Run Drink Eat Run To Le Baron Rouge

For those who follow my blog, you probably know that I love to run when I am travelling in France. I also love wine. So, I decided to combine the two when I was recently in Paris. I had heard about a great wine bar called, “Le Baron Rouge”. It is located just east of the Bastille and one Sunday morning I decided I wanted to visit this place.  But, I also wanted to get a short run in. What would I do? Have you heard of the movie, “Run, Lola, Run”? This is my version: “Run Drink Eat Run To Le Baron Rouge”. It’s a unique experience I think everyone should try. Let me explain.

Sunday Run

When I woke up that Sunday morning I ran from my apartment located south of the Seine River in the 5th arrondissement to three markets. The first was only two kilometers away and not a difficult run as one has to keep stopping at traffic lights (aka. “rest time”). It was a cloudy day, around 0 degrees C so it was good for running.

Run To Marché des Enfants Rouge

• small with food stalls. There wasn’t much exciting there but the area was interesting. It had lots of shops and restaurants.

Run To Marché Bastille

• located 1.3 kilometres away
• it is one BIG market with lots of stalls and people. As it is one of Paris’ biggest, it was also very crowded but for good reason.

Run To Marché Aligre

• located less than a kilometre away
• a new one on my list and it became my favourite for the day
• there was an organic bakery where I bought my beloved chaussons aux pommes. I figured it was a good place to buy it as there was a line up to get in
  

  Le Pain Au Naturel at Marche Aligre

Le Baron Rouge

After munching on a chausson aux pommes, I ventured across the street to Le Baron Rouge. It was my “reward” for my little run. Just in front of the wine bar, there were a few tables set up and two staff were preparing plates of oysters and told me that I choose my oysters and then go inside to choose my wine.

It was very amusing to watch the staff shucking the oysters with her contraption. It reminded me of a paper cutter and it did the trick without cutting or stabbing herself. This video will show how fast she was.

Shucking oysters infront of Le Baron Rouge, Paris France from JansFrance on Vimeo.

Oysters and Wine

I chose some oysters from the list (I am not a connoisseur so I just picked the middle one on the list). I was given a plate with my oysters, bread, butter, and lemon and proceeded inside where I was overwhelmed with hundreds of bottles of wine and casks of wine.

I spoke to the owner who was behind the bar and he recommended a delicious white wine to go with my oysters. I stood at the bar, amongst the crowds (very popular place) and enjoyed my treat for the day, speaking to some other clients. I don’t THINK I got any weird looks as I was in my running gear. I think they just accepted me as another person who loves oysters and wine. I then ran back home.

This was one of my most pleasant runs (exception: Marathon du Medoc——22 wines over 42.2 kilometres) and although you may not want to  take up running, I highly suggest you check out Le Baron Rouge for a great experience.  By the way, the price for a glass of wine and 5 oysters?  10.5  Euros. Distance run? 8.8 kilometres.

Marché des Enfants Rouge: 39 Rue de Bretagne (3rd arrondissement

Marché Bastille: at Place de la Bastille

Marché Aligre: at Place d’Aligre (12th arrondissement)

Le Baron Rouge: 1 rue Theophile Roussel (12th arrondissement)