le Pain au Naturel

On a Sunday morning amid the bustle of shopping at Marché d'Aligre,

this street scene in front of the boulangerie features individual characters

in the daily routine:

The queue of shoppers at the entrance,

 the table of breads on the sidewalk,

a young French girl on her trottinette,

a baker delivering fresh baguettes from the oven.

What you miss are the aromas of the bread and the oysters just across the narrow street

and the hawking of  produce in the sing-song of many different languages.

le Pain au Naturel

rue Théophile Roussel

75012

 

Le Pain au Naturel

On a Sunday morning, the lines for the most popular bread items are set on a table in front of Le Pain au Naturel.  Just ten minutes later the storefront was obscured with people in two lines, one leading into the store and one on the sidewalk for these delicious loaves and baguettes.  

If you ever find yourself alone in Paris, a street market is a great place to sit in a café and watch the Parisians enjoying la vie quotidienne. 

Le Pain au Naturel
5, place d'Aligre
75012 Paris