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In 1886, August Fauchon opened his épicerie fine on place del la Madeleine. The rest is history. Today, a visit to Fauchon, one of the most famous gourmet grocery stores in the world, is one of the must-dos in Paris. With its magnificent museum-quality window displays and its mind-boggling selection of more than thirty thousand gastronomic goodies, Fauchon is the ultimate gourmet mecca. Its image has been polished even further by the addition of a three-level building next door containing a pâtisserie and candy shop and an expanded grocery section, which carries the entire line of Fauchon groceries, spices, teas, and coffees.
Comments courtesy of Great Eats Paris by Sandra Gustafson, (c) 2004, Chronicle Books LLC.