Du Pain et des Idées
For the bread-obsessed world traveler.
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GO HERE: for pastries and bread like you’ve never tasted before. In addition to perfect croissants and apple turnovers, the postcard-pretty bakery is known for its Pain des Amis, a rectangular, wood-fired loaf made with farmer-ground heritage grains, which were selected to help it stay fresh for several days (You also can taste it at some of the restaurants in this guide.) Take some home and freeze whatever you don’t toast.
ORDER THE: pain des Amis and chocolate croissants; pick up a copy of their cookbook for your bread-obsessed friends.
THE VIBE IS: a mix of no-nonsense locals and reverential tourists.
PRACTICAL STUFF: It gets busy after work. Closed Sundays. Open other days 6:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
