Do not shop here. The proprietor at this shop was EXTREMELY rude and verbally abusive during our visit two weeks ago. My adult daughter,in her late 20s was in the shop and the proprietress became verbally abuse, shouting at my daughter for not being able to speak French and ridiculing her response that she was looking and skepticism that she was 'waiting for her mom' to come in to shop. I was in a gallery across the square, unaware of the events unfolding.
A husband/wife entered into the shop at the time the proprietress was yelling full volume, at top of her voice. My daughter quickly left and I found my daughter outside the gallery door, a few storefronts away, in tears. We walked by the cheese shop. The wife of the couple that entered during this verbal assault came out and apologized for the proprietress' behavior and said it was not my daughter's behavior and the shop keeper had been known to treat people poorly. This local resident even offered to escort us to re-enter the shop so we could purchase cheese - the last thing at this point that we wanted to do. This verbal abusiveness was uncalled for and not deserved. I have traveled to France multiple times and to many places in the world, and NEVER experienced anything like this in my 50+ international journeys - forged to build kinship, respect, and understanding - not insult, fear, and anger. Something way too close to the surface as the tragedy of Brussels the day after we returned to our home country reminded us. read more