Candy shop
A candy shop I “found” yesterday. I never saw it before, but it seems to be fairly well known. It’s clearly the oldest in Paris and has been there (35, rue du Faubourg Montmartre) since 1761. It’s called “A la Mère de Famille” (no translation needed). It has obviously been “modernised” during the 19th century. They offer candies, chocolates, ice cream (excellent – I tried it)…, whatever you wish which is sweet - and to a large extent it’s “home made”.
One small detail: You can read on a sign that they sell biscuits “Lefèvre Utile”. This is an old French brand of biscuits (established in 1846), later called simply LU, now belonging to Danone (Dannon) and possibly on its way to be sold to Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods…
One small detail: You can read on a sign that they sell biscuits “Lefèvre Utile”. This is an old French brand of biscuits (established in 1846), later called simply LU, now belonging to Danone (Dannon) and possibly on its way to be sold to Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods…
You can find some of the originals of the photos from the above patchwork on my other blog "Peter - photos".
