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World music dominates this perennially popular Bastille dance club, with happening Latino
DJs and reggae, funk and Afro jazz concerts. Concerts usually take place on Friday and
Saturday.
SHOPPING
FOOD, DRINK
LA MANUFACTURE DE CHOCOLAT
10.30am-7pm Tue-Sat; Bastille)
If you dine at superstar chef Alain Ducasse's restaurants, the chocolate will have been made
here at Ducasse's own chocolate factory - the first in Paris to produce 'bean-to-bar' chocol-
ate - which he set up with his former executive pastry chef Nicolas Berger. Deliberate over
ganaches, pralines and truffles and no fewer than 44 flavours of chocolate bar.
You can also buy Ducasse's chocolates at his Left Bank boutique,
Le Chocolat Alain Du-
MALL
BERCY VILLAGE
shops 11am-9pm Mon-Sat, restaur-
ants & bars 11am-2am daily; Cour St-Émilion)
Set in the former Bercy wine warehouses, this popular outdoor mall has an 18-screen
cinema, restaurants, bars and a string of stores catering to the needs of Parisian families:
home design, clever kitchen supplies, quality toy stores and more.
ARTS, CRAFTS
VIADUC DES ARTS
vary;
Bastille or Gare de
Lyon)
Located beneath the red-brick arches of the
Promenade Plantée
is the Viaduc des Arts,
where traditional artisans and contemporary designers carry out antique renovations and cre-
ate new items using traditional methods. Artisans include furniture and tapestry restorers,
interior designers, cabinet makers, violin- and flute-makers, embroiderers and jewellers.
FOOD
MY CRAZY POP
Wasabi, Parmesan, barbecue and olive tapenade are among the amazing savoury flavours at
this popcorn shop (a French first); sweet styles include gingerbread praline, salted-butter
