Saint Louis Covered Market

The Saint-Louis market hall, in Brest

The Saint-Louis market hall is the gourmet covered market of Brest, showcase of the products of the Breton terroir. The Brest audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this place inaugurated in 1953 in the heart of the city centre, where are displayed crêpes, kouign-amann, far breton, Breton cake and salted butter caramel, today under rehabilitation, its stalls provisionally installed outside.

History

Make way for the local specialities: the Saint-Louis market hall will delight the most gourmet by offering stalls of products of the terroir all more enticing than the others. And the list is long in Brest. Even without having ever visited Brittany, you all know a few specialities of the region, starting with the famous Breton crêpes, followed by the famous kouign-amann, the far breton, the Breton cake or the salted butter caramel. All this in a building inaugurated in 1953, in the heart of the city centre of Brest, that is today the object of a rehabilitation destined to host even more merchants. The works being prolonged, the stalls have provisionally installed outside, without losing any of their conviviality. A place of life and gourmandise, the Saint-Louis market hall embodies the attachment of Brest to its terroir and its culinary traditions, and offers a tasty plunge into the richness of Breton cuisine, between sweet treats, products of the sea and regional specialities.

What to see

Here you savour the specialities of the Breton terroir in the gourmet covered market of Brest, inaugurated in 1953: crêpes, kouign-amann, far breton, Breton cake and salted butter caramel delight the visitors. Under rehabilitation, its stalls are provisionally installed outside, without losing any of their conviviality. The Saint-Louis market hall is a temple of Breton gourmandise. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Saint-Louis market hall lies in the heart of the city centre of Brest, reachable on foot. The building being under rehabilitation, the stalls are provisionally installed outside, on the neighbouring streets; the hours of the market vary. It is best to enquire before coming to taste the Breton specialities.

What specialities are found at the Saint-Louis market hall of Brest?

Here are found the products of the Breton terroir and numerous sweet specialities: Breton crêpes, kouign-amann, far breton, Breton cake and salted butter caramel, among others; this covered market inaugurated in 1953, today under rehabilitation with stalls provisionally installed outside, is a gourmet high place of the city centre of Brest.

Where is the Saint-Louis market hall in Brest?

In the heart of the city centre of Brest, in France.