Shops, chocolate

GOODS & SERVICES • The Nines

The Nines are FOUND's distilled lists of the best in Paris and surrounds. Additions or subtractions? Hit reply or email found@foundparis.com.

• Jean-Paul Hevin (multiple locations), boxes of classic and creative flavors, chocolate desserts, some of Paris’s best macarons

• Debauve & Gallais (2nd & 7th arr, above), historic shop founded by King Louis XVI’s pharmacist, still going strong selling Marie-Antoinette’s and Napoleon’s favorites

• Jacques Genin (3rd & 7th arr), chocolate master hand-makes silkiest, smoothest chocolates and delicious caramels in Marais atelier

• Les Trois Chocolats (4th arr), Franco-Japanese flavors like miso, vin chaud, yuzu with honey from Savoie

• Edwart (1st, 4th & 17th arr), high-quality ingredients (Piedmont hazelnuts, grilled vanilla from Papua New Guinea) paired with Grand Cru chocolate, always handmade

• Patrick Roger (multiple locations), minimalist interiors and minimalist chocolates, flavor combinations that enhance (not overpower) chocolate’s purity

• Le Bristol Paris (8th arr), collection of gourmet ateliers includes palace hotel's very own chocolate workshop

• Chocolat Alléno et Rivoire (6th & 7th arr), subtly flavored ganaches and signature praline sticks from chef Yannick Alléno and pastry chef/chocolatier Aurélien Rivoire

• La Chocolaterie William Artigue (10th arr) highly seasonal flavors, and in winter, delicious hot chocolate to go