Seattle - September 29, 2009

Je Ne Say What?

Paris Grocery Opens

To Brie or not to Brie, that is the question.

If your answer is oui, you’ll want to shop Paris Grocery. From the owners of The Spanish Table comes a quaint new store stocked with European culinary delights.

Fill your cupboards with French jams, olives, herbs de Provence, oils, vinegars, and mustards. Then raid a freezer fit for bon vivants with gourmet blood sausages, escargot, croissants, and pastry shells. Rillettes, confits, patés, and sliced duck breast from the deli are all a baguette needs.

Picnic wines — affordable bottles priced under $30 — and ciders sit in twin stacks. Coolers topped with fleurs-de-lis offer chilled lemonades, sparkling waters, white wines, and rosés.

From the fromage counter, choose a French or Basque cheese to pair with your grape.

This really is as Gouda as it gets.

Paris Grocery, 1418 Western Avenue (206-682-0679).