If you arrive early in the morning to avoid the crowds, don’t forget that you can take your breakfast in one of the numerous cafés in the Paris flea market or just a few steps away. Enjoy your coffee or tea, and orange juice, with a croissant or tartine (toast), on a terrace or inside.
restaurant in Paris Flea Market
If you want to immerse yourself in the flea market atmosphere you must to go to “Le Comptoir des Puces” (110 rue des Rosiers), the place where store holders and bargain hunters generally go for lunch.
If you prefer sea food, you can go to “Au petit navire” (116 rue des Rosiers) to enjoy, for example, sardines or mussels with French fries.
The Saint-Ouen flea market is well known for jazz music. Many famous jazz musicians have performed here. Once a year, in June, a “jazz musette” festival is organized in Saint-Ouen and brings together the best artists of the jazz manouche scene. Concerts take place in cafes and restaurants located in the market.
La Chope des Puces (122 rue des Rosiers) is the most famous jazz musette cafe in the flea market because Django Reinhardt played here. This place is also a jazz school. You can listen to a jazz band playing live while eating. Concerts are proposed on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 pm.
Chez Louisette (130 avenue Michelet inside the Vernaison Market) offers a simple cuisine and a unique “guinguette” atmosphere with musicians and singers.
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