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Marché couvert des Enfants Rouges

Marché couvert des Enfants Rouges, Paris’s oldest covered food market, packs narrow aisles with produce, oysters, crêpes, and a lively mix of French, Moroccan, Japanese, Lebanese, and African counters.

The story

Marché couvert des Enfants Rouges is Paris’s oldest covered food market, founded in 1615 and still busy with produce stalls, fishmongers, butchers, florists, and prepared-food counters. Narrow aisles fill with oysters, galettes, couscous, bentos, juices, and plates from French, Moroccan, Japanese, Lebanese, Italian, and African kitchens. The market stays open beyond lunch, with dinner and apéritif hours and a later Thursday close. Its food-hall feel comes with practical limits: some tables belong to individual stalls, while a producer stand appears on Wednesdays and Saturdays from morning to early afternoon.

Good to know

TAGGG AI
  • Crowds build quickly; earlier visits are calmer and lines can grow long at popular stalls.
  • Seating can be limited, and some tables are reserved for customers of specific stalls.
  • Takeaway is useful when the market is packed and tables are hard to find.

Plan your visit

Address39 Rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris, France
Opening hoursMonday: ClosedTuesday: 8:30 AM–8:30 PMWednesday: 8:30 AM–8:30 PMThursday: 8:30 AM–8:30 PMFriday: 8:30 AM–8:30 PMSaturday: 8:30 AM–8:30 PMSunday: 8:30 AM–5 PM
Phone+33 1 40 11 20 40
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