The best bakeries Route de la soie

It's worth waiting until the end of the week and getting up early (there won't be enough for everyone), to savor the breads of Bastien Malugani. A committed baker who puts his heart and soul into his work. High-quality raw materials: pure organic cereal flour, unrefined Guérande salt, churned butter... The tedious work is made up of tricks of the hand, know-how and a raw, refined passion to be shared between two bags of flour. The Canuses baguettes are magical, as are the traboules, the seasonal fruit tarts to die for, as are the kouign-amann or kannelbullar and the croissants that would get anyone out of bed.

Antoinette makes our heads spin! Born in the ^7th arrondissement of Lyon, the queen of breads - not baguettes, but real breads at Antoinette's - continues to expand her gourmet kingdom, with 4 boutiques in Lyon, including a new one on Avenue des Frères Lumière. All you have to do is bite into a slice of homemade sourdough bread or a piece of rye bread to experience ecstasy. Crunchy crusts, melt-in-your-mouth crumbs, pure pleasure. Individual or shared brioches, not forgetting the brioche des reines.

What characterises this bakery is first of all a remarkable welcome and a variety of breads. Every day, there are different breads coming out of the furnaces. Bread in sausage and red wine, figatelli, flax seeds, figs… We also offer very good pastries, but those which must not be missed under any pretext call Royal Chocolate and Chocolate Pear Mousse.

The first bakery to be awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label in 2016 for its bread-making expertise, Maison Pozzoli is part of Lyon's gourmet heritage. A family-run business since 1977, François Pozzoli is one of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (Best Craftsmen in France), and has passed on his passion to a whole team spread across the 5 stores in Lyon. 100% artisanal production for traditional French baguettes, Auvergne rye bread, T80 bread, machodine - the house specialty - as well as viennoiseries and a dream panettone. Click&collect service in Vaise and Gerland, so you don't have to waste time at lunchtime. Tradition and modernity.

Winners of the 2023 competition for the best traditional French baguette in the Rhône region, head baker Valentin Leemans and apprentice Lucas Cognard of Boulangerie des Canuts can be proud of their achievement. And we're off to this spacious and charming bakery to savor this delicious baguette, and many other traditional French breads - tourte auvergnate, croiroussin... Extra bugnes, delicious pastries, cakes for every occasion, it's a permanent treat. Another breakfast delight: Lyon's best croissants! Sandwiches, salads and tarts for the hungry. A gourmet address to be discovered as a matter of urgency.

Charles Menetrier, who took over this veritable neighborhood institution, and Rolande do their job with rigor and passion. Their wholehearted character is reflected in the quality of the breads offered in this bakery, which has retained its old-world charm (watch your step on the way in...), with cement tiles on the floor, stained glass windows and old stonework. Breads made with organic flours, traditional breads and corn bread specialties. Pastries and viennoiseries of the same quality, for a treat from breakfast to afternoon tea, with homemade bugnes for example.

For the "old-timers", Jocteur remains the "official" baker of Paul Bocuse and one of the great masters of the tarte à la praline. Jocteur perpetuates the best of tradition. Beautiful glass roof opening onto a terrace, wood, a beautiful frieze, everything reminds us of the quality of yesteryear. A quality to be found in the breads, but also in the cakes, starting with the famous praline tarts. Breakfast for lovers and afternoon tea for the family.

It's like on the big American axes in Nevada, before crossing a desert and desert area, there is always a sign to tell you that this is your last chance to supply you. Located on the road des Calanques, just steps from the city Valmante, this bakery for four years, is the last good address before Cassis. So you will have understood it here or Cassis… It offers several breads of French tradition, sandwiches, drinks, pastries, biscuits, but especially the or raspberry and royal chocolate. And for the children, a meringue with the effigy of the dog Pollux.

Between the start of the slopes of the Croix-Rousse, the Opera and the Hotel de Ville, this Baker holds a privileged position to satisfy the holidays and the day's refuelling. But what counts, more than the ideal situation, is the quality of the products made "to the old" in an authentic baker where one likes to feel the smell of the warm bread while leaving the office. Breads of tradition, special breads that give rise to all the dishes, breads that eat themselves as these apéritives strings, bread among 200 different products offered by this exceptional establishment: chocolate biscuits and chocolate nugget, rice cakes, Boondocks, sweet dough with cooked apples, a frangipane and pistachio brioche, tasty sandwiches, such as this fresh and generous Nordic, pastries, pastries, like this white chocolate bread, but still des to unique perfumes… The good reasons to stop taking a gourmande break are many and all justified! Especially that the service is always fast and smiling. Address is unavoidable.

Simply, for the sake of the good bread! A greedy house where Christian Bouchard, whose ancestors were grain brokers, shares his passion for quality (flour without additives, natural leaven, spiral scratches…) and the authenticity of good bread by delivering the best fournées of traditional and original breads. So the stick, the "star" of the house, is prepared in "tradition" or on stone stone and each day we discover different breads: baguette 2 lovers, fruit bread (hazelnuts, apricots, grapes), rosette/hazelnuts string, bread to 2 olives, bread to bacon cubes; not to mention the "daily" of the delicious hamburgers, the organic bread, the complete and the pie, the white chocolate bread, the fougasses, the quiches, the sandwiches not missing, the panini, the Provencal laminated… You love. According to season, Christian Bouchard, gifted and inventive craftsman wearing his "house" deck, offers special breads such as this summer barbecue bread or the perfect rye-lemon with oysters. Gourmets that we are not able to silence homemade vacherin and pastries that meet the same requirements of quality and authenticity. The House of Happiness for Lovers of Good Bread.

L'Antico Forno ai Serpenti is a pizzeria located in the Monti district of Rome. It's one of the area's historic stores, offering a variety of delights from bread and cookies to pizzas and desserts. The restaurant offers focacce, pizze, but also good crostate alle visciole, a cherry pie. Ideal for a quick bite to eat in the Monti district! You can also have breakfast here (the cornetti and doughnuts are delicious), or an aperitif at the end of the day.

An organic bakery in La Croix-Rousse, it seems only natural. But since there are some "obvious" addresses that you shouldn't miss, especially when their opening hours are a little off - they're only open at the end of the day - it's time to discover Paume de Pain. In this bakery, opened 7 years ago, you'll enjoy Sylvain Hanriot-Colin's marvellous natural sourdough breads. Artisan breads that smell like the breads of yesteryear and keep for a long time. Organic natural sourdough breads that take their time to crisp up and melt under your palate. Country, seed, spelt, raisin... for exceptional breads. Viennoiseries and cookies in the same spirit.

An "old fashioned" bakery as we like it. Without any pejorative sense of the term. First of all, we love the interior with its deceptively rococo decoration, the moldings, the large mirrors that contrast with the bustling atmosphere of the Place Jean-Jaurès, an alternative district if ever there was one. The terrace unfolds in the sun and is an ideal spot for your morning coffee, especially on market days, when you can appreciate the animation under your eyes. On the bakery side, very good homemade buns and pastries with some unexpected specialties like the poppy croissant. A marvel of delicacy in the mouth that we have never found elsewhere in the city. Just for that...

In a district of La Thib' that's home to a few gourmet nuggets, an all-green sign has blossomed with a simple name: Mado. Far from chain bakeries, Mado offers an artisanal, local vision while opening up to other cultures. It's not surprising that Charlotte - from Lyon - and Jacopo - an Italian - met in Argentina. It was a meeting that created sparks and wonders to savor: from organic flours, naturally leavened breads, golden and crispy that keep for a long time, flavored to perfection. And some of the best brioches and panettones we've ever tasted. Finally, the sublime foccacias follow the rhythm of seasonal produce. Mado, we love you big time.