This elegant pastry shop, boulangerie and restaurant located just steps from the Assemblée Nationale, in one of the city’s poshest neighbourhoods, is a Paris institution. Open in this location since 1859, Rollet-Pradier offers classic pastries and chocolates, as well as sandwiches and other light snacks. On the upper floor there’s a tearoom, which also serves … Continue reading Rollet-Pradier
Philippe Gosselin, who trained with his father, comes from a long line of boulanger-pâtissiers. His baguette de tradition has twice been named “Meilleure baguette de Paris,” a distinction that also makes the winner the official supplier of baguettes and petits pains to the French president and the Elysée palace for a year. Most famous for … Continue reading Philippe Gosselin
While a little far out from the centre, this luxury pastry and fine foods shop, opened by master pastry chef Gaston Lenôtre in 1957, remains the company’s flagship store. A bright and sleek interior showcases the most incredible assortment of glossy fruit tarts, colorful pastries and high-end prepared dishes. Several other locations in Paris. Copyright … Continue reading Lenôtre
The store on rue Royale dates back to 1862, when founder Louis-Ernest Ladurée opened a bakery, which, following a fire in 1871, he transformed into a pastry shop. Louis-Ernest’s wife, Jeanne Souchard, hit upon the idea of combining a café with the pastry shop, and one of Paris’s first tea rooms was born. The company’s … Continue reading Ladurée
Jean Millet has been open on rue Saint-Dominique since 1963, and the place has a delightful retro ambiance that is reminiscent of the Paris of that era. A favorite among locals, the shop offers delicious baked goods according to some, they make the best pain au chocolat in the world as well as the usual … Continue reading Jean Millet
In 1682, King Louis XIV was so impressed with the food served at a reception held by his brother, the Prince de Condé, that he hired his sibling’s pastry chef right there on the spot. Charles Dalloyau thus became the first of successive generations of Dalloyau family members to work as royal pastry chefs, charged … Continue reading Dalloyau
He’s been called the “Star of Montmartre,” and one look through the window of Arnaud Larher’s superb shop on rue Caulaincourt leaves no doubt as to why. The huge selection of exquisite macarons, pastries and chocolates are presented in soft, radiant light that brings out the master’s attention to detail and the quality of the … Continue reading Arnaud Larher
