Five years later, in 1730, the enterprising Stohrer opened his own shop on 51 rue Montorgueil, in the second arrondissement, where it has remained to this day. When the King’s daughter, Marie Leszczynska, married King Louis XV of France, she brought her favorite pâtissier with her to Versailles. There’s the fishmonger, the butcher, the fruit stall, the cheese shop, the vegetable stall, the flower shop, the baker, and of course, the pastry shop–but not just any pastry shop.Īs the story goes, Nicolas Stohrer learned his trade as pastry chef in the kitchens of King Stanislas I of Poland, in exile in the East of France. Strolling along the pedestrian rue Montorgueil next to Les Halles you can imagine yourself stocking up along the fresh food market stalls the way it used to be done by Parisians here for 800 years.
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