Gérard Mulot

If you arrive in Paris on a Monday you're almost out of luck.

Most chocolatiers and patisseries take off Sunday/Monday.

I was adrift after my long flight and even longer AF bus ride into town

(take the RER train next time !)
To find both J-P Hévin AND Pierre Hermé closed...
But Gérard Mulot is the wonderful exception :)

Wandering aimlessly after my initial disappointment I stumbled on Mulot on 76, rue de Seine: no shuttered gates, open and full of goodies.

To buy something, you pick out your items, get a numbered ticket, go wait on line at the cashier and then return to get your pink box.

Often at 8am after swimming at the pool just down the street, I'd pop in to buy something to paint and something to eat. They have delicious take-away meals also - complete plates and weighed out by the gram.

My pink Mulot box.

Gerard Mulot petit four, original watercolor, 9" x 12"

If you arrive in Paris on a Wednesday

DO NOT make a B-line to Gerard Mulot's.

Wednesday is Children's Day in France -> a no-school day and Mulot is closed, possibly staying home with les gosses (the kids).