Bakery€Tue-Sat 09:30-19:30Walk-in onlyPatisserie and chocolate
Bouillet on Place de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon's 4e is Sebastien Bouillet's patisserie and chocolate counter, with the city's most-faithful coussin de Lyon.
Tip: The coussin de Lyon (marzipan-and-chocolate pillow) is the order; closed Sunday-Monday.
Worth the queue: Coussin de Lyon
Bakery€Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00, Sat 09:00-19:30Walk-in onlyPraluline brioche flagship
Pralus Presqu'ile on Rue de Brest in the 2e is the praluline-brioche counter for the Lyon peninsula, with whole loaves of pink-praline brioche from Roanne.
Tip: A whole praluline loaf travels for a day; ask for the freshly-bagged hot one.
Worth the queue: Praluline brioche, plain and chocolate
Bakery€5eMon-Sun 06:30-19:30Walk-in onlyPraline rose tarts and Vieux Lyon classics
Boulangerie du Palais in Vieux Lyon is the praline-rose specialist run by pastry chef Sebastien Bouillet on Rue du Palais de Justice, with a queue that runs.
Tip: Arrive before 11:00 on weekends for the full counter; the box of six small praline tarts is the form.
Worth the queue: Tarte aux pralines roses
Bakery€4eTue-Sat 07:00-19:30, Sun 07:00-13:00Walk-in onlyHeritage-grain levain breads
Partisan Boulanger on Rue du Chariot d'Or in the Croix-Rousse 4e bakes ancient-grain levains: khorasan, einkorn, methil, petit epeautre, alongside walnut.
Tip: The khorasan loaf is the order; closed Monday.
Worth the queue: Khorasan and einkorn levain
Bakery€6eTue-Sun 06:30-19:30Walk-in onlyPain au chocolat champion
Les Co'Pains d'Antan on Cours Franklin Roosevelt in the 6e is the small neighbourhood boulangerie whose pain au chocolat won regional best, with a second.
Tip: Arrive early for the pain au chocolat; the queue is shortest at 08:00.
Worth the queue: Pain au chocolat (regional best)
Bakery€9eTue-Sun 06:30-19:30Walk-in onlyPraline tarts (Bocuse's baker)
Boulangerie Jocteur at Ile Barbe in the 9e is Philippe-Marc Jocteur's flagship, he was Best Apprentice of Rhone-Alpes 1981 and the official baker of Bocuse.
Tip: The tarte sablee aux pralines is the order; Halles Paul Bocuse stocks the loaves daily.
Worth the queue: Tarte sablee aux pralines