European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stripes photo Tom and Sharon Hudgins breads Are baked daily at be the lower end of Rue Mouffe Tard in front of med Ards stripes photo Tom and Sharon Hudgims a window display of stripes photo Tom and Sharon Hudgins stripes photo Tom and Sharon Hudgins pasta maker Sells fresh noodles direct from his pasta Street markets the Short and the stall of it by Sharon Hudgins special to stripes Magazine readers of Georges Simenon novels Are already familiar with the major setting of one of his the Little is the Rue Mouffe Tard in an earlier and Simenon inspector Maigret often sends one of his police sergeants Down to the Rue Mouffe Tard to interview a a a a vegetable an i happened upon the Street by Accident one while wandering aimlessly around the neighbourhood near the on the left Bank in the Rue Mouffe tards bustling open air colourful ethnic and tiny Eclectic shops combined to create an atmosphere that some people claim is uniquely not merely mind restaurant Middle and delivery trucks All crowd the Street during the morning and evening Market relative quiet descends at for the sacred French lunch and after Sunset the streets character changes once As the restaurants open for the Well dressed casual and unloving students take Over the and the last cafe Doest close until its almost time for the morning Market to Start setting up extending for a distance of about four Long City the Rue Mouffe Tard runs from the place de la cont Escarpe to the Square the nearest stops Are Monge and Many of the buildings along the Street Date from the 17th and through their narrow entrances you can often glimpse half timbered curved wooden and tiny women carrying overloaded string shopping bags Bustle exchanging Friendly greetings with neighbors and welled cats Bathe contentedly on window while Cloch Ards tramps sit on the curbs and talk to their dogs about the Good old from the Square Medard Uphill along the Rue Mouffe Tard to the Rue de the Street is closed to traffic and functions As one of Paris permanent Market Here youll find shops and food stalls Selling All kinds of French and imported goods fresh fish and shellfish vegetables whose colors Glisten in the Sun and horse meat asian herbs and african spices exotic fruits and fresh one of my favorite stores is the bakery pastry shop be Moule a Gateau the cake where the Aroma of warm butter almost overpowers you when you walk in the the Rue Mouffe Tard Market is open tuesday through from 8 to 1 and from 4 to continuing up the Hill toward the place de la the Rue Mouffe Tard turns into a restaurant although youll also find quite a few Wool secondhand clothing and a couple of but the restaurants predominate the Rue Mouffe Tard and the Many Small Side streets that Branch out from major Paris markets numbers in parentheses indicate the Paris or where the Market is Market streets permanent indoor outdoor Street tuesday through 8 and 4 Rue Montor Gueirl beginning at Rue ram Buteau Rue Mouffe Tard beginning at the Square Medard or the Rue de Ieper Debois Rue de beginning at Germain Rue Cler beginning at de la Motte Picquet Rue Des Belles Feuillet beginning at Victorhugo Rue Levis beginning at Des Bati Nolles Rue Poncelet beginning at Des Ternes Rue do Poteau beginning at place Jules Joffrin covered markets tuesday through 9 and 4 infants rouges 39 Rue de Bretagne Marche Saintgermain Rue Mabillot and Rue Robineau Marche chateau eau Rue chateau Deau and Rue Bouchardon Marche Saint Quentin Corner of de Magenta and Rue de Chabrol Marche de Passy Corner of Rue Boise vent and Rue Duban roving markets 7 Only on the specific Days place Monge at place Friday and sunday Raspail Between Rue do Cherch Emidi and Rue de tuesday and Breteuil de from de Segur to place thursday and saturday cite Berryer beginning at Rue tuesday and Friday Bercy de Between Rue de Charenton and place tuesday and Friday Edga Quinet along beginning at Rue wednesday and saturday Cours la Reine on the Island Between president Wilson and Between Rue Debrouse and place wednesday and saturday restaurants have overtaken this and an indecisive person could go crazy trying to choose a place to youll find North and Swiss restaurants an Irish cafe an authentic Breton crepe shop a Beer la Mort Subit the sudden death with 16 kinds of Beer on tap and 150 types of bottled Beers and several Small French there Are so Many foreign restaurants that a French one proudly displays a sign proclaiming cuisine Competition among All these eating places keeps prices quite the Best Way to see the Many faces of the Rue Mouffe Tard is to visit it at different times of the arrive when the Market is in full then stay for a leisurely lunch at one of the Small find something else to do during the afternoon youre in Paris need i say then return around 8 when the restaurants open for the perhaps choose a fancier restaurant than the one you lunched and linger Over the join the lat night strollers ambling along the stopping at the few shops that remain or at one of the Many bars for a jazz clubs and a Cinema Cater to the True night in spite of its late hours hours and Lively Street the Rue Mouffe Tard is not a swinging children Are much in even at accompanying their parents or running to one of the food stalls to buy fresh crepes or hot people Are Friendly no one hassles and once youve tasted the flavors of the Rue youll find yourself returning again and again for that perfect Apricot tarte that Only available on the for another inexpensive greek for a special fresh Herb that sold Only in the Market on tuesdays All c Sharon 1985 stripes photo Tom and Sharon Hudgins a Bounty of seafood is available in the enamel sign advertises famous chickens from whats your sign if youve always wanted one of those cafe menus the French Post behind their or maybe a Paris Street sign for the Rue de Paradis or Avenue Victor Hugo or perhaps a no smoking or a no spitting sign in French then Pape Terie moderne is the shop youve been looking located at 12 Rue de la not far from the forum Les Halles shopping this jumbled store has every French Public sign my personal favourites Are individual signs with the names of French which you can use to identify cheeses when you give parties at or put on the Wall for Kitchen youll find grocers signs for All sorts of French sausages and in addition to bakery Price ice Cream House address numbers and traffic signs All at reasonable Monsieur and Madame who run the shop Are very personable and make a valiant Effort to communicate in whatever language you hours monday through to and 1 to 7 closed two weeks in 10 May stripes Magazine May stripes Magazine