Pastries & stuff

Are you gourmand? To the point that you would get out of your way to enjoy that special taste you’re after? That’s the question coming with this post. We already mentioned some good pastry store just around the corner, like on the Rue Montorgueil, or Rue du Nil. But some of us are willing to go the extra mile for the exceptional, the creative, the once in a lifetime. So here comes our definitive list of the best pastry stores in Paris. Don’t hesitate to share your own treasures.

Cédric Grolet

Cédric Grolet tops recent pastry chef rankings, so it’s fair to start with him (#1 2018 pastry chef worldwide, #1 2019 Paris pastry chef). Their creations are colorful, sculpted into surprising forms (very popular on social medias) and of course delicious. We advice you book online your future pickup, as many choices will be gone by lunch time, when the store opens. Home delivery available..

La Pâtisserie du Meurice, 6 Rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris

Pierre Hermé

Once the Enfant terrible of the Paris pastry scene, Pierre Hermé has become the gardian of the temple. His signature pastries are regular classic on every foodies’ table: 2000 feuilles, Ispahan, Carrément chocolat …

There are dozens of places where you can find Pierre Hermé products in Paris, but we recommend the initial store, for the nice left bank walk there. Just off St Sulpice church, 72 Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris.

Yann Couvreur

He walked his way into this exclusive list though the classic Haute-Cuisine journey: Les Trois Marches, Carré des Feuillants, La Scène, to name just a few famous Michelin starred restaurants he worked in. He opened his 1rst store in 2016, and his signature pastry could be the Comores vanilla mille-feuilles, with only 50 units produced daily, and assembled in front of each client. When you miss the mille-feuilles, your can try the Fig-Shizo cheesecake, one of our best. Last, he published his Pâtisserie de Yann Couvreur in 2017, with forewords by no less than Pierre Hermé.

137, avenue Parmentier, 75010 Paris, for the original store, or 23 rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris, for a gourmand stopover in a Le Marais promenade.

Sadaharu Aoki

When visiting the Luxembourg Orangerie Museum or park, some would be attracted to the Angelina tea and pastry store. Big mistake. Angelina, once a famous pastry store on the Rue de Rivoli, is now hardly even a fading memory. And only a few steps away, stands Sadaharu Aoki’s store, famous for his colorful creations (lots of match green of course). He has been the supplier of some haute couture maisons during the Paris fashion week. It is a Japanese – French fusion with the best of each culture.

A perfect destination to enjoy a pastry on a bench of the Jardins du Luxembourg: 35, rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

Bontemps

A confidential address on the North of Le Marais. No website (only a Facebook page), hardly visible from the blue porch street door, you will enjoy some of the best fruit tarts there, tucked at the back of the little courtyard. The perfect place for an afternoon tea with an edge, after visiting the most beautiful Hotel Particuliers of Le Marais.