🥐BreakfastClosed · Opens 7:00 AM$ · Budget-friendly

Du Pain et des Idées

Name: Du Pain et des Idées
Price range: $
Rating: 4.3

4.3 ·

Step into Du Pain et des Idées, a historic bakery with painted ceilings and weathered marble in the 10th arrondissement. Watch bakers shape organic, slow-fermented breads through the glass-fronted workshop, then savor viennoiseries and specialty coffee at the nearby table.

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Reasons to go

Founded in 2002 by Christophe Vasseur inside a classified former shop with original painted ceilings and worn marble.
Bread is shaped in full view of the street in a glass-fronted workshop next to the original shop.
Breads and viennoiseries are made with organic ingredients and long fermentation rather than shortcuts.

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Full description

Founded in 2002 by Christophe Vasseur, this bakery occupies a former classified shop on rue Yves Toudic, with painted ceilings and weathered marble. It follows a purist approach: organic ingredients, long fermentation, and hand-crafted breads, viennoiseries and specialty coffee.

The site has since expanded into a nearby table and a glass-fronted workshop where bread is shaped in view of passersby.

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Address

34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris, France · Canal Saint-Martin

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

1h15

Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Arrive right at opening (7am) to beat queues and get the best pastry selection before items sell out
it's a small shop so no seating, expect a takeaway visit.

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Reviews

I was sent here by Claude - and other lists claiming it’s one of the best in Paris. The bakery did not disappoint, I had the Suiss and it was crispy and gooey in all the right places. I wished they served iced coffees here, it was 35 degrees plus when I went. But they were kind enough to direct me ‘next door’ which…

Paulina Chow-White

4/5

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