CuisineBakery
Price
Neighborhood2e
HoursTue-Sat 07:00-19:30, closed Sunday-Monday
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Tip: Two small tables only; the tarte aux pralines and the praline-sablee are the order.

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Address: 3 Rue de l'Ancienne Prefecture, 69002 Lyon

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Weiss Chocolatier Lyon ★ 4.0

Bakery2eMon-Sat 10:00-19:00Pioneering Lyon chocolatier since 1882

Weiss on Rue de Brest in the 2e is the Saint-Etienne chocolatier founded in 1882, with the Lyon flagship counter and the Nougamandine praline as the city.

Tip: The Nougamandine box and the bean-to-bar slabs are the order.

Worth the queue: Praliné Nougamandine

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Weiss Chocolatier Lyon ★ 4.0

Bakery2eMon-Sat 10:00-19:00Pioneering Lyon chocolatier since 1882

Weiss on Rue de Brest in the 2e is the Saint-Etienne chocolatier founded in 1882, with the Lyon flagship counter and the Nougamandine praline as the city.

Tip: The Nougamandine box and the bean-to-bar slabs are the order.

Worth the queue: Praliné Nougamandine

Bernachon ★ 4.8

BakeryTue-Sat 09:00-19:00, closed Sunday-MondayBean-to-bar chocolate and pastries

Bernachon in Lyon's 6e is the bean-to-bar chocolatier founded by Maurice Bernachon in 1953, with a Rue Franklin Roosevelt salon de the and a full pastry.

Tip: The President cake is the order; a slice with espresso at the salon is the form.

Worth the queue: President cake, chocolate, hazelnut praline

Jocteur ★ 4.6

BakeryTue-Sat 08:00-19:00, Sun 08:00-14:00, closed MonWalk-in onlyLevain breads

Jocteur runs a Halles Paul Bocuse counter from the family bakery on the Ile Barbe, with naturally leavened breads and long fermented sourdough loaves.

Tip: Closed Monday; pain au levain is the loaf; arrive by 09:00 for the warm batch.

Worth the queue: Pain au levain naturel

Pignol ★ 4.4

BakeryTue-Sun 07:00-19:30, closed MondayWalk-in onlyLyonnais bakery and pastry

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

BakeryTue-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

Pralus Presqu'ile ★ 4.7

BakeryMon-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

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