The best grocery stores Lorraine

L'Épicerie du goût is a real gustatory and historical tour of Lorraine proposed by Marie De Metz-Noblat and her niece Bénédicte. Here, more than 1,500 products and 300 carefully selected producers from Lorraine are presented. There is everything for the sweet tooth, such as macaroons, madeleines, brimbelles and of course mirabelles, but also savory products: spices, terrines, Lorraine cheeses or smoked meats. Marie, president of the Club des Buveuses de bière à talons aiguilles de Lorraine, works with small producers and selects the best nectars.

Located in Le Beillard in Gérardmer, La Ferme du Bien-Être is a paradise of essential oils. You will also find hydrolats, natural cosmetics, herbal teas, syrups and herbs. New products are regularly proposed. You can see the distillery from the shop as well as the medicinal plant garden. The welcome is warm and the advice is wise. You will leave with everything you need to live happily and in good health. If your choice is not made during your visit, you can order from home through the shop and also know about new products.

Spirits are well represented in this cellar with a whisky but cognac selection also and rum. The big names are represented but you will also find a selection more pointed intended to the illuminated lovers or for curious who want to go off the beaten track. Obviously, the cellar also offers wines and champagnes for all occasions.

The Confrérie de la Truffe en Lorraine was founded in 1996. Its main role is to promote and recognize the region's truffles(Tuber uncinatum and mesentericum). The Grand Master of the Confrérie is Jacky Haim. Cooking classes and themed weekends are organized from October to March, as well as exhibitions. For gourmets, there's an on-site store offering a whole range of regional products, including foie gras, fresh or jarred truffles and much more.

Les Fous de Terroirs: simplicity, pleasure, sincerity, proximity and innovation. Here you will find the delights and know-how of local producers who are proud of their region. You will be able to savor terrines, pâtés and rillettes with Toul wine..., mirabelle plum and quetsche jams, varieties of honey, madeleines, macaroons, gingerbread, candies... Want an accompaniment? You will discover the perlé (with mirabelle plum, redcurrant, raspberry, Morello cherry), an aperitif from Lorraine which is also a sparkling dessert wine that should be drunk chilled! The region can also be discovered on the plate!

First of all farm, the estate of Sion is however on reservation gourmets of passage. The menus, local or gourmet, are exclusively made with local produce and local traditions. As a starter, choose andouille of Val-d'ajol on salad or salad (vegetables, liver gizzards, duck confit, duck monsoon). Continue with the roast pork with the oven with mirabelle plums or, for fish lovers, with wild salmon steak with cream of lentils. And for dessert, a little sweetness: the red fruit gratin, to fall. All is served in a rustic setting. A breath of fresh and countryside that set all stomachs.

Very popular in the neighbourhood, since its creation six years ago, this grocery store breaks the monotony of the days. Here it is the possible halt, the parenthesis in the week. Fruits and vegetables are presented in large baskets with Maryse Magny's smile on top. Here we have rambling, unimportant conversations or receive judicious advice for new recipes that we exchange. It depends on the arrival and the season. Every day brings new surprises. What can I say about the kids at the school next door, who love Maryse: they obviously know her candy aisle well. Le Jardin d'Alfred is the grocery store that everyone needs.

For the past twenty years, producers from the region have been grouped together at Terroirs de Stanislas, on the grounds of the Pixérécourt agricultural high school in Malzéville. Located next to the farm, Terroirs de Stanislas is a collective store (the only one in Lorraine) with eight associated farmers where farm products from the region are sold exclusively. The passionate producers offer a wide variety of products: meats, dairy products, honey, fruits and vegetables as well as various drinks.

The boutique En Passant par la Lorraine, established in Bruley since 2003, offers more than 270 gourmet products from the four corners of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges. Sweet delicacies, authentic terrines or drinks will tempt and seduce the finest of palates. A good address to find gift ideas galore, by composing your own gourmet basket! Specialities from Lorraine, sweet and savoury groceries, teas and coffees, wines and spirits, cosmetics... and new products all year round.

A store and a team in the image of its founder, Michel Haffner, farmer and pig farmer for over 20 years, lover of his land and the products coming from it. The objective of this boutique is simple: to offer consumers what is best and to make them discover or rediscover the taste of good things. In this area, a range of fruits and vegetables, specialities, wines and spirits, cheese maker, butchery, butchery and catering. Many local products are offered to you, the white of the Vosges (fermented wine in rhubarb), the Vosges beers, the original jams including the surprising Cramaillotte (flower flower), honey and of course home-made blocks (foie, rhubarb campaign block); But regional: nougats lorraine, bergamotes, pie to nougat and Forget de Nancy; As well as some products from other regions. All have been selected for their quality and good taste of the land. The team of the shop will be happy to guide you from all these productions and will give you tips of use and recipes to highlight them.

An address offering a wide selection of cheese, wine, foie gras, terrine, which also makes fine shopping, but also sells flowers and fruit baskets.

Sale in Lorraine.

Sale of ambassadors (Lorraine speciality based on mirabell, honey, crushed hazelnuts and pistachios), cake Claude Gellée says Lorrain or Charbonnettes des Vosges.

To promote the Vosges Gourmandes and tourism, producers recognized Vosges Terroir have joined to market their products in the house of the mountain of Gérardmer. They offer more than 200 products from the region. You will find in this grocery store honey, sweets, cheeses, wine, jams, terrines, syrups, gingerbread, condiments, wafers, shortbread, flour for gingerbread, ready meals, but also surprise packages.

Located in a former hotel named Hôtel de Sandrecourt and dating back to the th century, this lovely boutique offers a wide choice of local products. You will find cheeses, poultry, honey, sweets, eaux-de-vie, snails… You can buy them but also enjoy them on site. There are also many artisanal products.

4 kilometres from Saint-Mihiel, Marc and Lydie Lived, Truffle Cultivent cultivates truffles and produces two varieties, from Meuse and Burgundy. These delicious mushrooms are harvested in the autumn, during the "tilt", given to the instrument used to dig truffles, with the help of a dog's flair. The truffle farm of Navi offers the sale of truffle plants, the Maas truffles, Burgundy and fresh truffles during the season, as well as a range of products that are displayed around the truffle: terrine, spreads, honey, salt and fragrant oil. It is also possible to visit the exploitation and to participate in culinary workshops on reservation, with Chef Geoffroy Bucquet, a true enthusiast of the black diamond.

Located in the centre of Bains-les-Bains, this shop puts local Vosges products in the limelight. The flagship products are the blue wine of the Vosges, the mountain hay aperitif or the farmhouse munsters. But you will also find mirabelle plum terrine, honey from the Vosges region, jams, home-made gingerbread, Vosges sweets etc. The establishment is also a tea room. Come and taste the many varieties of tea with a munster or blueberry pie or a seasonal fruit fritter. A great initiative!

It's in a historic, verdant setting that Philippe cherishes his gastropods, Gros-Gris, a Meuse product of excellence with the Meuse et Merveilles label. From May to September, in the grounds of the former art foundries in the village of Tusey, he invites you to discover heliciculture, respect for animals and the environment. Everything is made by hand. Visits on request, with the option of ending with a tasting in the boutique, where you'll discover the company's various exceptional products.