11 editor picks in Lyon.
11 bakeries in Lyon, editor-picked for bakeries open sunday. Bakeries baking on sundays. All bakeries in Lyon.
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.
TipArrive before 11:00 on weekends for the full counter; the box of six small praline tarts is the form.
Jocteur runs a Halles Paul Bocuse counter from the family bakery on the Ile Barbe, with naturally leavened breads and long fermented sourdough loaves.
TipClosed Monday; pain au levain is the loaf; arrive by 09:00 for the warm batch.
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.
TipThe tarte sablee aux pralines is the order; Halles Paul Bocuse stocks the loaves daily.
Partisan Boulanger on Rue du Chariot d'Or in the Croix-Rousse 4e bakes ancient-grain levains: khorasan, einkorn, methil, petit epeautre, alongside walnut.
TipThe khorasan loaf is the order; closed Monday.
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.
TipArrive early for the pain au chocolat; the queue is shortest at 08:00.
Pignol is the multi-generation Lyonnais bakery and patisserie with a Place Bellecour counter for the pink-praline tart, sandwiches and chocolate eclairs.
TipThe tarte aux pralines (pink praline) is the order; sold by the slice from 11:00.
Bouillet's Presqu'ile counter on Rue des Archers in the 2e is the Sebastien Bouillet patisserie showcase south of the river, with tarts, macarons.
TipThe choco-fruits selection is the gift box; the macaron line moves daily.
Boulangerie Saint-Paul in Vieux Lyon is the 1899-founded boulangerie on Place Saint-Paul, where a relaunch under Maison Farine took regional vice-prize.
TipThe pain au chocolat is the order; arrive before 11:00 for the warm batch.
Boulangerie Marcel on Rue Bugeaud in the 6e is pastry chef Mathieu Jullien's bakery, where trompe-l'oeil fruit patisseries (Granny Smith, lemon.
TipThe trompe-l'oeil Granny Smith is the signature; arrive before 11:00 for the croissant pick.
Zoi Patisserie on the Montee de la Grande Cote in Lyon's 1er bakes without milk, eggs or butter: croissants, pains au chocolat and a vanilla flan.
TipTwo levels of bistro tables on the pedestrian path outside; coffee is among the cheapest in the city.
Bouillet on Avenue des Freres Lumiere in the 8e is the Monplaisir-side patisserie counter for Sebastien Bouillet's praline tart, macarons. Family-friendly.
TipTarte aux pralines by the slice and the macaron line of the day are the order.
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