Rôtisserie Segar, rue Mouffetard

 

Yesterday I had the best chicken sandwich 🥪 ever.

Completely out of the blue and in the pouring rain 🌧️ 

Rue Mouffetard Map

Quite a few mentioned Rue Mouffetard as a favorite Paris street I should draw ✍️ 

It was not my favorite street till I visited it many times for the map artwork.

'Rue Mouff' is both long and old. I decided to draw only the pedestrian paved way.

The barrier above starts at rue de l'Epee de Bois and heads downward. Most food shops are in this limited area anyway.

An old postcard of rue Mouff

It hasn't changed much. I took this last Sunday morning.

The base of the street has a fountain and a small marché. 

Don't miss the most amazing yogurt you will Ever taste at top traiteur Mavrommatis on nearby 47, rue Censier. It's uses milk from Greek cows but in made Paris. La crème de la crème. I bought a kilo bucket of the silkiest yogurt for a mere 5€.

The street if full of workers running up and down, many with baguettes 🥖 under their arms.

Go early to catch workers setting up.

The size of wheels of cheese in France are jaw dropping. There are FOUR fromageries on stretch of rue Mouff! And all worth investigating.

FromagerieAndrouet at the bottom is terrific the murals above the awning. Don't forget to look up ⬆️ 

Wine tasting in the street at one of the 3-4 wine sellers.

Mococha at #87, just above the barrier - a new discovery for me.

Superb, top drawer chocolates from France's best chocolatiers (Gillotte, Bellanger). You can buy just one chocolate to taste and don't miss the exquisite small cup of hot chocolate for 2€.

The soul and heartbeat of rue Mouff is at #123. 

Maison Morange boulangerie where lines are constant.

Another top purveyor, Patissier Carl Marletti at 51, rue Censier, famous for his winning  tarte citron and fraisier. If you arrive at noon on Sunday expect to settle for only a madeleine if you're lucky. The cupboard will be bare. Early birds get the tartes.

Nearly across from the boulangerie and serving their baguettes, the small bistro Le Verre à Pied serves a very good lunch formule for 11-15€. Do not show up at 2:50 and expect to get served by the way.

Hemingway lived in many residences around rue Mouf and it took me way too many sketches to capture his likeness. I got a helping hand from Nikon's Hemingway's Paris blog. Loaded with atmospheric photos of the roaring Twenties. A don't miss.

Julia Child shopped on rue Mouf often.

I think I did better justice to her cat, Minette on this months map.

I wanted Julia and Hemingway to form a kind of traditional cartouche.

Enfin the October Paris map letter is done and shipping out from la Poste today! Hooray. 

Now on to November map. Do look in my Etsy shop. 

Paris letters in your mailbox can be quite entertaining. Or so they tell me ;))

Rue Mouffetard...

Diwali Mouffetard, 9" x 11"

Are there certain well-known streets in Paris you never walked down?

I never walked down rue Mouffetard. 

Shame on moi.

Situated in the 5th (cinquième) arrondissement of Paris, Rue Mouffetard is one of Paris's oldest & liveliest neighborhoods. The area has many restaurants, shops, cafés, and a regular open market. I walked a ton down Rue Montorgueil on the other hand, but then it's loaded with pastry and gelato shops. Look! A Paris line.
Rue Cler is another street I somehow missed up on. But I'll be 2 minutes away from it in a couple of weeks so I'll comb every inch of it for you... Anne took me in the Marais and promises to guide me down Avenue Montaigne - the poshest of Parisian streets. Are there any pastry shops on it though? Do you have a favorite street I should explore? Tell all!

It's odd how you go back to the same old places over and over again in Paris. But then you feel comfortable there, so it makes perfect sense doesn't it?

Will this corner cafe become my new home away from home? Especially since I have to climb 6-7 flights to reach it.

I'm whipping myself into shape for those stairs..

Mostly whipping cream...Hmmm

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BONJOUR JEUDI!