Marie Ann Cantin has gained popularity beginning with 1950, when the father of the current owner started the cheese business and had a great success. This small shop has a wide variety of cheeses and it is actually the supplier of the Elysee Presidential Palace and a number of famous restaurants in Paris. Upon entering the store, visitors will enjoy displays of 130 and 150 different selections of cheeses, depending on the seasons. A delight for the sight and taste.

Start your tour with one of the best wine shops to be found in this neighborhood - Les Vins du Terroir, run by Alexandre Gerbe. It is located on Avenue Duquesne, not far from the metro station Saint-Francois-Xavier. The great selection of wines makes it a "must see" and why not "buy some"! Note that the shop is closed on Sundays.

Quatrehomme fromagerie displays more than 200 selections of cheeses that are matured in a cool cellar. There are also foreign cheese varieties. They have a great wine selection, too, and would definitely help you out with deciding which one goes best with the cheese you choose.

The next stop, La Grande Epicerie de Paris, is a store that might look like an international food market, but it's actually a place where you can find exclusive chocolates, pastries, biscuits, seafood, cheeses, amazing wines and other luxury items and gourmet foods. There are free tastings on Fridays and Saturdays.

Chocolate Foucher is the place to get some really good chocolate. The interior and the chocolate have original Arte Deco graphics, which will take you to the 1920's Parisian life. You'll find here everything, from delicious chocolate bars to the famous bouchees. Tourists recommend to visit the Foucher shop located on rue de Bac, as there they serve tea that you might want to sip while enjoying your chocolate.

Once you are in the neighborhood and you are lucky enough to be there on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday, don't hesitate to visit the Raspail Market, located on the corner of Raspail Boulevard and Rue du Cherche-Midi. Here, you'll find organic food and a lot of healthy food products that you might consider eating. However note that it is the most expensive market in Paris.

Poilâne is a famous French bakery (founded in 1932 by Pierre Poilâne) and the next reccomended stop of this tour. The bread is made of starter and Sel Gris - brought from the Guerande area of Brittany. It is cooked in a wood-fired oven and it is decorated with leaves and flowers.

You can find two Christian Constant chocolate shops in Paris. The owner is a chocolatier with a vast experience and his works are claimed to be some of the world's finest. The specialties you can find here are: raspberry ganaches, chocolates with spicy or herbal notes, orange peel-covered chocolates, or Christian Constant's famous “Palet d'or”. You can also taste a wide variety of tasty hot chocolate.

Bacchus et Ariane is a really good wine shop owned by Georges Casellato that has worked hard to discover winemakers that grow their own grapes and make wonderful wines. He has been in the wine business from 1998 and has a neat collection from Burgundy, Champagne, Rhône, and some Italian wines.

La Cremerie is a wine store and, at the same time, a place where you can eat authentic charcuteries from different regions of France and Spain. It is also the perfect place where you can get a "natural" wine and the collection is so varied that you will spend some time choosing what to buy. However the owner, Pierre Jancou, is there to help you out with an advice.

The last but not least important stop in this tour is the famous La Derniere Goutte wine shop that specializes in wines from Southern France and of course natural wines. The staff is very friendly, plus they make the best carry-on wine packaging that you could take home as a souvenir.