Boulangerie Brier is a bakery in Vieux Lille, Lille.
Editorially verified August 17, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: This is the cheaper place to try a gaufre fourrée before you queue at the famous one up the street.
Address: 118 Rue Esquermoise, 59000 Lille
Maison Miettes on Rue Lepelletier in Lille is a small pastry counter in the middle of Vieux-Lille, open six days a week from mid-morning to early evening.
Tip: It opens at 10:30, later than the bread bakeries, so it is an afternoon stop rather than a breakfast one.
Worth the queue: Seasonal tartelettes
Boulangerie Mosin on Rue Colbert in Lille is a weekday-only bakery of tradition baguettes, croissants and apple turnovers, with cakes made to order.
Tip: Weekdays only. This is a workers' bakery, not a weekend destination.
Worth the queue: Chausson aux pommes
Oxalis et Bergamote on Rue d'Angleterre in Lille bakes cinnamon rolls, financiers, brioches and flan, and pours a chicory latte to go with them.
Tip: Sunday is a two-hour window only, 10:30 to 12:30. Everything else is afternoons.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon roll
Maison Scarlett on Place des Patiniers in Lille runs a pastry counter of tartelettes, pavlova, madeleines and cannelés, with savoury plates at lunch.
Tip: The savoury side, quiches and sandwiches, makes this a workable lunch as well as a cake stop.
Worth the queue: Cannelés
Mamatte on Place Rihour in Lille bakes sourdough and stuffed croissants, with a savoury counter and large cakes, seven days a week from 07:00.
Tip: The Mademoiselles pastries and the cinnamon roll go first. Come before 11:00 at a weekend.
Worth the queue: Croissant fourré
Boulangerie Myrtilles on Rue de la Bassée in Lille is a working neighbourhood bakery, croissants and pain au chocolat with sandwiches and coffee to go.
Tip: Closed on Saturday and open Sunday morning, which is the opposite of most Lille bakeries.
Worth the queue: Roulé pomme-cannelle
Maison Miettes on Rue Lepelletier in Lille is a small pastry counter in the middle of Vieux-Lille, open six days a week from mid-morning to early evening.
Tip: It opens at 10:30, later than the bread bakeries, so it is an afternoon stop rather than a breakfast one.
Worth the queue: Seasonal tartelettes
Boulangerie Mosin on Rue Colbert in Lille is a weekday-only bakery of tradition baguettes, croissants and apple turnovers, with cakes made to order.
Tip: Weekdays only. This is a workers' bakery, not a weekend destination.
Worth the queue: Chausson aux pommes
Oxalis et Bergamote on Rue d'Angleterre in Lille bakes cinnamon rolls, financiers, brioches and flan, and pours a chicory latte to go with them.
Tip: Sunday is a two-hour window only, 10:30 to 12:30. Everything else is afternoons.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon roll
Maison Scarlett on Place des Patiniers in Lille runs a pastry counter of tartelettes, pavlova, madeleines and cannelés, with savoury plates at lunch.
Tip: The savoury side, quiches and sandwiches, makes this a workable lunch as well as a cake stop.
Worth the queue: Cannelés
