Gerard Mulot offers a visual feast of grand cakes and tarts, tiny and tempting petit-fours, chocolates worthy of their own boutique, a case of savory prepared foods, and good baguettes to boot. One stop shopping, à la Parisienne.
Want to taste the best baguette in Paris (2011) for yourself? Here’s the practical information you need to sample Pascal Barillon’s prize-winning baguette
This wildly creative pastry shop is known for, among other things, a line of multicolored marshmallows, square-shaped tarts, use of unusual flavors (there might be rosemary sticking out of your gateau), and a baba that receives its dose of rum from a hypodermic needle. There’s bread, too, if you’re just looking for a baguette.
Pascal Guerreau now runs this longstanding bakery, pastry, and chocolate shop.
The “bread” part of Bread & Roses is a lovely range of organic loaves. The rest of it is an English-accented lunch spot and tea salon featuring fresh tarts (savory and sweet), sandwiches, and lively salads, plus flaky scones, serious cheesecake, and a few grocery items, including Marmite. What you won’t find are any bargains.
Our illustrious group of contributing advisors and the judges of Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition Française de la Ville de Paris agree that Gosselin produces one of the best baguettes in Paris (#2 and #5 respectively). The pastries are gorgeous, too.
Across the street from the tree-filled Square Trousseau, Fabrice Le Bourdat makes some of the most beautiful desserts in Paris. Morning pastries are killer, too, and can be enjoyed with espresso on the sunny terrace. Don’t miss the now legendary iced madeleines.
The baguette here finished 10th in the 2011 Grand Prix de la Baguette.
It’s hard to say what’s more appetizing at this Marais bakery: The award winning baguettes, or baker/owner Benjamin Turquier. His schwarzbrot has won praise, too, and the simple cakes and fruit tarts shouldn’t be overlooked.
Head baker Djibril Bodian won the 2010 Grand Prix de la Baguette, but the pastries will also tempt you at this Montmartre address.
Christophe Vasseur’s breads are worth crossing town for, and many people do.
Do not let the multiple locations fool you into thinking that this is some kind of mediocre chain bakery; the breads at Kayser are excellent, and you’ll be happy that there are so many around town.
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