Rue Montorgueil

Rue Montorgueil.

Monet's depiction of Rue Montorgueil in a painting with the same name

Rue Montorgueil (French pronunciation: [ʁy mɔ̃tɔʁɡɛj]) is a trendy street in the 2nd arrondissement (in the Châtelet-Les Halles district) of Paris, France. Lined with famous restaurants, quaint cafés, bakeries (including La Maison Stohrer), fish stores, cheese shops, wine shops, produce stands and flower shops, rue Montorgueil has become recognized as one of the best places for hip Parisians to socialize while doing their daily shopping. At the southernmost tip of rue Montorgueil is the famed Saint-Eustache Church, the Centre Georges Pompidou (Museum of Contemporary Art, also named Beaubourg Museum) and Les Halles, containing the largest indoor (mostly underground) shopping mall in central Paris, and to the north is the area known as the Grands Boulevards.

Famous restaurants

L'Escargot Montorgueil Restaurant

• L'Escargot, 38, rue Montorgueil. Founded in 1875 by the well known restaurateur Mignard.

• Le Rocher de Cancale

• La Maison Stohrer, 51, rue Montorgueil. This famous bakery opened its doors in this very location in 1730 and is one of the oldest bakeries in Paris. It was at this location that baba au rhum was invented more than 275 years ago.