Boulangerie Mathieu is a bakery in Lille Centre, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The tarte au sucre is the northern one to try, not the lemon meringue everyone photographs.
Address: 82 Rue du Molinel, 59000 Lille
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 Papillon on Rue Nationale in Lille runs a bakery, a snack counter and a juice bar together, open seven days from 07:00 to 20:00.
Tip: Gluten-free breads sit alongside the regional viennoiserie, which is rare in a Lille bakery.
Worth the queue: Macarons
The Rue Jacquemars Giélée branch of Boulangerie Papillon in Lille keeps the same seven-day 07:00 to 20:00 service as the Rue Nationale shop.
Tip: Continuous service means you can get a proper lunch here at 15:00 when kitchens have shut.
Worth the queue: Croissant
Vianney Degruson bakes sourdough and organic breads on Rue Saint-André in Lille, with viennoiserie laminated in AOP butter and a counter of galettes.
Tip: Their bread supplies other Lille kitchens, including the banh mi counter on Avenue du Peuple Belge.
Worth the queue: Pain d'épices
Boulangerie Brier on Rue Esquermoise in Lille bakes the regional canon, cramique au sucre, palet de dame and a vanilla-filled gaufre of its own.
Tip: This is the cheaper place to try a gaufre fourrée before you queue at the famous one up the street.
Worth the queue: Gaufre fourrée à la vanille
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
