Bakery counters in Nantes worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

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Esthète

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Esthète works seasonal fruit into precise entremets on Rue Mercœur in Nantes, with a chocolate counter, a tea salon and its own gâteau nantais.

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Vincent Guerlais

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Vincent Guerlais keeps his Rue Franklin shop in Nantes stocked with chocolate work and a soft gâteau nantais finished under a white chocolate glaze.

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Délicatessaine

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Délicatessaine bakes largely organic patisserie on the Île de Nantes with unrefined sugar throughout, daily vegan cakes and a calm tea salon.

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Debotté Crébillon

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Debotté folds chocolate, viennoiserie and a salon de thé into its Rue Crébillon shop in Nantes, with mascarons nantais among the house sweets.

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ArnO Boulangerie

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ArnO bakes organic breads and prize-winning croissants on Rue de Verdun in the old quarter of Nantes, with everything made on site each morning.

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Rosemary

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Rosemary is the pastry salon two sisters run on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, classics rebuilt with herbs and spices and cut back on sugar.

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Maison Juhel

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Maison Juhel took the prize for the best gâteau nantais in 2022 and still bakes it on Boulevard Robert Schuman in the north west of the city.

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Barnabé

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Barnabé bakes organic levain breads and low-sugar pastry on the Île de Nantes, one of four shops the house runs across the city, open every day.

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Délice Végétal

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Délice Végétal is the fully vegan bakery two sisters opened on Quai de la Fosse in Nantes, organic where they can and sandwiches beside the cakes.

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