100 Best Bakeries in Paris (for Bundle)

This guide is a collection of Les Frenchies favorite tried and true sweet spots. It includes some of the best bakeries, chcocolate shops, ice creams and patisseries around Paris.

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Boulangerie Blouet

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Whether you're coming for breakfast, lunch or a light snack, this is a good place to know. They have great croissants and vennoiserie. Fresh salads and sandwiches. Individual quiches and croque monsieurs. Or, a nice baguette for a picnic. For dessert, we like their vanilla caramel chou pastry.

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Boulangerie du Sentier

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This is a great spot any time of day. They have nice quality breakfast pastries, and excellent lunch options. I particularly like their cheesy breads and foccacias. It's a good idea to try their llittle orange cakes too.

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Stohrer

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Established in 1730, this is considered to be the oldest bakery in Paris. You must try the Chiboust cream tart which is absolutely amazing.

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Helmut Newcake France 100% Gluten Free

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Surprisingly tasty breads, pastries and formule meals (soups, sandwiches, quiches). This place is 100% gluten free.

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Ô Saint-Honoré

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Great spot for coffee and a breakfast pastry. The real star is their baguette sandwiches. We like their chicken curry and the jambon beurre.

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Boulangerie Joseph

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This is a great place to grab a lunch on the go. We particularly like their chicken curry sandwich, pizzas and quinoa salads. Thier pastries are delicious too.

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Poupart Piquot

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This is a neighborhood bakery where locals stop by on their way to work for a coffee and croissant. Or at lunch for an excellent jambon beurre or a quiche. We really enjoyed those here.

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Bo & Mie - Saint Michel

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Excellent bakery for a sit down breakfast or lunch, right on the bustling Blvd St Germain. Try their chocolate praline croissant ( or one of their other flavored croissants). Or for lunch, try a bagel or baguette sandwich, or a soup & quiche.

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BO & MIE - Louvre

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Great spot for breakfast or lunch with a view of Rue Rivoli by the Louvre. This is an all around bakery with great pastries. Their kouign-amann is amaxing. So is the goat cheese croque monsieur. But order anything. You can't go wrong here.

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MAISON LARDEUX

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This is a great place to grab a bite and do some people watching. Thier raspberry macaron, tarte citron and the palmier are our favorites, but the pizza and sandwiches look great too.

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La Fabrique aux Gourmandises

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Excellent all around neighborhood bakery with award winning croissants. But don't understimate their vennoiserie or baguettes and other breads. This place is really good.

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Les Boulangers de Reuilly

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A great overall neighborhood bakery. They have award winning baguettes, and superb croissants. And an amazing smoked salmon sandwich.

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Boulangerie Patisserie - 92 Rue Lamarck

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Great selection of Croissants and vennoiserie, muffins, donuts and tartes. I particularly like their palmiers.

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Magali Charonne

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This is a good all around bakery. They are known for their excellent croissants. Antoine likes the vennois bread with chocolat chips.

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La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac - Sèvres

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Cyril Lignac is an all around chef, patissier, chocolatier and restauranteur. In this location you'll find amazing baked good, including his award winning croissants. Top quality!

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Chez Meunier

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This bakery is great any time of day. They have award winning croissants. Rediculously good foccacia burrata. A great variety of old world breads. And their babka is legendary. Try the pistachio flavored one!

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Béchu

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Great place for coffee and morning pastries. Colleen likes their baguettes with butter and jam (confiture). If you're visiting later in the day, try their mille feuille pastry.

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Boris Lumé Boulangerie

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Nice bright location with fun decor. They offer great (reasonably priced) coffee and traditional French baked goods for breakfast. If you're there later in the day, try the tarte citron.

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Boulangerie Tembely

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Great spot for coffee and a fabulous breakfast pastry. Their croissants and pain au chocolat are really good. If you're ready for something sweeter, try their pistachio eclair or the pasteis de nata (sweet custard tarts).

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Mamiche

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One of our top favorites. The cheese roll is particularly delicious. So are the sweet and savory "batons" or bread sticks. Their chicken sandwiches are mighty satisfying. And we love their eco-friendly, zero waste commitment.

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Boulangerie LIBERTÉ

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Great spot to grab a cup of coffee and a croissant in the morning or a quiche for lunch. If you're planning a picnic, these guys have all sorts of amazing breads.

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Les Caprices de Charlotte

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This is a neighborhood bakery with great hot chocolate and croissants. Also try their jambon beurre sandwich and chocolate pistachio torte.

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Arnaud Larher

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This is an amazing pastry, macarons and chocolate shop. We recently picked up a tarte citron that looks like a flip flop for a picnic at Les Jardins du Luxembourg for a sweet picnic and it was excellent!

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Boulangerie St Antoine

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Great spot for coffee and a croissant. Antoine loves their oranais apricot . This is one of the few places we know that has a Chausson Citron, one of Colleen's favorites.

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Frédéric Comyn - Maître Pâtissier - Boulanger

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Awesome selection of sweet & savory breads. Their sandwiches are amazing. And definitely try their Normandy style apple tarte.

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Du Pain et des Idées

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Beautiful old world setting with delicious breakfast pastries. We especially like their flavored escargot rolls, like the cinnamon, rum raisin and npistachio flavors. Antoine says theirs is the best chocolate croissant he ever had.

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L'Essentiel - Mouffetard

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Amazing bakery in the Latin quarter, just a block away from the famous rue Mouffetard. We tried a salad, sandwich, and a Paris Brest and it was truly delicious. Great place to grab lunch on-the-go.

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Boulangerie Vandermeersch

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Charming old world bakery. They are known for their sweet and savory gugelhapf (mini bundt cake breads). The almond one is worth the trip. if you're not in to breads, go fo the lemon basil tarte. It's memorable.

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Bretteau Sébastien

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Family-run artisanal bakery for croissants & sourdough bread, plus sandwiches & quiches.

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Aux plaisirs des papilles

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Great neighborhood bakery with delicious baguettes. They have a nice variety of everything from fresh salads and sandwiches to awesome dessert pastries. We particularly like the pear tarte.

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Carton Paris

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This is our favorite bakery in Paris. They were rated #1 croissant in Paris for 2022. We're often in this boulangerie since Gare du Nord is across the street and that's our way home. Colleen often has a Palmier as a treat and their Paris Brest is scrumptious.

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La Maison d’Isabelle

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This is one ofour favorite bakeries in Paris. We particularly love their Kouign-amann bakery treat. It's OMG delicious! Buy one and then walk to the Seine river banks for a little sweet treat break.

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A. Lacroix Pâtissier

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One of Colleen's favorites, just across the river from Notre Dame Cathedral. Everything here looks like art, but their famous Apple Patisserie is amazing. (Try their Ham & Cheese Croissant too.)

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Copains

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This small bakery is 100% Gluten-free & vegetarian. Great for gluten-free sweet treats.

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Huré, créateur de plaisir - Arcole

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This is a tiny bakery and sandwich shop near Notre Dame & Hôtel de Ville. It's usually not too crowded and they have a nice selections of treats.

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AUX PETITS CAKES

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We tried a ficelle aux lardons and it was delicious. This is a small neighborhood bakery with delicious desserts and bakeries. Get yourself a lunch formule (sandwich + drink + dessert) and keep exploring.

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Boulangerie Alexine

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This is a great boulangerie in Montmartre, right up the hill from the Moulin Rouge. We tried a Tigré au Nutella and it was amazing. They have a great selection of sandwiches & treats.

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Maison Bergeron

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This place used to be called "Laurent B" and they have a really cool black charcoal baguette that makes amazing sandwiches. Colleen tried the Brie & Truffle Black baguette sandwich and loved it. This bakery is a few steps away from the Eiffel tower lawn.

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Julambre Bakery

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Right behind the Arc de Triomphe, this small neighborhood bakery has amazing bakeries. We tried the Flan and a Pain au chocolat and it didn't disappoint.

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LIBERTÉ

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This is a great bakery with lots of creative sandwich options and amazing sweet treats. They have an amazing Paris-Brest.

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BO & MIE - Turbigo

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A great spot for any time of day. Have a seat and enjoy your coffee & croissant or take a formule lunch on the go. Be sure to try their croque monsieur and kouig-amann.

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Ernest & Valentin

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Right up the steps from Metro station "Arts et Métiers", this bakery has amazing sweet treats. We tried the Pain Suisse and we truly enjoyed it.

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Tout Autour du Pain

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Often part of Food tours in le Marais, this bakery has all the treats you are looking for. They were rated 3 times in the top 10 best baguettes in Paris. Get yourself a sandwich and a treat to keep exploring this neighborhood.

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La Petite Alsacienne

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This is the quintessential Parisian neighborhood bakery. The Chausson au Pommes that Colleen tried was amazing.

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Maison Thevenin

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Great boulangerie on rue de Buci. Colleen tried their "Tuile Nature" which is a very simple cookie with sliced almonds in the shape of a roof tile. They have great bakeries and patisseries if you're in the neighborhood.

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Maison Galland

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This is a great neighborhood boulangerie to grab a quick croissant or pain au chocolate while sightseeing. They also have a great selection of sandwiches. They often have a long line of locals during peak hours, which is always a good sign.

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Boulangerie Poilâne

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This place is for bread lovers. If you're looking for a place with all kinds of delicious breads, this is your place.

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La Grande Epicerie de Paris

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Amazing food court and stunning patisserie inside Le Bon Marché department store. It's a bit pricey but the food is excellent. Whether you're looking for a nibble for lunch or some of the best pastries you'll ever try, this is the place. There's a small park across the street to have a small picnic.

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Carette

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This is a Parisian institution for amazing pastries or lunch. We tried their Mont Blanc (Chestnuts) and their Delices aux Framboises which were amazing. The setting is also delightful.

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SAS boulangerie moderne Rabineau

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Inside this beatuful building you'll find the runenr up for the best croissant in Paris 2023. They also have amazing flavored croissants (try the raspberry!). Their kouig-amann are stellar. And it's a great place to get a formule lunch on the go.

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M. Jacques

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This is a great spot for a cup of coffee and an award winning croissant. Also try their aux amande (almond croissant). If you come here at lunch time, they have amazing baguette sandwiches. We like their tomato mozzerella and pesto or the chicken avocado. Finish that off with the tarte tatin (think apple pie).

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Boulangerie Rougès

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This old fashion bakery is known for it's award winning croissants. It's also a great place to pick up awesome awesome baguette sandwiches (like the mozerella with sun dried tomatoes).

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Au Levain des Pyrenees

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We came for their award winning Baguettes, bu twe were wow'ed by their pastries. Check out the pear tarte and the chocolate caramel tarte!

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No Pain No Gain

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This little neighborhood bakery is known for it's award winning flan. We tried their chocolate pistachio roll and were quite happy with it. It's also a great place to grab a quick lunch near the Catacombes.

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Retrodor la baguette

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This place is known for it's Normandy style breads. It's a great place to grab a cup of coffee and a pain au chocolat or pain raisins. If you want a hearty lunch on a budget, these guys have lasagne and other hot meals on the go as well.

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At the End of the World

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This place has a little bit of everything you might want from a bakery. Coffee and croisants. Fabulous breads. Great little pastries. What we like is their chouquettes and legendary meringues.

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Mille & Un (Boulangerie, Pâtisserie, Salon de Thé)

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This place is a gem. It is a French Korean bakery with plenty of seating and amazing food. They have formule menus for both breakfast and lunch. The smoked salmon sandwich and black sesame roll cakes are memorable.

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LA PARISIENNE Madame

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This is a lovely little bakery where you can grab a cup of coffee and a breakfast pastry. They have excellent croiisants and a tradition feuillete au chocolat (flaky chocolate brioche). Colleen likes their tarte citron. If you are coming later in the day, they have great salads and sandwiches.

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Les Frères Blavette

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This place is a treasure. It is owned an operated by brothers coming from a many generations of bakers. They offer a variety of flavored breads with lots of nuts and grains and different flours. They also offer a wonderful affordable brunch with top quality ingredients.

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Chez Isaac

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This little gem is just around the corner from the Abesses Metro station and the I Love You Wall. It's a small bakery with big flavor. We stop in often to pick up sandwiches or baguettes (including half loafs) for a charcuterie picnic. Definitely a place to know about.

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Jocelyn Lohezic

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This fun, vibrant colored bakery is known for it's award winning almond cake. With sesating inside and outside, it's a great place to stop for a morning coffee and croissant or an afternoon croque monsieur. Add to that one of their elegant pastries (I like the tarte citron).

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Boulangerie Guyot

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This place is known for it's award winning baguettes. And, of course, the sandwiches made on thos baguettes are fabulous. While you're there, do youself a favor and try one of their palmiers.

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Le Grenier de Félix

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Inside this gorgeous building, you'll find gorgeous, award winning breads. Needless to say, the sandwiches made with those breads are stellar. On their formule menu, the tartes sales and foccacia options deserve a good look.

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La Maie des Anges

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This place has a nice variety of all types of breads, including their fluffy baguettes with a good crispy crust. Needless to say, their baguette sandwiches are amazing. Be sure to check out their yummy pistachio roll too.

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Boulangerie pâtisserie Le temps d'une gourmandise

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This is a small, simple bakery with really nice traditional vennoiserie breakfast pastries and other desserts. Colleen loves their palmiers.

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Le Délice de Bagnolet

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This is a great spot for bread and sandwiches. They were voted one of the best baguettes in Paris for 2023. They also have delicious quiches, croissants and vennoiserie.

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L'Artisan Des Gourmands

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Neighbourhood cafe with formules for lunch, coffee counter and some tables outside. Great sandwiches, salads, croissants and eclairs. Good coffee and the price is right.

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Sain Boulangerie

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This bakery has lots of amazing flavored breads, like ginger chocolate, rosemary apricot, and nutty pastries that are hearty enough to make a meal of. This is also a great place to find vegan options.

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Ble Sucre

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This adorable bakery won a prize for making one of the best croissants in Pairs in 2022. They have awesome almond croissants and raisin or pistachio rolls. You can get a cup of coffee and enjoy your breakfast right there.

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Boulangerie Collet

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This is Colleen's new favorite bakery in Paris. Their multigrain croissant won her heart. Put that together with boule au chcocolat (bread ball silled with chocolate) and other treats like their chausson pomme, this is a place to know about.

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Benoît Castel Jean-Pierre Timbaud

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This is a great spot for coffee and pastries, but also sandwiches on the go. A couple of things to make sure to try are their granola bread and the traditionale chocolat (dessert). Yum!

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Boulangerie Joseph

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This is a great place to grab a lunch on the go. We particularly like their chicken curry sandwich, pizzas and quinoa salads. Thier pastries are delicious too.

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La Boulangerie du Jardin

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This neighborhood bakery full of wonderful options. Nice flaky croissants and vennoise bread with chocolate chips, Great cheesy breads and pizzas. And lots of sandwiches to pick up on your way out of Montparnasse station or a picnic at the Jardin du Luxembourg.

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La DUCHESSE bakery

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This family bakery is a great place to pick up some coffee and croissants or an excellent, affordable formule lunch. We like their pizza, quiche and chiken sandwiches. Add an apple tarte and you've got and amazing lunch.

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Land & Monkeys Turenne

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This vegan bakery chain offers sandwiches, quiches, baked goods, desserts & high protein cookies. It's a great place to have a cup of coffee and something yummy. This is a 100% vegan boulangerie in Paris. Their Monkey Cookies are amazing. They have 6 locations all over Paris. This one is near Place des Vosges.

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Boulangerie Chambelland Oberkampf

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This bakery excellent organic breads, including their cereals (multigrains), foccacia and brusccetta. Also have a look at their savory tartes and tarte citron. And, the gluten free options on their formule menu.

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Des Gâteaux et du Pain

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This upscale bakery feels almost like a museum. They have amazing croissants and elegant sweet tarts and pastries with seasonal flavors like grapefruit and rose. It's not cheap, but it is very good.

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Boulangerie Utopie

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This bakery was founded by former Laduree bakers. They are known for their amazing, award winning croissants. They only make about 200 croissants per day. You better get there early if you want some. When they're gone, they're gone!

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Le Boulanger de la Tour

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This place is a gem. Not only do they have some of the best croissants and pain au chocolat in Paris, they are right on the edge of the Seine (and connected to the super famous Tour d'Argent). It's a perfect place to grab something to go and relax on the river.

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Le Petit Grain

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This bakery offers traditional vennoiserie pastries, tartes, sweet and savory rolls and a whole lot of yummy breads. Their cheesecake deserves a good look!

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The French Bastards - Saint-Ferdinand

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The French Bastard bakery is known for it's award winning croissants. They offer tradition ones as well as muffin style rolled, fluffy croissants. Other items here that deserve attention are the pain aux raisin made with currents and the fabulous black breads.

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LAURENT DUCHÊNE Paris 13ème

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This bakery is known for it's award winning croissants (2022). It is a classic French neighborhood boulangerie. They do an awesome job of making festive items to celebrate the holidays. Colleen loves their palmier.

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Boulangerie Bo

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This art nouveau building is a perfect place to relax with a coffee and croissant, especially the flavored ones. Or, if you're like Colleen, an almond croissant or kouig-amann.

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Pascal & Anthony

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This is a great neighborhood bakery with all the traditional breads, vennoiserie, pastries and lunch items. We like their mini quiches and sandwiches, but everything here looks amazing.

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Farine & O

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This place is full of surprises. Aside from having award winning croissants (2023), they offer creative twists like the wasp striped croissant with a yummy jelly filling. Their pain au chocolat is quite good too!

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Boulangerie Brun

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This neighborhood boulangerie has everything you might want for breakfast or lunch in a bakery. Coffee and croissants or pain au chocolat. Yummy pastries. And affordable formule lunch menus. Try their apricot & pistachio tarte.

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A la Boulangerie de Toutes Vos Envies

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This is a great spot for both breakfast and lunch (and they have formule menus for both). Being near the Austerlitz train station, it's a good place to pick up a to go meal.

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Lorette Gourmet Bakery

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This neighborhood bakery is a great spot for traditional French favorites, pasteries and ice cream. Try a scoop of the homemade hazelnut.

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La Moulinoise

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Nice little neighborhood bakery. Delicious baguettes, and baguette sandwiches. In the morning, I like their almond croissant.

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Boulangerie Pearl

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This is a great spot for a coffee and croissant or pain au chocolate, but the real gems are the desserts. try the pistachio apricot tarte or the chocolate tarte.

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Maison Hecht

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Charming old world building full of old world deliciousness. They have awesome fluffy croissants, delicious individual quiches, soup and sandwiches, especially the jambon beurre.

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La Flânerie Notre-Dame

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This is a little gem, located just behind Notre Dame. Of course, at the Flanerie you have to try the flan. But their croissants are awesome too. Try the chocolate pistachio or the white chocolate almond.

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The Smiths Bakery

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Great spot for coffee and a croissant or pain au chocolat on the bustling Rue de Buci. If you're coming later in ghte day, we recommend the quiche Lorraine and the tarte tatin.

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Pain Pain

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This is a great bakery any time of day. Whether you cant a coffe and almond croissant, a bacon & cheese or spinach quiche, or something sweet like their chocolate raspberry tarte. IT's close the the Abesses metro station and the I love you wall. Perfect for a picnic pick me up.

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Aux Castelblangeois

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This is a great place to pick up a sandwich or fresh salad for a picnic at either Palais Royal or the Tuileries Gardens. Their coffee and croissant is also a great option. If you're in the mood for something sweet, try the religeous or the kouig-amann.

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Le Moulin de la Croix Nivert

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This is a great neighborhood bakery with nice options for coffee and morning pastries. Very yummy croissants and pain raisins. They also have really good croque monsieur and those crazy French cheesy hot dogs on baguette!

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The Breads Of Alexis

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This place is a gem. You can't go wrong with any of their breakfast pastries. Choose the croissants, Pain Suisse, pistachio escargot roll. You name it, it's delicious.

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Bakery Mozart Paris 15 - Artisan Boulanger

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This is a great all around bakery. It's really nice to grab a cup of coffee and a croissant (or Colleen's favorite, an aux amande - almond croissant).

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Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Terroirs d'Avenir

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Oh, the breads in this place. The scent calls you in and the flavor doesn't disappoint. Their cheese bread, olive bread, tartes sale are awesome. This is also a great place to grab a cup of coffe and a croissant or lunch on the go.

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After 32 years in the US, the Duponts moved to France where Antoine was born. Antoine is rediscovering his homeland and sharing it with his American wife Colleen. They are on a quest to find the best France has to offer. There are over 35,000 villages in France, all with their own history, culture, and food. We are on a journey to discover as many of them as we can together. Let’s go. 🥖🍷 Food & Vines. 🎭 🏰 Culture & History. 🎨 🌳 Art & Nature. #lesfrenchiestravel

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