitif - surprise bread, toasts, mini-verrines... - or for a meal on the go - pizzas, sandwiches, salads, quiches... - while wandering in the alleys of Vannes. It is also possible to settle down on the spot: take advantage of the terrace which gives on the emblematic place of the Lices!

Sylvie & Ève are Les Nénettes, chocolatiers, pastry chefs and baristas. In the secrecy of their Plescop laboratory, open to the public, mother and daughter have concocted a range of 30 chocolates with surprising flavors, where cocoa blends with rose, raspberry, cinnamon, blackcurrant, fennel seed or mild curry, to tempt you. Chocolates, scones, pastéis, Swedish brioches, fine pastries... so many delights that go perfectly with the teas or artisan coffees served in their Halles stall.

A stone's throw from the gardens of the ramparts, in the very commercial rue Saint-Nicolas, is the Brûlerie Saint-Patern. A charming boutique, it houses about ten vintages and blends various roasted on site, including a creation, Saint-Nicolas, a homemade blend. Theine lovers will be delighted to find on the shelves a wide choice of teas, herbal teas, as well as accessories - services, cups, mugs, teapots - delicate and elegant.

La Cale aux épices is one of those nuggets that Le Petit Futé likes to recommend. The little sister of the Paimpol den created by globetrotter Christophe Lemaire, this welcoming Morbihan stall opened in 2018 offers no less than 85 peppers and berries, 55 spices, 15 curries, 40 blends, some 20 varieties of chillies, exotic and precious condiments... All exclusively sourced from human-scale plantations in Asia and Africa, all visited at home. An immobile voyage to the four corners of the world, to delight your eyes and delight your taste buds.

Taken over in 2023 by Vincent Briend, a passionate wine merchant for 15 years, "La Cave du Vincin" specializes in natural, organic and biodynamic wines. It also offers a fine range of spirits, rare whiskies, agricultural and traditional rums and regional beers. In addition to its classic sales activity, since September 2023 the house has been organizing tasting evenings by prior arrangement. A golden opportunity to discover the 1001 references of this completely renovated cellar, which also offers a delicatessen section and local fruit juices.

Four years after her shop at Les Halles, Véronique Cauvin opened a store at Place Lyautey in 2019. Here as there, same principle, same passion: to highlight local producers. Among about 250 ripened cheeses, she proposes the Tomme with seaweed from Finistère, the Tome of Rhuys or the goats of Kerlebik. The fans of Comté cheese will not be outdone, as well as the amateurs of truffled Brie. Impossible to mention them all, the best is to go there!

Just a step away from the cathedral, the pastry chef-chocolatier Pièr-Marie offers you a gourmet pilgrimage! Hotel Meurice in Paris, Locguénolé castle, Crack-Crack (crispy caramelized puffed rice) or Baba return from India and its syrup infused with citrus fruits and spices are some of its prestigious references. The establishment offers refined and gourmet pastries to die for, made from meticulously selected local products, in a permanent quest for quality. Each season has its own products and new pastries.

Coffee-shop and neighborhood bakery, Pain grillé opened its doors in 2024. Your hosts, Lucie and Fabien, wanted to create a place where people could come to buy their bread, but also to relax at any time of day over a hot or cold drink. "Better digestible and tasty in the mouth", confides Lucie, who trained at the Arlot Cheng house in Nantes, the house offers exclusively organic sourdough bread and, to eat in or take away, Foccacia, generous slices of pizza and Swedish-inspired homemade cakes.

Trained by Jean Millet, the president of the pastry chefs of France, Gaël Poivret opened his first store in Montpellier in 1995, soon followed by a second one. But the irresistible call of his homeland brought him back to Muzillac in 2006 where he created the Gaël bakery-pastry shop. It was not until 2021 that he moved to Vannes, where he opened a modern and elegant store where he exhibited his creations. Dark, milk, white, filled with creamy ganache, praline, mendiants, orangettes, loose chocolate, assortments, confectionery... Which temptation will you succumb to?

Would you like a Breton coffee? You have certainly had the opportunity, to end a meal or to enjoy a sunbeam on the terrace, to taste a coffee from Alré as the brewery is well represented in Brittany. Good news, you can now enjoy this moment at home! The Brûlerie d'Alré offers you exceptional coffees, harvested all over the world and roasted in Plougoumelen, but also a large choice of teas and infusions. It is worth noting that the store is superb and the welcome is warm.

Located in the heart of Vannes, La Compagnie Bretonne, created in 1920, perpetuates a traditional know-how from its workshops in Penmarc'h (Finistère). Specialized in canned seafood, it offers a wide range of products, all hand-packed and selected in accordance with the seasonality of the fishery. Among them, white tuna, monkfish liver, lobster bisque, Breton sardines, mackerel fillets, spreads, Breton seaweed, soups and ready-made meals.

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