The best grocery stores Pays carcassonnais

If you're a gourmet, this is the place for you! This delicatessen is undoubtedly one of the best in town. We come here for the quality of the products selected, whether from the region or elsewhere. Local wines and beers, crémants and blanquettes de Limoux, champagnes and spirits to make your mouth water! And when it comes to good food, you'll love the cheeses from Chez Xavier (MOF), the artisanal charcuterie, the exceptional Iberian hams, the cakes and other gourmet preserves, and the ever-wise advice from the team.

Gilles and Jacqueline welcome you to their magnificent red store, the aptly named La Ferme, the meeting place of every self-respecting Aude epicurean. Thirty years of passion for cheeses and local produce have made this a Mecca for gourmets. Here you'll find everything to satisfy your taste buds: 7,000 references are sifted, tasted and approved before ending up in your basket. Whether you're looking for a gourmet or rural meal, or a gift involving the culinary arts, La Ferme is the cave with a taste of the terroir.

In the heart of the medieval city and echoing the tea room and ice cream parlour in the lower town, the Cosy du Plo, offers a tea room-ice cream parlour and delicatessen concept that you will find right next to the Jean-Deschamps Theater square. This "gourmet store" features a selection of local producers, beers, wines, olive oils, cassoulets, honeys, liqueurs and sweet treats. For a gourmet break, sit down to taste the delicious specialties of the house such as the waffles in the Liège style that you can decorate with homemade ice creams.

Romain and Florent, in love with southwestern gastronomy, have launched an original concept to make the Occitans cook: directly on their website, you just have to choose the recipes that please you and the number of people around the table, then the Popotte Brothers deliver you a basket with all the ingredients and raw products! If you only want a few delicatessen products, they offer preserves, condiments and delicacies by the unit. Don't miss the famous cassoulet of the Popotte Brothers, and their signature recipe!

Stephen, an oenologist who has lived in the region for twenty-five years, recently trained in cheeses to open this concept store combining his two passions. Having travelled extensively in and around the Aude region, Stephen has built up an impressive list of small local producers. In his store, the oenologue Fromager offers a concentrate of gourmet delights, with a selection of regional products such as cassoulet, charcuterie, confit... Quality products and sound advice go hand in hand with ongoing tastings and introductory wine-tasting courses.

Following on from the success of their Cartouche cellar in Leucate, Arnaud Granel and Jean Baptiste Bru have taken Dame Jeanne, located on the Place du Château in the heart of the town, by storm. Here you'll find a delicatessen with a hundred or so references of wines and spirits, often organic, sometimes natural, as well as local produce and crafts. Cassoles de la Poterie Not, Zouave knives, La Verte de Carcassonne (the new crème de menthe). Gourmet nibbles available on site (or to take away), accompanied by a glass of local wine.

Franck and Ellen are the proud owners of this delicatessen, which opened in 2020: a den dedicated to gourmet delights for these two Belgian-born enthusiasts of the Aude region. You'll discover a range of 100% Occitan products, carefully selected by them. Beekeeping products of course, in reference to the name of the establishment, as well as baskets garnis, Frênette (ash cider), artisanal potato chips from Aveyron, vinegars from Cyril Codina (Lagrasse), black garlic from the Tarn, saffron from Pyrène...