Fromager Gautier — Specialty Store in Canal Saint-Martin, Paris
Fromager Gautier, the cheese stall inside the Marché Saint-Quentin on Boulevard de Magenta, is where you go for a Brillat-Savarin under a blackcurrant mousse and a Comté cut to travel.
What Fromager Gautier is
Fromager Gautier, a cheese stall in Marché Saint-Quentin on Boulevard de Magenta, Canal Saint-Martin, offers cheeses vacuum-sealed for flights. Find varieties like Comté, and gift boxes are assembled on request. Raw goat's milk from Ferme Moret arrives Thursdays by order, at €4.90 a bottle.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
About this store
Fromager Gautier is an independent stall in the Marché Saint-Quentin, on bis Boulevard de Magenta, in Canal Saint-Martin. You find it near the fish counter, just around the corner from the market entrance. The team puts together seasonal specialities of its own.
Start with the Brillat-Savarin under a blackcurrant mousse, and Le Rocher is the other one to try. Crème Fleurette is worth asking for at the counter, and the team will build a gift box of several cheeses if you want a present.
The way the stall works is conversation. Ask about a blue and you get the production details and the differences between one wheel and the next, in English if that helps your companion. For air travel, say so: staff steer you away from a cheese that won't survive the flight and vacuum-seal the one that will. Arriving shortly before closing still works, and a piece can be cut to fit straight into a baguette for a picnic.
One thing to plan around: raw goat's milk from Ferme Moret in Seine-et-Marne comes only on Thursdays, by order, at €4.90 a bottle, and it keeps for up to five days.
Come for the cheese itself and the advice.
What to look for
Brillat-Savarin with blackcurrant mousse
A soft cheese under a blackcurrant mousse, dressed up and tasting as good as its social media reputation suggests.
Comté
A matured Comté to take home as a souvenir of French cheese.
Raw goat's milk from Ferme Moret
Bottled goat's milk from a Seine-et-Marne farm, available on Thursdays by order at €4.90 a bottle, keeping up to five days.
The pick list
What to bring home
Brillat-Savarin with blackcurrant mousse
A soft cheese with a blackcurrant mousse layer.
Raw goat's milk from Ferme Moret
Bottled goat's milk from a farm in Seine-et-Marne, €4.90 a bottle and good for up to five days; it comes to the stall on Thursdays by order, so ask ahead.
Crème Fleurette
The cream to try at the counter.
Comté
A matured Comté; ask for the Comté Reservation.
Gift boxes of assorted cheeses
Staff put together a box of several cheeses for a present, and they will vacuum-pack it so it travels.
Who is this for
This suits souvenir hunters who want a Comté or a boxed selection to carry home, with vacuum-sealing arranged at the counter. It also suits curious browsers happy to ask questions and be walked through blue cheese production and the differences between wheels.
If you want to sit down to a full market lunch of pastries and seafood rather than buy cheese to carry away, the Marché couvert Saint-Quentin itself is a minute away.
The verdict
The cheese is worth carrying home and the advice is careful.
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