Address: 30, Rue des Saints-Peres 75007 Paris
Hours: 9:00 am -7:00pm Monday-Saturday
Closed on Sunday
Cost: 2 euros for a chocolate piece and about 6 euros for a chocolate bar
Website: http://debauve-et-gallais.fr/en/
I just had to talk about this shop because its story is just amazing. It all happened in the late 1700's when Sulpice Debauve was then the official pharmacist to King Louis XVI. Marie-Antoinette had in horror the taste of her medicine so Debauve had the idea of hiding it in chocolate coins which he created. He was probably the ancestor of Mary Poppins ("spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!"). Marie-Antoinette loved them so much, she probably became hypochondriac from that time on. And so it started, Debauve became the official chocolate maker of the kings, the emperor Napoléon and even a few Russian tsars.
You can definitely feel the apothecary background in the shop. I have to admit I was more curious by the history than the chocolate. It's a beautiful shop and I love the history behind it but the chocolate is super expensive. It goes around 50 euros for a small box. So I only ordered one piece, yes one little piece and a chocolate bar totaling just close of 9 euros. It was good but not jaw-dropping. It was a fun experience, just to say I went.
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