CuisineBakery
Price
HoursTue-Sat 07:00-19:30, closed Sunday-Monday
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Tip: Closed Sunday-Monday; pain au levain is the loaf; arrive by 09:00 for the warm batch.

Location

Address: Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse, 102 Cours Lafayette, 69003 Lyon

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Pignol ★ 4.4

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Pignol is the multi-generation Lyonnais bakery and patisserie with a Place Bellecour counter for the pink-praline tart, sandwiches and chocolate eclairs.

Tip: The tarte aux pralines (pink praline) is the order; sold by the slice from 11:00.

Worth the queue: Tarte aux pralines

Bouillet ★ 4.4

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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

Pralus Presqu'ile ★ 4.7

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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

Boulangerie du Palais ★ 4.7

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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

Partisan Boulanger ★ 4.5

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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

Les Co'Pains d'Antan ★ 4.5

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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)

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