Les Freres Chapelier is a bakery in Capitole, Toulouse.
Les Freres Chapelier opened their organic, artisanal bakery in Toulouse in 2018 to revive the spirit of the city's neighbourhood boulangeries.
Tip: Sunday closed at most branches; the pain au chocolat bio and the gluten-free brownie are the canonical orders.
Address: Rue Gambetta, 31000 Toulouse
Boulangerie Maurice on Grande Rue Nazareth is the activist bakery of Baptiste Chardin, baking exclusively with peasant wheats, stone-ground ancient grains.
Tip: The pain au levain naturel is the canonical buy; cookies and brownies are made with the same heirloom flours.
Worth the queue: Pain au levain naturel
La Bonbonniere on Rue Lapeyrouse is a long-running Toulouse patisserie and chocolate shop with house-made saint-honore, eclairs and chocolate truffles.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the saint-honore and the lemon tart are the canonical Sunday-skip orders.
Worth the queue: Saint-Honore
Maitre Meunier on Rue Saint-Bertrand is an artisan bakery using ancient grains, with stone-milled flour, rye and spelt loaves and a slow-fermented bread.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the pain de seigle is the canonical buy, the spelt loaf the second pick.
Worth the queue: Pain de seigle
Boulangerie Maurice on Grande Rue Nazareth is the activist bakery of Baptiste Chardin, baking exclusively with peasant wheats, stone-ground ancient grains.
Tip: The pain au levain naturel is the canonical buy; cookies and brownies are made with the same heirloom flours.
Worth the queue: Pain au levain naturel
Peche Mignon on Rue du Languedoc in Carmes was taken over by Charlotte and Christophe in 2020; the half-century-old bakery now turns out babkas.
Tip: The babka and the cinnamon roll are the canonical morning buys; the lunch counter runs sandwiches and quiches.
Worth the queue: Babka
Au Poussin Bleu on Rue Saint-Antoine du T is the small artisan bakery with a rustic loaf range, a tight pastry case and a working-day Saint-Etienne crowd.
Tip: Open daily except Sunday; the pain rustique and the croustade aux pommes are the canonical buys.
Worth the queue: Pain rustique
La Bonbonniere on Rue Lapeyrouse is a long-running Toulouse patisserie and chocolate shop with house-made saint-honore, eclairs and chocolate truffles.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the saint-honore and the lemon tart are the canonical Sunday-skip orders.
Worth the queue: Saint-Honore
Le Gateautier on Avenue Paul Séjourné is the small Toulouse patisserie running since 1998, with a vegan-friendly croissant and pain au chocolat line.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the vegan croissant and the cake of the day are the canonical orders.
Worth the queue: Croissant
Maitre Meunier on Rue Saint-Bertrand is an artisan bakery using ancient grains, with stone-milled flour, rye and spelt loaves and a slow-fermented bread.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the pain de seigle is the canonical buy, the spelt loaf the second pick.
Worth the queue: Pain de seigle