Épicerie Roots — Specialty Store in Bastille, Paris
Épicerie Roots on Rue Léon Frot sells the salads that regulars in Bastille stop in for by name, put together with combinations worth buying before a flight or a walk through the neighbourhood.
What Épicerie Roots is
A small specialty shop on Rue Léon Frot in Bastille, and the prepared salads are the reason to come: the combinations change and hold up, and regulars order without checking the menu. Alongside them sit fresh pasta, butter, beetroot ketchup and a produce section, with a few items typically costing €5–20. It opens at 10 am daily.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
A small counter of a shop in Bastille
Épicerie Roots is an independent specialty shop on Rue Léon Frot in Bastille, small enough that the selection is the point rather than the volume. You walk in and the fridges and produce take up most of what you see, with the prepared salads set out as the thing to reach for first.
The salads are what brings regulars back: the combinations are put together with care, and if you buy one before a flight or a train you will not be disappointed. Fresh pasta is worth adding, as are the butter and the beetroot ketchup, all of which hold their own against the price. The fruits and vegetables are good quality too, though the vegetables are priced high for what they are.
This is not a place for a full week's shop. It is a small-format shop where you buy a few things well, and the €5–20 range covers a salad, a jar or a couple of pieces of produce. Come on a weekday morning if you want the shelves at their fullest.
If you want a good salad and good pasta, this is the shop for it.
Sunday hours are shorter, 10 am to 2:30 pm, so a Sunday visit means coming before lunch. The rest of the week runs to 8:30 pm, which makes it easy to fit in after a day out in the neighbourhood.
What to look for
Prepared salads
The combinations are well put together and reliable, and regulars order without checking the menu because they know what they are getting.
Fresh pasta
Named among the items worth the price, alongside the butter and beetroot ketchup.
Fruits and vegetables
Good quality produce, though the vegetables are priced high for what they are.
The pick list
What to bring home
Prepared salads
The combinations are well put together and reliable.
Fresh pasta
one of the items worth the price, and it sits alongside the butter and beetroot ketchup as the things to get first.
Fruits and vegetables
The produce is good quality.
Who is this for
This shop suits a traveler staying near Bastille who wants a proper salad and a piece of good pasta to take away rather than a full restaurant meal. It also works for someone passing through Voltaire station who wants to pick up a few small items, a jar of beetroot ketchup or some fruit, without committing to a big shop.
If you want something baked and sweet rather than a salad or pasta to take away, Boulangerie Manobaké on Rue de Charonne is a short walk away and does an apple and rhubarb turnover worth the detour.
The verdict
The salads and fresh pasta are worth the trip, and the vegetable prices are high, so it is a shop to stop into for a few good things rather than a place to settle in.
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