Charonne. Paris's reggae shop since 1992, trading with a world network of diggers.
- Shop
- Patate Records
- Address
- 57 Rue de Charonne
- Town
- Paris, France
- Established
- 1992
- Formats
- Vinyl, 7"
- Crates
- Reggae, Dub, Soul, Funk
- In the shop
- Mail order
- Opening hours
- Tu-Sa 13:00-19:00
Patate has been the reggae shop in Paris since 1992, run by Pierre "Patate" Metche. The stock that matters is kept in cardboard boxes and moves through a network of rare-reggae dealers around the world who trade with each other rather than compete - which is how roots records that were pressed in tiny numbers in Kingston stay in circulation at all. Open Thursday to Saturday afternoons