Best Parisian bakery or pastry shop?
Sep 25th, 2004, 11:23 AM
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I'd saved this info for my own trip in November.
Newsweek commented recently on two new French guidebooks, Le Guide des Boulangeries de Paris and Chercher le Pain. Both are available from amazon.fr.
Specifically mentioned were:
Le Boulanger de Monge, 123 rue Monge, 5th arrondisemont
Boulangerie Poujauran, 20 rue Jean Nicot, 7th
Laurent Duchene, 2 rue Wurtz, 13th
Boulangerie Julien, 75 rue St-Honore and Boulangerie Gosselin, 125 rue St-Honore, both in the 1st.
Newsweek commented recently on two new French guidebooks, Le Guide des Boulangeries de Paris and Chercher le Pain. Both are available from amazon.fr.
Specifically mentioned were:
Le Boulanger de Monge, 123 rue Monge, 5th arrondisemont
Boulangerie Poujauran, 20 rue Jean Nicot, 7th
Laurent Duchene, 2 rue Wurtz, 13th
Boulangerie Julien, 75 rue St-Honore and Boulangerie Gosselin, 125 rue St-Honore, both in the 1st.
Sep 25th, 2004, 02:40 PM
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I just came back from Paris a few days ago... haven't even had time to type up my reports... but our old favorite, Gerard Mulot, is still high on our list.
A new find for us was Paul, on rue Buci. I think it's a "chain" in that there are boulangeries Paul all over (including Gare du Nord) but honestly I think their bread was actually a smidgen better than Mulot's and their Grille de Pomme was the best pastry I've ever tasted. Their prepared sandwiches were also much much tastier, and during the day (with a toddler) a quick sandwich in a park was much easier than a sit down lunch.
Having had Gerard Mulot several times over the last 8 or so years I thought Mulot had actually slipped a few notches, though his croissants and his pain au chocolat are still the best I had this trip. I also have to say that although there was a line out the door with locals many times, Gerard Mulot also felt like it had been a bit "discovered" by the tourists and I was frustrated when, though I wanted to order in French on a busy morning, I had a young woman insist on helping me in English... and I found it a tad bit condescending having her talk to me like I was the village idiot, slowly in English, telling me to first place my order then pick it up, as if I had never been there before even though I had, and was also there almost daily during this trip. But that's OK. I think she meant well.
We stayed right around the corner from Poilane and unfortunately didn't make it into there, though. Ahhh... next time.
A new find for us was Paul, on rue Buci. I think it's a "chain" in that there are boulangeries Paul all over (including Gare du Nord) but honestly I think their bread was actually a smidgen better than Mulot's and their Grille de Pomme was the best pastry I've ever tasted. Their prepared sandwiches were also much much tastier, and during the day (with a toddler) a quick sandwich in a park was much easier than a sit down lunch.
Having had Gerard Mulot several times over the last 8 or so years I thought Mulot had actually slipped a few notches, though his croissants and his pain au chocolat are still the best I had this trip. I also have to say that although there was a line out the door with locals many times, Gerard Mulot also felt like it had been a bit "discovered" by the tourists and I was frustrated when, though I wanted to order in French on a busy morning, I had a young woman insist on helping me in English... and I found it a tad bit condescending having her talk to me like I was the village idiot, slowly in English, telling me to first place my order then pick it up, as if I had never been there before even though I had, and was also there almost daily during this trip. But that's OK. I think she meant well.
We stayed right around the corner from Poilane and unfortunately didn't make it into there, though. Ahhh... next time.
Sep 25th, 2004, 06:00 PM
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Oooh, it's like asking someone to choose their my favorite child. . .
I like the ones mentioned above (Poilane, Mulot, Herme, Paul, Kaiser), but on our last trip we really liked Miss Manon, on the corner of rue St. Antoine and rue St. Paul in the Marais. Excellent pain au chocolat. . . there was a line out the door every day.
