Rue de la Huchette
| Length | 164 m (179 yd; 538 ft 1 in) |
|---|---|
| Width | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Arrondissement | 5th |
| Quarter | Sorbonne |
| Coordinates | 48°51′11″N 2°20′43″E / 48.85306°N 2.34528°E |
| From | 4 rue du Petit Pont and 6 place du Petit Pont |
| To | 3 place Saint-Michel |
| Construction | |
| Completion | c. 1200 |
| Denomination | c. 1284 |
The Rue de la Huchette (French pronunciation: [ʁy də la yʃɛt]) is one of the oldest streets running along the Rive Gauche in Paris, France. Running eastward just below the Seine river from the Place Saint-Michel, it is today an animated Latin Quarter artery with one of the highest concentrations of restaurants in the city, Greek specialties predominating. It is situated between the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue du Petit-Pont and faces the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. This almost exclusively pedestrian street is very popular with tourists. Disdained by some guidebooks as "Bacteria Alley", the street nevertheless has an intense night life with no fewer than four pubs and several bars.
The street is celebrated by the American writer Elliot Paul, who lived there in the 1920s and 30s, in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1942).