Our favorite spots of the Canal St Martin

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22 rue Yves Toudic, Paris 10e

Savvy blend between a floristry and a concept-store, Horticus designs plant compositions as artworks! Horticus carefully selects flowers and plants, with attention to their origins, and even takes part in transplanting seedlings with producers from Ile-de-France.

20 rue Beaurepaire, Paris 10e

With an offbeat and humoristic eye on fashion (and life!), Patricia Blanchet designs and makes shoes for women with a colorful soul. The most famous? The open-toe glitter pumps. Boots and sneakers come to broaden the collections, adorned with vivid or lamé inserts, where details reign.

12 rue de Lancry, Paris 10e

Music and fashion lovers, Amnaye and Sylvie Chateigner, the 2 cofounders of Thanx God I’m a VIP, probably offer the most exceptionnal vintage selection of the French capital city! High quality is non-negociable, style is edgy, sometimes mischievous yet timeless. Saint Laurent, Balmain, Guy Laroche, Hermès... Let the French Touch gain your wardrobe!

37 rue Yves Toudic, Paris 10e

Embroidered brooches, colorful thermoadhesive patches or even luggage tags, Macon & Lesquoy cultivates the art of elegant accessories. The brand's original creations are entirely handmade with cannetille yarn, with an ancient indo-pakistani technique. Marie Macon and Anne-Laure Lesquoy, the 2 cofounders, draw inspiration from their travels and the people they meet aling them to create collections alternately engaged, quirky or audacious.

10 rue de la Grange aux Belles, Paris 10e

Thomas concentrates the essence of the place himself. Here, flowers are thoroughly harmonized into seasonal bouquets. Origin transparency is key, Thomas sources blossoms in the Paris region or Brittany. To adorn balconies, terraces or interiors with plants, he draws inspiration from the diversity offered "by the five continents' flora".

83 quai de Valmy, Paris 10e

Established since 22 years along the Canal Saint Martin, it's always good to wander at Artazart. Both art gallery and book shop, this address is dedicated to images, always hosting an exhibition, a vernissage or a book signing. Perfect pause during a walk along the Canal St-Martin, we always pick a photographic book or a design illustration, for ourselves or as a gift.

28 Yves Toudic, Paris 10e

This concept-store selects for us coffees, independant magazines and vinyl records, gathered in a modern and atypical place. The magazine selection extends from fashion to music, not to mention architecture and travelling. Bonjour Jacob is also an art gallery exuding a happy and contagious harmony: we come back inspired, centered and enriched!

60 rue de Lancry, Paris 10e

Asian cuisine with a Parisian touch, Nanashi probably offers the healthiest alternative of the neighborhood. Colorful and gourmet meals gather meat, fish, veggy and vegan options. Fresh and various products compose a festive cuisine. Specific mention to the fresh mixed juices, an ideal whiplash to boost our afternoons!

39 quai de Valmy, Paris 10e

IMA is metamorphosed throughout the day and the week: restaurant at lunch time, coffee shop in the after-noon, tapas bar in the evening until brunch for the weekends! This place charms us by its unpretentious friendliness, the 100% veggy cuisine delights us with mediterranean inspirations, love at first sight. The ultimate #foodporn !

59 rue de Lancry, Paris 10e

Shouk is an address that advocates for a market cuisine, with fresh seasonal products. The cooking is mediterranean and with an israelian influence. This fabulous cantine livens up at lunch and in the evening in a cosy mood. The contemporary deisgn of the restaurant shows an open kitchen from which sense-tickling scents and flavors emanate!

34 rue Yves Toudic, Paris 10e

It's THE pastry shop that distilles its perfume along our rue de Marseille! Du Pain et Des Idées is the story of passionnate self-taught man, Christophe Vasseur, who quits everything to settle in this authentic parisian boulangerie in 2002. Expression of a purist baker handcraft, his choice ditactes a narrow but delicious range, with only bread and pastries. In January, it's our go-to place for the galette des Rois, but also all year long for the pain des amis, with a thick crust and a smooth crumb, or the niflettes, airy squares of puff pastry surmounted by orange blossom-flavored cream pastry. A delight to all lovers of life's pleasures!

2 rue de Marseille & 22 rue Yves Toudic, Paris 10e

One brand, two boutiques and a shared passion for a responsible and embodied fashion. Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillon first founded Veja, in order to produce different sneakers ; then wished to expand their horizon by creating an hybrid place between a shop and a creative workspace. Centre Commercial offers one of the most interesting wlothing selections and hosts the most hype collabs and exciting events of Eastern Paris. The concept-store gathers in one space fashion brands with an ecological and human consciousness, but also with a proven track of transparency on their production.

36 rue Beaurepaire, Paris 10e

Chez Prune is THE historical café of the Canal Saint Martin. Always in its original decor from a time when Charles Aznavour would sing La Bohème, it's a garanteed authenticity shot for a cup of Parisian coffee or a gourmet plate! Terrasse with a view on the Canal and the sunlight, if you're lucky…