From baguettes to boules, Paris is heaven for bread lovers. Click and zoom on this map to find a bakery near you, or one worth crossing town for. Or visit the full list of bakeries and pastry shops to see our favorites organized by neighborhood.
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Why is Laurent Duchene not on your list?! Has my vote for best tarte au citron and best vanilla eclair!
Castor: this is a map of Paris boulangeries, not pâtisseries. So it’s all about bread.
You have left out Jocteur. The bread is nice, the choice is good, and staff always smiley. Perhaps not the most famous of places, but I really like it and much prefer it to e.g. Gosselin. Address is 14 Ave des Villars, 75007.
Boulangerie Zerzour has been closed for renovations since way before Christmas, unfortunately. By the look of it they won’t be opening very soon. (And I’m sorry to say that we don’t miss them that much.)
But I can really recommend to include Maison Dossemont http://www.boulangeriemaisondossemont.com/ on 110, rue Lecourbe, in the 15e. (maisondossemont@gmail.com, tel. 01 47 34 99 72, Fri–Tue, 6.30–20.00)
Picky husband has chosen their baguette to be the best in our quartier, plus they have a huge choice of bread and pâtisseries, and the girls behind the counter couldn’t be sweeter.
Landemaine in the 11th at Place Voltaire is fantastic for breads, viennoisseries. A special mention to their Brioche Vendeene flavored with orange flower water.
And Ganachaud in the 11th on rue Oberkampf is also excellent. I love the pain aux cereals grilles.
I stayed across from Lademaine and enjoyed their excellent pain aux cereals…I wish I’d known about the Brioche
merci Lee
There are so many terrific neighborhood boulangeries that no one knows about unless they live in that arrondissement so bravo for this!
Sorry to report that the Boulangerie Zerzour now is closed for good and that the shop is for rent. Time to take them off the map.
OK, pretty exhaustive, but I’m from Paris and see a few that are still very much worth mentioning. You nailed most of the good ones, but you mention way too many Kayser stores!
- Bechu, avenue Victor Hugo has probably one of the best traditionnal baguette in Paris, and it is very well renowned.
- Bolangerie Secco is rue Jean Nicot (6th or 7th); he’s more of a pastry guy (and his creations are wonderful), but this was the boulangerie de Jean-Luc Poujauran, A MYTHICAL FRENCH BAKER. They still make his bread in the basement, and it’s arguably the best bread in the world. Also a good contender for Julien and Bechu on the baguette. And it’s a wonderful place to see (for a bread lover).
- the bakery at Convention metro was also good as late as a couple years ago, but that’s a more of a local’s and emergency solution… And you may know how often we may need that in Paris!
We love how opinionated you all are!
Alex, Kayser is listed often because he has SO many stores, and we find the level of quality to be really high, especially with the baguette. We’ve since added Secco (we love Poujauran, but he only sells wholesale these days), and we’re intrigued by Bechu. We’ll check it out during our next trip to the 16th, which should happen sometime in the next five years
Thanks for all the tips, Storm, Sigrid and Lee – we’ll be checking them out!
What a great map! It will come in handy the next time I visit. Cheers!
Speaking of Paris bakeries:
I’m really curious to know if there are some bakeries in Paris that sell pumpkin flavored patisseries? I’m living in Paris right now and I have a strong craving some seasonal treats. I would love to find some pumpkin flavored pastries and hoping I won’t break down and simply settle for a pumpkin spiced latte at Starbucks.