Grande Pharmacie des Cours

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, as a regular was picking up his prescription, he asked the pharmacist: ‘Why does every new delivery guy get lost trying to find our pharmacy?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, 'Because our address is like a riddle—hidden between old courtyards and narrow streets.' The regular nodded knowingly and said, 'Ah, I see! So it's not them who are lost, but the map!' Everyone laughed, and the delivery guy found his way after all.

2. Late one afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to Grande Pharmacie des Cours with an urgent package. As he approached the counter, he noticed a sign taped to the door: ‘ALL ANTIBIOTICS TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK — PLEASE USE HAND SANITIZER INSTEAD.’ The delivery driver shrugged and joked, 'Guess I'll just sanitize my way through life!' A few minutes later, an elderly gentleman walked in, asking for his usual medicine. The pharmacist smiled and said, 'We’re out of everything but hand sanitizer—would that work for you?' The old man replied, 'Sonny, I’ve been taking antibiotics since before they invented hand sanitizer.' They both laughed, and everyone left happy.

3. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to Grande Pharmacie des Cours with an unusual package. The pharmacist raised an eyebrow but took it inside without question. Inside, the pharmacist opened the package and found a note that read: ‘For your midnight emergency.’ Curious, he shook out the contents—only to discover a bottle of cough syrup labeled as ‘Love Potion No. 9.’ A regular from down the street walked in just then and asked for throat lozenges. The pharmacist smiled and said, “It’s covered.”