The best delicatessens Châteaux de la Loire

Rose & Léon is a delicatessen of such refinement that our arms fall off. In the field of salted or sweet, we are delighted to meet all these untraceable products opening the door to poetry, because the packaging is not in rest. You can have lunch on the^first floor or on the terrace. The prepared dishes remind us of Kandinsky's works. It takes skill, delicacy and love, a trilogy of rare ingredients... High brilliance, nec plus ultra!

Find an infinite range of peppers, seeds, mustards, spices, berries, sauces, sugars and coffees of all kinds. For more than 20 years, Erwann de Kerros and his Terre Exotique teams have been travelling the world in search of the best ways to enhance your dishes, by adding the little touch that makes all the difference. With Terre Exotique, choose products that have already seduced great chefs and food bloggers. The store is located in a beautiful building on the banks of the Loire in Rochecorbon. Charming reception, magnificent address!

Before entering the Spice Palace, you didn't know that by asking for salt, you could be faced with more than fifteen different options! Fortunately, in this little shop with a thousand and one scents, the team is there to guide us and tell us the story of the products. Because it's not just salt: pepper is also available in a variety of seasonings, just like olives and other condiments (turmeric, curry, etc.). We are served by weight and we complete our shopping with teas, home-made preserves, or a good rum, unless we opt for the range of Monin syrups or a little sweetness to end this journey that awakens the senses.

Over 120 years old, this is surely one of the oldest grocery stores in Spain, but it's in Vendôme. But if the atmosphere is that of the stores found in the 1950s in the Iberian Peninsula, Andres Bernat has turned it into a delicatessen with a superb selection of wines from Spain, of course, but also from the Loire Valley and real French local products like this wheel of Emmental cheese he slices for you, and many other products that can only be found in his shop.

To enter Caf'thé is to embark on a timeless journey through aromas and colors. The scents of tea mingle with those of spices and roasted coffee, transporting us from Africa to South America. The establishment offers a fine selection of herbal teas, oils, vinegars, liqueurs and fine wines. There's also Sologne caviar, morels and fresh truffles in season. Adventurers will find insects, crickets and locusts, as well as roudoudous and Coco Boer, just like in their childhood.

This pretty store is a real pleasure for the senses! Here, you will be advised among the many gourmet products, local or from elsewhere. The shelves are dedicated to wines, beers and spirits with the local Saumuroise beer, the timeless L'Original and Royale Combier but also spirits from farther away like those from the German Saarland... You will also discover the preserves of the Belle-Illoise and the delicious shortbread of the Sablésienne. The local creators are also honored with the accessories for bicycle La Bouclée.

With its 35 years of presence and its always so tempting frontage, La Vinithèque has cachet at the very beginning of the rue Jeanne d'Arc, a few steps from the cathedral. Privilege is given to the regional products that contribute to the reputation of the Loiret. Discover mustards, vinegars, syrups, pralines, terrines and fish rillettes, wines, cakes exclusively from the region. On the other hand, strong alcohols and wines are not forgotten as well as other accompaniments such as high quality foie gras... Delight and the assurance of a certain excellence!

From Tuscany to Andalusia through the Alentejo or Provence, it is the entire Mediterranean basin in the gourmet version that appears in this beautiful boutique. The olive oil occupies a place of choice, with these great wines of Pudlia or Gard, exposed in drums and served in glass bottles of different sizes. There is also a beautiful variety of balsamic vinegar, more surprising vinegar to the mango pulp, raspberry… Italian gastronomy lovers will be filled with a radius of high quality sauces and pasta (fettucin à la truffle, sauce at Pecorino Romano, cep cream…) as well as delicious panettone.

Open on the semi-pedestrian streets of the old Saumur, the grocery store offers its wooded stalls, carefully arranged, inviting the customer to discover these famous delicacies. But what are they? A large choice of cookies, teas, chocolates, fois gras, oils and vinegars, sweets, regional products, jams, gift ideas, wines and other delights... In short, a gourmet's paradise! As far as local sweets are concerned, you will also find Quernons d'ardoise, pommes tapées and Vinaillou, which you can accompany with liqueurs from the Combier distillery.

Located at the Halles de Tours, the Maison Clément is a very nice address for lovers of good products. You will find what you need to treat yourself with French or foreign products. Iberian pork meats, sardines from the Guidive, Kaspia caviars, François Pralus chocolates, spices... Don't leave the place without taking a look at the cellar. The local wines rub shoulders with other great French wines as well as a very nice selection of whiskies and spirits. Great names for fine and delicate aperitifs. The welcome is charming and the team is very helpful!

Since 2015, the original space named Le Comptoir de Claire deserves a salute. Claire Pourre is a serene presence in her store, which offers all kinds of quality grocery products: aperitifs, cookies & confectionery, oils & vinegars, sweet and savoury gourmet boxes, seafood, dried vegetables, pasta & sauces, terrines & ready meals, teas & herbal teas. Directly from the producer and tested by the director, these are the flagship products of this reassuring island. Delivery by post guaranteed. Engaging and tempting!

This store is entirely dedicated to the French gastronomy with authentic products of the soil finely selected. You will find savory proposals: the famous rillettes of Tours, but also rillons, fish terrines from the Loire... On the sweet side: honey from the Loire Valley, cookies and sweets. Finally, the wines of the region are honored but you can also find a wide choice of spirits. Tastings are possible.

If you're looking for a sweet scent of roasting that escapes from this shop, lovers of coffee, herbal teas or fine teas will be able to find their happiness. All the more so as we discover a wide range of aromas of multiple origins. But the Comptoir des Saveurs doesn't just is our smell. He also knows how to turn into a tea salon to offer us small delicacies to savour at the same time as taking time, attablé on the small terrace during the beautiful season, to taste the blends of the mistress of the places.

Among the city's delicatessens, Maison Lhote is a true institution. Located at the corner of the Grand Passage and Boulevard Heurteloup, you will find excellent products, and this since 1924! Dare to open the door to discover Loire sweets, spices and condiments, jams, preserves, seafood, sweets, teas, spirits from around the world and caviar. Come for yourself, but also to offer delicious gifts to your loved ones, the shop offers many gourmet baskets.

A pretty little grocery store in the village which has been offering, for 12 years now, a selection of regional and world products, both sweet and savory: Les Délices de Flo jams, Le Dréan lace crepes, Doucet chocolates, Voisin coffee, L'Olivier olive oil, Manoir d'Alexandre foie gras, rillettes and terrines from Treilles gourmandes... Pretty gourmet baskets are also on sale. You won't leave empty-handed! Guaranteed to please!

In a friendly setting, we welcome you with enthusiasm to offer you good products from Touraine and other regions of France. There is an embarrassment of riches between spices, spreads, confectionery, cookies, wines, spirits, teas, coffees, and preserves. Sardines from the Vendée, vinegar from Orléans, cheeses from Christophe Le Meunier, a well-known Touraine cheese maturer, are among the products on display. We also like the concept of take-home trays, for an aperitif or a raclette. Clever.

This family-run shop sells local products, many of which come from organic farming, such as wines from small producers, but above all delicatessen products: jams, honey, foie gras, preserves, condiments, chocolates, teas, liqueurs as well as beauty articles. It is also a place to take a break for a snack, a drink, a cocktail, a breakfast or even a lunch. One is received with great kindness and sits on vintage chairs in a fresh and invigorating decor. Bicycle tourists are especially welcome!

Douceur, Plaisir et Gourmandises is a delicatessen located in Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire. The store offers a wide selection of quality products, including teas, spirits, jams, cookies, gourmet starters, oils and vinegars, spices and condiments, terrines and rillettes, as well as gourmet baskets. Customers can order online and have their purchases delivered, or pick them up in-store thanks to the drive-through service. Douceur, Plaisir et Gourmandises also offers customizable gift boxes for all occasions. Whether it's for a business gift, a promotional event or simply to treat yourself, this delicatessen will satisfy all gourmets in search of sweet treats and gustatory pleasures.