Falafel Sandwich appears as a signature dish in 1 France cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Falafel sandwich · Paris
The Paris Falafel sandwich is a pita-pocket built at the Rue des Rosiers counters: five fried falafel, aubergine, red and white cabbage, cucumber, hummus, harissa, tahini.
Falafel arrived in Paris's 4e Marais with the post-1945 Jewish migration from North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. The Pletzl quarter on Rue des Rosiers had been the Jewish centre of Paris since the 1900s but turned to falafel-as-street-food only in the 1970s. L'As du Fallafel opened 1979 and codified the €9 takeaway-pita format that now anchors a four-block strip with at least six rival counters. The sandwich is closed Saturdays for Shabbat at the Jewish-owned shops; King Falafel Palace three doors up opens to fill the gap. The pita is overstuffed by design; the trick is to eat it standing.
Where to eat in Paris:
- L'As du Fallafel
- Miznon
- King Falafel Palace