The Rue Montorgueil () is a street in the
1st arrondissement and
2nd arrondissement (in the Montorgueil-Saint Denis-Les Halles district) of
Paris
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, France. Lined with restaurants, cafés, bakeries, fish stores, cheese shops, wine shops, produce stands and flower shops, the Rue Montorgueil is a place for Parisians to socialize while doing their daily shopping. At the southernmost tip of the Rue Montorgueil is
Saint-Eustache Church, and
Les Halles
Les Halles (; 'The Halls') was Paris' central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replac ...
, containing the largest indoor (mostly underground) shopping mall in central Paris; and to the north is the area known as the ''
Grands Boulevards
The ''grands boulevards''
The ''Grands Boulevards'' are the quintessence of the Parisian boulevards. Their origin is a plan initiated by Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert in the late 1660s, of comprehensive reforms and remodeling ...
''. While cars are not banned from the street, the priority is for pedestrians who can enjoy the cafés and shops while walking down the cobblestones.
Famous restaurants
* L'Escargot, 38, rue Montorgueil. Founded in 1875 by restaurateur Mignard.
*
Au Rocher de Cancale
*
La Maison Stohrer, 51, rue Montorgueil. This bakery opened its doors in 1730 and is one of the oldest bakeries in Paris. It was at this location that ''
baba au rhum'' was invented.
Restaurant districts and streets in France
Montorgueil
Montorgueil
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