Looking for suggestions on where to buy good cookware in Paris.
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http://www.e-dehillerin.fr/index.php
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Dear Redslots:
No question-DeHillerin, located on the Rue Coquelierre (sp?) in Les Halles. This is a no-nonsense cookware shop, where Parisian chefs buy their cookware, utensils and equipment. Be aware that this shop%26#39;s attmosphere is not charming. It is not like Sur la Table or Williams-Sonoma. The cookware is suspended from ancient pegboard and you can go downstairs to hunt around copper pots packed into cardboard boxes. I love it!
(They also have extremely good copper cleaner-expensive but worth it.)
Bonne chance and bon voyage!
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For basics, BHV on Rivoli.
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We found another cooking store about two blocks away and around the corner from E. Dellerhin (sorry, can%26#39;t think of the name of it right now). It was a little smaller, a little more modern, but same concept as ED with copper pots and lots of bakeware. As you are leaving E. Dellerhin, head toward the church about a block or two down. When you get to the corner where the church is, there is an Irish Pub, turn left. You%26#39;ll walk past a wonderful little craft shop called La Drogerie and several neat boutiques. At the end of that street, turn left again and the cooking store will be on your left.
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;We found another cooking store about two blocks away and around the corner from E. Dellerhin (sorry, can%26#39;t think of the name of it right now)%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
Some of the other neighborhood/area cookware shops you%26#39;re trying to recall are--
A. SIMON--48-52 rue Montmartre,75002
http://www.simon-a.com/
MORA--13 rue Montmartre,75001--
http://www.mora.fr/fr/index.asp
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Wow! TA members are amazing. Thank you all for taking the time to respond to my inquiry.
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There%26#39;s a wonderful cookware shop in the Viaduc des Arts (avenue Daumesnil, 12e), but I can%26#39;t recall the name. I just love browsing the shops in that area.
A funny story about our visit to Dehillerin last fall: The tiny aisles were just jam-packed with American tourists, and the manager asked us: %26quot;Why all the American visitors to our shop? Do you not know about Sur La Table?%26quot; Apparently, he%26#39;s travelled in the States, and is a fan of the original Sur La Table in Pike Place Market in Seattle! He seemed bemused that anyone would want to load copper cookware into their suitcases, but was happy for the business.
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E. DeHillerin reminds me of an old fashioned, and old, hardware store. And I mean that in a very... good... way... Someone comes up to help you, right away if it%26#39;s not crowded, later - but guaranteed - if they are. If you want something, he hoists it down for you - maybe with a hook - and carries it to the counter, if necessary. Then he writes up your order on a little slip of paper, and works off of that behind the wooden counter. (Behind the counter, it looks just like the inside of a construction trailer.) I%26#39;d swear he stuck the slip on an upturned nail, just like in the olden days, but can%26#39;t remember for sure. I was a little distracted, as she was still looking when I was purchasing, and I was worried I%26#39;d have to think of the logistics of getting any more back to Boston. You certainly won%26#39;t be bringing some of their things home. They have some of the largest vats - many copper - and knives, spoons, rollers and spatulas that you%26#39;ll probably ever see.
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There%26#39;s a shop at Viaduct des Arts called Atelier du Cuivre.
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