The yellow storefront on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré wears the sign A la Ville de Petrograd in bold, black lettering. It functions as a specialty shop for Russian delicacies, a business that outlasted the fall of the Russian Empire and the shifting tides of the twentieth century. When the Bolshevik Revolution forced thousands of Russian aristocrats into Parisian exile, this shop became a vital pantry for those attempting to maintain their culinary traditions amidst the uncertainty of life in a foreign city.
A la Ville de Petrograd
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