This friendly pastry shop offers more than 15 different chocolate cakes and hand-made chocolates in addition to its impressive roster of classic pastries and fruit-based desserts. House specialities include La Rose des nuits, a chocolate and meringue-based cake, Le Cube intense, a dark chocolate mousse and chocolate sponge, and Le Craquant, a phenomenal chocolate and [...]
Julhès is a combination boulangerie, pâtisserie, chocolatier, glacier, salon de thé, and traiteur. Founded in 1996, this family-run shops offers a full range of pastries and artisanal chocolates as well as a nice selection of breads. Julhès has additional locations nearby specialising in cheese and wine and imported foods. Julhès (Boulangerie-Pâtisserie-Traiteur) 58, rue du Faubourg [...]
This combination pâtisserie, traiteur and chocolatier is known for its splendid cakes and pastries, tiny works of edible art that are said to be the best in the neighbourhood. Pastry chef and chocolatier Jean-Pierre Thuillier previously worked for Dalloyau. His specialities include Le Royal, a bittersweet chocolate mousse and almond-based meringue on a crispy praliné [...]
Pâtisserie Couderc offers a wonderful assortment of gourmet pastries and tarts such as those you’d expect to find in more upscale neighbourhoods, making it a favourite among residents of the 19th arrondissement. Pierre Couderc’s house specialities include a wide selection of chocolate pastries, including the Guanaja dome, featuring a chocolate mousse on a delicate chocolate [...]
Boulanger-Pâtissier Arnaud Delmontel has been awarded several impressive distinctions in recent years, including Best Baguette in Paris (2007) and Best Millefeuille in Paris (2010). But he’s not just famous for his superb fresh bread. The windows of his store on rue des Martyrs are filled with gorgeous displays of colourful, elegant pastries. House specialities include [...]
Hugues Pouget and Sylvain Blanc opened their ultra-modern luxury chocolate shop and pâtisserie on the Left Bank in March 2010. In very atypical fashion the pastries are displayed in glass cases like expensive jewels and the chocolates are sold in Moleskine notebook-type boxes. But that’s not all — the displays feature wine recommendations to accompany [...]
Located in the heart of the trendy rue de Bretagne neighbourhood, La Fougasse is an upscale boulangerie-pâtisserie that offers a full range of classic baked goods and pastries as well as artisanal chocolates and other confections. One of the notable house specialities is Le Royale, a smooth and creamy chocolate garnish atop a crispy praliné [...]
Pain de Sucre opened its doors in 2004, not far from the Pompidou Centre. Owners Didier Mathray (he previously worked for three-Michelin star chef Pierre Gagnaire) and Nathalie Robert offer traditional baked goods as well as what they describe as “pâtisserie nouvelle” — traditional, yet light and innovative pastries. Their pastries are often compared to [...]
This delightful boulangerie-pâtisserie from another era makes wonderful artisanal breads and pastries. It is in fact reputed to have macarons that rival those of Ladurée and other famous names. The shop, located on the quiet place des Petits Pères, dates back to 1896 and the décor seems pretty much intact, with its colourful tiled walls, [...]
Stéphane Secco took over Jean-Luc Poujauran’s slightly rustic, bright pink boulangerie on rue Jean Nicot in 2003. Shortly thereafter, Chef Secco, a former head pastry chef at the Costes group (Café Marly, Le Coq, l’Esplanade, La Grande Armée), added a pâtisserie section. The pastries on offer at Chef Secco’s shop range from classics such as [...]
This bakery, founded in 1999 in the premises formerly occupied by popular longtime neighbourhood baker, Monsieur Louis, specialises in organic breads and succulent fruit tarts. In 2006 it was bought by Monsieur Chihab Kacemi, who grew up in the family boulangerie in Lyon. Working with the latter are boulanger Marc Barbonnat, a graduate of Ecole [...]
Former head pastry chef at the Grand Hôtel Intercontinental and the Café de la Paix, Carl Marletti opened his pastry shop in the heart of the Mouffetard-Saint Médard neighbourhood in 2007. His chocolate pastries are stunning: Le dome noir, a dark chocolate mousse with a creamy vanilla centre over a hazelnut sponge base; Le Censier, [...]
A favourite among students and former students alike, Pâtisserie Viennoise is tiny but usually packed with customers eager to enjoy a strudel, Linzertorte, black forest cake, macaron or the other many tempting pastries on display. The shop is also reputed to serve some of the best hot chocolate in Paris. Pâtisserie Viennoise 8, rue de [...]
Located in the heart of Saint-Germain des Prés, on the bustling rue de Buci, Jean-Pierre Carton’s elegant boulangerie and pastry shop is a favourite among locals for its fresh baked goods and tasty pastries. Their excellent fruit tarts, lemon tarts and eclairs are always a treat. Carton 6, rue de Buci, 75006 Paris Tel. +33 [...]
Winner of numerous awards, notably for its baguettes, croissants and pains au chocolat, Julien is known for both its excellent breads and elegant pastries. Jean Noël Julien launched the shop on rue Saint-Honoré two decades ago and has since expanded to two other locations in the 4th arrondissements. Julien 75, rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris Tel. [...]
