you’ve asked and i’ve answered! after my last episode of foodstuffs presents here in paris, i asked viewers what they’d like to see more of. requests for croissants came knocking on my inbox, one after another. so here we are! i took the subway on over to east paris — home to the very trendy and bustling “le marais” and bastille neighborhoods — to check out two of the most well-known bakeries in paris.
ride along with me to see which croissant wins out and what bakery you should bookmark for your next trip to paris.
- blé sucré (11th arr, bastille) 7 Rue Antoine Vollon, 75012 Paris, open 7am-730pm tuesday-sunday
- du pain et des idées (in between 10th and 3rd arr, république) 34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris, open 645am-8pm weekdays only

blé sucré’s croissant (left), du pain et des idées (right)

blé sucré’s croissant, exterior

blé sucré’s croissant, interior

du pain et des idées’ croissant, exterior

du pain et des idées’ croissant, interior

blé sucré’s croissant (top), du pain et des idées (bottom)
and in this week’s non-croissant related stuff!
current inspo: this hedgehog
my host family showed me the intro to a classic french film with uncanny resemblance to la la land. what do you think?
a great read on new york city restauranteurs
photography and videography by catherine o’donnell/foodstuffs