What are some of the great pastry shops in Paris? The ones that have hundreds of different yummy pastries in the windows.
Thanks

Laduree, Lenotre, and Gerard Mulot are our favorites.

Woody

Hi Y,

They all have hundreds of different yummy pastries in the windows.

Pierre Herme' is not without its pleasures.

In a pinch, there is always Fauchon.

You can look up "patisserie" by arrond. at www.pagesjaunes.fr

I am looking for places we could go in the morning for a cup of tea and a few pastries.
Maybe I am looking more for a boulangerie than a patisserie...patisserie would be more for desserts?

Best place for crepes?

Where are you staying? There are Boulangeries on almost every steet corner but some are definitely better than others.

Angelinas on Rue Rivoli would be my first pick for pastry and tea in the morning. The only change I would make would be to have their famous hot chocoate instead of the tea. You will think that you have died and gone to heaven.
If you are just looking for pastry I would go to Laduree and indulge in macroons. How I miss those when I am home and it has been two years since I have been to Paris so I am really going through withdrawal.
Enjoy one of my favorite cities, I am soooooo envious.

We are staying in the 8th, but will want to try different ones in all of the areas we are visiting.

If you want to learn more about European pastry, you should really check out our new book Pastry in Europe 2009. You'll find more information on our website: http://www.PastryInEurope.com

with the sweetets regards,

Joost

You'll find complete listings for the top pastry and chocolate shops in Paris here:

www.chocoparis.com/best-pastry-shops-in-paris/
http://www.chocoparis.com/top-ten-ch...hops-in-paris/

http://www.10best.com/Paris,France/R...s/Patisseries/

Whatever you do, do not buy Paris by Pastry. Here is my review that appears at Amazon.

Q. What could be better than a book about pastries in Paris?

A. Every other travel book I have ever read.

This is by far the most misguided, poorly organized, poorly written, misleading, worst edited travel book I have ever purchased. The cover looks like a stock photo issued by the Vichy government. OK, that can be quaint, but as I thumbed through it, I noticed many pages regarding the top tourist sights in Paris, a slew of recipes, rambling and inapplicable analogies, sleep-inducing asides and memoirs, and recitations of insipid overheard conversations.

There are simplistic graphics and poor quality black and white photos including one that appeared to be a colorfully decorated cake. This evoked a fond childhood memory. Do you remember when color TV sets first came out and they ran ads for them on your black and white set for you only to imagine what color images may look like. Oh yeah, there were some reviews of boulangeries and patisseries buried among the muck. Not one of which made me think, man does that sound delicious or I must go there. The reviews are as enticing as a sidewalk cafe next to a bus stop.

So, I decided to google the author, to see what she written and the publisher to ascertain if this was a vanity press publication. It is not.

Amazon enumerates the following books for the author: (I swear I did not make up these titles):

Tractor-Trailer Trucker: A Powerful Truck Book

Crashed, Smashed and Mashed: A Trip to Junkyard Heaven

Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs


Her credentials clearly prepared her for Paris by Pastry.

So I prepare for my trip to Paris, I never thought I would consider Rick Steves' advice regarding eating the discarded food of others at cafeterias as brilliant.

OK, so we know which title to avoid when it comes to Paris and pastries.
Anyone familiar with "Paris Pâtisseries" by Julia Hung?

Here's a place I'd love to go.

http://www.dupainetdesidees.com/

Michelin has done a 10-best list too but I no longer have the link.

I liked the book Paris by Pastry. It's not a general guidebook to Paris; it focused on boulangeries/patisseries and searched out good shops in various neighborhoods. If there was another attraction nearby, that was a bonus.

David Leibovitz was just recommending Ble sucre this morning on Facebook. I've put it on my must do list.

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archive...st_madele.html


For just everyday breakfast, I just find a local boulangerie or cafe, all the bread in paris is good if not great. Convenience is the essential before 9 AM

I am in Paris and I go out every morning to various ones in the area. I have added photos of them on the thread.

There are the big name ones, the chains and the local area ones..

Joan

Joan, where can one see the photos? Thanks.

YOu don't eat in most pastry shops, they sell pastries, you buy them and leave. Same for boulangeries, you are confusing places that sell things with restaurants. A pastisserie is literally a shop that sells pastries/cakes, and a boulangerie is literally a bakery.

There are some that may have a table or two, but it's not the norm or have an attached tearoom or cafe, but that is really unusual (like Laduree).

Its been some years since I went there, but Gerard Mulot was a favourite to buy fresh baked and delicious, well everything. (You can Google it)
Coincidentally, I met a Master Chocolatier on Saturday who told me that he knows M. Mulot quite well.

One of my favorites to get pastries from is Pain de Sucre, rue Rambuteau in the 3e arrondissement.

I want to try Angelina's, for sure, on my next trip!