We'd add
Our runner-upEscargot pistache-chocolat
An escargot, a coiled snail pastry, of pistachio and chocolate. Eaten in the street outside.
- Made on site
- Organic ingredients
- A cult speciality

AI-made picture of the dish, not a house photo
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstPain des amis, a slow-fermented share loaf from the house oven. A quarter or a half in the morning, and our first buy.
French · bakery · Canal Saint-Martin, Paris
34 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010 Paris
Christophe Vasseur bakes by the Canal Saint-Martin in a listed bakery from the 1870s, with everything made on site. People come for the share loaf, the house says.
The proof, in the house's own words
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People come for this loaf, in the house's own words.
“On vient pour le Pain des Amis”
We'd add
Our runner-upAn escargot, a coiled snail pastry, of pistachio and chocolate. Eaten in the street outside.
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