GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop
There are cheese shops, and then there’s Taka & Vermo. After criss-crossing France and Europe to find the real thing (raw milk, small herds, traditional methods), Laure Takahashi and Mathieu Vermorel opened their boutique in the 10th arrondissement. They dropped their surnames into the sign, and most conventions out the window.
Inside, the display is a living map of French dairy genius. Chèvre? Fresh, cendré, saffron-rubbed, yuzu-swirled, even stuffed with fig or piment d’Espelette. Hard cheeses? A Comté cave-aged 36 months, Gruyère infused with sweet woodruff, and a pungent Beaufort. They’ve got the legends (Roquefort Vernières, Mont d’Or, mimolette extra-vieille, Brillat-Savarin) and seasonal collabs too: brie with glazed chestnuts and buckwheat, Saint-Marcellin with wild garlic, Saint-Nectaire dusted with Sansho pepper.
Taka & Vermo is also the place to grab cherry jam, quince paste, or a slice of homemade cheesecake made with real fromage frais and a shortbread crust. Their butter is worth packing in a suitcase to travel back home: bright yellow, raw, and made with milk from Jersiaise cows. There’s truffle butter too, with 15% black Périgord, but only when it’s in season. –Victoire Loup
→ Taka & Vermo (10th arr) • 61 Bis Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis • Tue 9h30-20h30, Wed-Sat 9h-20h30, Sun 9h-13h30.