Market, Food court, Tourist attraction
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
More places in Paris
All 236 places in Paris
RestaurantAnne-Sophie Pic Paris
Herb shop, Coffee shop, Cosmetics store, Tea houseApoticari
Japanese restaurant, BarBar Nomo
French restaurantDoobie's
Southeast Asian restaurant, RestaurantFat Belly
Art museum, Museum, Tourist attractionFondation Louis Vuitton
RestaurantLa Mijoterie
RestaurantLe Chien Fou Paris