Paris has around 1,200 boulangeries, and the city runs an actual annual competition — the Grand Prix de la Baguette — where the winner supplies bread to the Élysée Palace for a year. You don't need to seek out a famous name; the baguette from an unremarkable-looking shop near your hotel is very likely excellent, baked that morning and gone by afternoon.
- Look for the sign 'Boulangerie' specifically — by French law, only shops that make bread on-site from scratch can use the word
- A baguette tradition (as opposed to a standard baguette) uses a slower fermentation and is worth the extra 20 cents
- Croissants sell out by mid-morning at the best shops — arrive before 10am if a particular bakery is your target
- Hours
- Most open 7:00–20:00, closed one day a week (varies by shop)
- Price
- Baguette €1.20–1.50, croissant €1.30–1.80, pain au chocolat similar
- Tip
- Skip the queue outside the famous names and try whichever boulangerie has a line of actual French locals inside.
Nearby
- L Local morning markets · food
- R Rue Montorgueil · market street
- R Rue Mouffetard · market street