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

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Pâtisserie Le Daniel

Order Kouign-amann in salted Breton butter

Pâtisserie Le Daniel is the Meilleur Ouvrier de France house of Laurent Le Daniel in Rennes, running since 1998 with its flagship facing the Halles Centrales.

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Pâtisserie 16h30

Order Kouign-amann in Froment du Léon butter from Pacé

Pâtisserie 16h30 is Marion Juhel's bakery and tea salon on Rue Hoche in Rennes, Gault&Millau's Grand Ouest pastry trophy winner in 2020, closed Mondays.

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Boulangerie Hoche

Order Kouign-amann

Boulangerie Hoche bakes one of Rennes' benchmark kouign-amann at 17 Rue Hoche, and its pastry team has riffed the galette-saucisse into a tribute cake.

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Grand Père Jules

Order Caramelised kouign-amann

Grand Père Jules bakes 100 percent house sourdough on Rue de Nemours in Rennes, pastry chef Estelle and baker Kevin carrying on from the Coupel family.

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Le Fournil des Halles

Order Kouign-amann, plain or apple

Le Fournil des Halles bakes a three-generation kouign-amann recipe near the Halles Centrales in Rennes, alongside far breton and buckwheat galettes.

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Maison Bouvier

Order Kouign-amann

Maison Bouvier runs its pâtisserie and chocolaterie across Rennes, the Place Toussaints shop as flagship and a counter in the Hoche Visitation centre.

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Maison Larnicol

Order Kouignettes in a dozen flavours

Maison Larnicol stacks its bite-size kouignettes on Rue Le Bastard in Rennes, the Breton chocolatier founded by Meilleur Ouvrier de France Georges Larnicol.

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Durand Chocolatier

Order Gâteau Jégado and numbered chocolates

Durand Chocolatier works from the Hôtel Barré on Quai Chateaubriand in Rennes, selling numbered chocolate squares and a folded, caramelised butter cake.

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Boulangerie Elluard

Order Organic-flour kouign-amann

Boulangerie Elluard bakes with organic flour on Rue Saint-Hélier in Rennes, an artisan shop between the station and the Vilaine known for its kouign-amann.

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La Tête Enfarinée

Order AOP-butter kouign-amann

La Tête Enfarinée is a small artisan bakery on Rue de Coëtquen in central Rennes, folding its kouign-amann in AOP French butter, open Sunday mornings.

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