11th north: Parmentier-Oberkampf

By Elvira Masson

In the Northern part of the 11th arrondissement between rue du Faubourg du Temple and boulevard du Temple, there still exists an area of Paris which has remained quite down to earth-- not affected by the suddenly trendy onslaught that occurred in Oberkampf during the 90's. On the menu: cobblestoned passages not yet totally taken over by «lofts», discrete little second-hand shops and small intimate eateries.