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Après Vous (Parkside)

GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop

Opened in the Parkside last year, Après Vous is a gourmet grocery and grab-and-go shop in a generously sized corner space that last housed Guerra’s To Go. (The original Guerra Quality Meats is still chopping it up across the street.) Co-owner Richard Chagniot is a French-trained chef who previously ran Guerra’s catering operation, while partner Stan Gee has history at the Alembic, MarketBar, and Bix.

Cross the black-and-white checkerboard floors to peruse the perimeter, lined with retail shelves and cold cases stocked with a selection of cheese (like fabulously stinky époisses), housemade pâté (forestier flecked with mushrooms), tinned fish (from Portugal), fancy potato chips (from Spain), and more of life’s necessities.

Then hit the hot bar, which offers a few options for lunch, and goes in on dinner, starting fresh at 3p. The soup du jour might be potato leek, salads could feature fluffy couscous, and comforts like lasagna and stuffed mushrooms are in regular rotation. Boeuf Bourguignon is only on Wednesdays, salmon filets come with beurre blanc, and crispy sausage links float on rafts of cassoulet beans. There’s also a freezer full of desserts (some even flown in from Italy) for a personal pudding cup full of chocolate mousse, cheesecake, or lemon tart.

A couple small bistro tables are tucked inside, but most people scurry home with the goods while they’re still hot. –Becky Duffett

→ Après Vous (Parkside) • 345 Taraval St • Mon-Sat 10a-7p.