Aligre Market – The Food Heart Of The 12th Arrondissement
At the Aligre boucherie - Mark Craft
Aligre Market is the center of daily life in this corner of the 12th Arrondissement. The neighborhood revolves around its outdoor street market, the Beauvau covered market, cafés, bakeries, wine shops, cheesemongers, fishmongers, butchers, and produce stores. From breakfast until lunch, the surrounding streets stay busy with people shopping, meeting friends, and stopping for coffee.
Fresh fruit and vegetables spill across Rue d'Aligre while the covered market is lined with independent food merchants selling cheese, seafood, meat, wine, bread, spices, and prepared foods. Together, they make Aligre one of the most complete food-shopping districts in Paris.
What You'll Find At Aligre Market
Produce stalls & food shops at Aligre market - Mark Craft
Aligre Market is made up of three parts. The outdoor street market along Rue d'Aligre is where fruit, vegetables, flowers, clothing, and household goods fill the street. At the end of the street, the Beauvau covered market is lined with independent food merchants. Around both are bakeries, wine shops, cafés, and other neighborhood businesses.
The outdoor market changes from day to day as stallholders set up along the street. Inside the covered market, permanent merchants sell cheese, seafood, meat, bread, spices, wine, and prepared foods. Together they offer almost everything needed for a meal, from fresh ingredients to dessert.
How Aligre Market Is Organized
Seasonal white asparagus at the Aligre market - Mark Craft
Aligre's Food Shops
Before the market stalls are set up in the morning, Rue d'Aligre is already a destination for food shopping. Bakeries, cheesemongers, fishmongers, butchers, wine shops, produce stores, and delicatessens line the street, serving the neighborhood throughout the week. Together they form one of the busiest food-shopping streets in Paris.
A visit to Aligre Market begins here. Stop at a bakery, browse a cheese shop, or pick up a bottle of wine before continuing into the street market and the Beauvau covered market.
The Street Market
From Tuesday through Sunday, stalls fill Rue d'Aligre with fruit, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and seasonal produce from across France. Prices are marked by hand, vendors call out the day's specials, and shoppers compare produce before filling their baskets.
Arrive early for the fullest selection. Towards the end of the market day, some stallholders lower prices on fruit and vegetables they prefer to sell rather than take away.
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The Beauvau Covered Market
At the end of Rue d'Aligre is the Beauvau covered market, home to permanent food merchants. Inside are butchers, cheesemongers, fishmongers, wine merchants, spice shops, florists, and specialty food stores alongside cafés and places to stop for lunch.
Outside, Place d'Aligre often hosts a small flea market selling antiques, books, clothing, household goods, and collectibles, adding another layer to the neighborhood's daily market life.
A Brief History of the Aligre Market
Shopping for produce at the Aligre market - Mark Craft
Before this neighborhood became part of the 12th Arrondissement in 1860, it belonged to the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, a suburb known for cabinetmakers, woodcarvers, gilders, and other skilled craftsmen. The market supplied local residents as well as the workshops that filled the surrounding streets.
The Beauvau covered market opened in 1779, and the outdoor market gradually developed around it. Furniture makers and restoration workshops still have a presence in the neighborhood, linking today's Aligre Market with the area's long tradition of craftsmanship.
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Visiting Aligre Market
At the Aligre Market, 3 kilos of onions for €2 - Mark Craft
The Outdoor Market
- Rue d'Aligre, 12th Arrondissement
- Metro: Ledru-Rollin
- Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Sunday, 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- The market, as well as many surrounding shops, is closed on Monday
Marché Couvert Beauvau
- Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM, then 3:30 PM until 7:30 PM
- Sunday, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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