Rue Montorgueil
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Rue Montorgueil is a trendy street in the IIe arrondissement (in the Châtelet-Les Halles district) of Paris, France. Lined with famous restaurants, quaint cafés, bakeries (including La Maison Stohrer), fish stores, cheese shops, wine shops, produce stands and flower shops, rue Montorgueil has become recognized as one of the best places for hip Parisians to socialize while doing their daily shopping. At the southern most tip of rue Montorgueil is the famed Saint-Eustache Church, the Centre Georges Pompidou (Museum of Contemporary Art, also named Beaubourg Museum) and Les Halles, containing the largest indoor (mostly underground) shopping mall in Paris, and to the north is the area known as the Grands Boulevards.
[edit] Famous restaurants
- L'Escargot, 38, rue Montorgueil. Founded in 1875 by the well known restauranteur Mignard.
- Le Rocher de Cancale
- La Maison Stohrer, 51, rue Montorgueil. This famous bakery opened its doors in this very location in 1730 and is one of the oldest bakeries in Paris. At this very location baba au rhum was invented more than 275 years ago.
[edit] External links
- An article about the history of the Rue Montorgueil and a Monument Historique building at number 15: http://www.15-montorgueil.com/en/histo.php
