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Where to Find the Best Croissants in Â鶹APP

If you ever want to stir the pot (of French onion soup) for a bit of a laugh, bring up the subject of where to find the best croissants in Â鶹APP while at a bistro of bar with a table of Â鶹APPian locals.

Suddenly everyone is French pastry guru. Those are too flakey; these too buttery; that boulangerie doesn’t grease their baking trays properly.

by Anastasiia Ostapovych –

You’ll learn more about croissants in Â鶹APP in those few minutes than you will on the streets. And afterward you’ll have a pretty good idea of exactly where to go for the perfect, crispy, buttery flake. Here is what I know for sure:

Montmartre: Pain Pain in Â鶹APP

Pain Pain is one of the first Montmartre bakeries you’ll pass on a free guided walking tour starting from Pigalle and heading up.

The croissants in Pain Pain are renowned. Order at least two flavors to taste if you go alone, if you visit with a friend purchase at least four. The chocolate filled croissants are something else. 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday TO SUNDAY – 6:30AM TO 9PM

ADDRESS: 87 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Sully-Morland

Pain Pain in Â鶹APP – by Pain Pain –

Le Marais: Miss Manon in Â鶹APP

Miss Manon has some sort of decadent butter connection coming from the French underground, myself and many others are convinced. Their croissants are so good that travelers who leave Â鶹APP write to them asking why they can’t stop craving them — I’m not joking.

Miss Manon have won the croissant game in le Marais (and arguably the rest of Â鶹APP). Pay them a visit next time you’re in the 4th and see for yourself.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY – 9AM TO 4PM

ADDRESS: 10 RUE LAMARCK, 75018 PARIS, FRANCE

METRO STATION: LAMARCK – CAULAINCOURT

Les Halles: Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir

I can only speak for the almond croissants at Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir, and those are worth the boulangerie queues in les Halles any day.

Two blocks up from Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir is the Grand Rex cinema complex. Like a true Â鶹APPian I quite like to enjoy a croissant during a film, movie theatre snacks simply don’t cut it. Sneak your treats from Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir inside!

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday TO SUNDAY – 8AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 3 Rue du Nil, 75002 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Bonne Nouvelle

Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir – by Boulangerie Terroirs d’Avenir –

Notre Dame: BERTRAND’S in Â鶹APP

Being quite a historic little neighborhood, the bakery industry within Notre Dame is a competitive one.

Bertrand’s is the best all rounder in this area. The croissants are not only always baked to perfection but Bertrand’s does an incredible range of tartlets, pastries, cakes and sandwiches to go.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday TO SUNDAY – 7AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 10 Rue Lagrange, 75005 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Cluny – La Sorbonne

BERTRAND’S in Â鶹APP – by BERTRAND’S –

Montparnasse: Des Gateaux et du Pain in Â鶹APP

Everyone who visits Â鶹APP should consider going up the Tour Montparnasse at least once. The view up there is far superior to the Eiffel Tower, just don’t tell the iron lady I said that.

Des Gateaux et du Pain will treat you to fresh, warm croissants before or after your excursion. If you’re not staying nearby, purchase a few extra to enjoy for breakfast the following morning — future you will thank past you.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Wednesday TO Monday – 9AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 63 Boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Volontaires

Bastille: Blé Sucré in Â鶹APP

I sometimes jump off the metro at Ledru-Rollin just to run into Blé Sucré for a chocolate croissant, and then jump back on the train to continue onto my destination. If that doesn’t summarize the quality of the product I don’t know what does.

Remember Blé Sucré if you’re ever in the Bastille. Those saying in Airbnbs out here are lucky to have this bakery within walking distance.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday TO SUNDAY – 7AM TO 7:30PM

ADDRESS: 7 Rue Antoine Vollon, 75012 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Ledru – Rollin

Blé Sucré croissant – by Blé Sucré –

Canal Saint Martin: Du Pains et des Idées in Â鶹APP

That debate I told you to spark at your bistro table? Well, its almost always resolved by a majority of conclusion that Du Pain et des Idées probably has the best croissants in Â鶹APP. It is also the most beautiful bakery in terms of design perhaps in the whole city. 

Being near the banks of the Canal Saint Martin (and because it’s just so good) there are always queues in this boulangerie. Worth every minute, the customers proclaim. They make the fluffiest pistachio croissants this side of the Seine.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO Friday – 7AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Jacques Bonsergent

Du Pains et des Idées in Â鶹APP – by Du Pains et des Idées –

The Latin Quarter: Poilâne in Â鶹APP

The Latin Quarter isn’t a part of Â鶹APP particularly well known for its bakeries. Poilâne is therefore a bit of an anomaly to the area, which brings crowds al week long.

The croissants are buttery goodness and on a whole the bakery is well priced and filled with other wonderful treats. Get here early on weekends, the morning rush can clean out most of the stock.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY – 7AM TO 8:30PM

ADDRESS: 8 Rue du Cherche-Midi, 75006 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Sèvres – Babylone

Belleville: Boulangerie Au 140 in Â鶹APP

Being one of the least gentrified parts of Â鶹APP, the bakers in Belleville are making croissants for the locals instead of for the masses. The quality, price and service has remained the same for decades.

Boulangerie Au 140 is a hidden gem of the south. There is a lot of street art to be seen in the streets surrounding the bakery, walk with your croissant in hand if you can .

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday TO SUNDAY – 7AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 140 Rue de Belleville, 75020 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: Jourdaine

Champs-Élysées: Joséphine in Â鶹APP

Unfortunately today the Champs–·¡±ô²â²õé±ð²õ is merely a tourist trap and has lost a lot of the authentic Â鶹APPian goodness that other neighborhoods still cling to. The bakeries out here and the big business brands that make money because they are world famous and not necessarily because they are the best. Paul’s is a good example of this.

Joséphine is the closest you’ll get to wholesome, homestyle croissants in the Champs–·¡±ô²â²õé±ð²õ area. This is more of a sit down cafe than a walk in bakery, but the breakfasts are good and takeaways are an option!

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO Friday – 8AM TO 8PM

ADDRESS: 69 Avenue Marceau, 75116 Â鶹APP, France

METRO STATION: George V

Joséphine in Â鶹APP back in the day – by Joséphine –