Paris Pistachio Shop and more - Brand New

On the Rue Quincampoix, a cobbled pedestrian street near the Centre Pompidou, is an adorable little pistachio shop called La Pistacherie. With the wood paneling, fancy packaging, and the colorful nuts and dried fruits presented in big glass jars like candy. You can assume a shop called La Pistacherie is going to have a good selection of pistachios. They have roasted ones, amazing raw ones, chocolate covered ones, sugar-coated ones (in little balls, wrapped in cellophane like candies), and different blends with other nuts and dried fruits. There's one whole counter for the raw nuts, including walnut, almond, pine nut, and macadamia, which are hard to find. The second counter has roast nuts of every kind, even roasted chick peas and corn nuts. The dried fruits were pretty exotic, including dried blueberries and dried pomegranate kernels. The friendly owner and his staff give people tastes, which is nice considering that these are not cheap products. But Its was worth it for the quality, the variety, and the novelty of the flavors. Although it has the "look", this is not a chain and has only been open for three months. Do check it out for some original gift ideas for others (or yourself). La Pistacherie 67 rue Rambuteau, 4th Tel 01 42 78 84 55 Open daily.