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Styled like a boutique, this contemporary
fromagerie
(cheese shop) is a must-discover. Clé-
ment? Brossault ditched a career in banking to become a
fromager
and his cheese selection
- 70-odd types - is superb. Cheeses flagged with a bicycle symbol are varieties he dis-
covered in situ during a two-month French cheese tour he embarked on as part of his train-
ing.
CHEESE
FROMAGERIE BEAUFILS
8am-1pm & 3.30-7.45pm
Tue-Sat, 8.30am-1pm Sun; Jourdain)
The queue outside the door, especially at weekends, says it all. This family-run
fromagerie
and
affineur
(ripener) in Belleville is among the best in Paris, with dozens of French cheeses
you're unlikely to see - and, more importantly, taste - elsewhere.
CHILDREN'S FASHION
BY SOPHIE
11am-7pm Tue-Fri;
Parmentier)
Stylish parents keen to don their kids in chic, retro fashion should make a beeline for this
vintage-style boutique with clothes and accessories for babies, toddlers and young children.
Sophie also hosts hip knitting workshops.
FASHION
MADE BY MOI
01 58 30 95 78;
www.madebymoi.fr
; 86 rue Oberkampf, 11e;
2.30-8pm
Mon, 11am-8pm Tue-Sat; Parmentier)
'Made by Me', aka handmade, is the driver of this appealing boutique on trendy rue
Oberkampf. Mooch here for women's fashion, homewares and so on.
GAMES, HOBBIES
PUZZLE MICHÈLE WILSON
10am-7pm Tue-
Sat; St-Ambroise)
Puzzleurs
and
puzzleuses
will love the selection of hand-cut wooden jigsaws available in
this shop. Ranging in size (and degree of difficulty) from 80 to 5000 pieces, the puzzles de-
pict for the most part major works of art. The ones of medieval stained glass and 18th-cen-
tury fans are particularly fine. There are two other outlets in Paris.
GAMES, HOBBIES
BOUTIQUE OBUT
