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14 rue de l'Argenterie
F-34000 Montpellier
Tél. +(0)467605765
Fax +(0)467603758

Opening Hours:
Monday afternoon to Saturday:
8:45 am to 12:30pm and
from 2:30 pm to 7pm.


 


Press Review



An extraordinary fine food store.
An institution!




The store has featured in several television programmes:

TV Gourmet:

    - Kerala and its spices.
    - Joël Robuchon: "Bon Appétit Bien Sûr..." with the Pourcel brothers from the Jardin des Sens restaurant.


The store has featured in several radio programmes:

France Inter:

    - In two editions of Jean Pierre Coffe’s programme: “Ca se bouffe pas, ça se mange”.
    - In several broadcasts on France Bleu Hérault with Joël Avril.

In France and abroad:

"Le MagAzine":

    Gérard Pinto “The taste juggler”.

"La Gazette de Montpellier":

    - The king of grocers is our ambassador to London.
    - The outspoken Jean Pierre Coffe seems to have fallen in love with Montpellier. What he likes more than anything else in town is Gérard Pinto’s shop. The store has just been renovated and extended and Coffe was there for the inauguration. “In Japan”, says the famous food critic in all seriousness, “Pinto would be considered a living god!”.

Michelin (via Michelin 06/2001):

    Gérard Pinto’s store is deservedly considered as one of the finest grocery stores in France.

Petit Renaud:

    We have discovered the best grocer on the planet.

Mentioned in all the most famous guidebooks:

    - the Michelin guide
    - Gault et Millau
    - Le guide des gourmands
    - Le Champérard
    - A vos paniers JP Coffe
    - Le Petit Futé
    - and others ...
    - also in foreign guidebooks

Mentioned in numerous magazine articles :

    - Cuisine et Vins de France
    - Elle à Table
    - Le Figaro
    - Le Nouvel Observateur
    - Le Point
    - etc...

"Der Feinschmecker":

    Gérard Pinto ist ein Meister im Aufspüren bester Qualität und hat ein Faible für Raritäten.

"Daily Telegraph":

    … an eclectic assortment of local treats from this spice-cum-sweet store, including Délice des Trois Grâces, a rich dark chocolate with sweet spices that is 65% cocoa.




PINTO Fine Food Store
Since 1957
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