Boulangerie du Canal — Specialty Store in Ourcq, Paris
Boulangerie du Canal on Rue de l'Ourcq sells a baguette that holds up as the safest thing to carry home, and a chicken pizza that sits beside the sweeter bakes as a savoury option.
The short version
Boulangerie du Canal is a specialty shop on Rue de l'Ourcq in the Ourcq neighbourhood, open from 6 am to 9 pm every day except Friday. The baguette is the thing to buy, with bread that holds up as the safest carry-home. A chicken pizza is the savoury pick alongside the pastries, and most spending lands between €1 and €10.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
Bread on Rue de l'Ourcq
Boulangerie du Canal is a specialty shop on Rue de l'Ourcq in the Ourcq neighbourhood, a few steps from Ourcq station, and the first thing you notice is bread: baguettes stacked and going out through the day.
The baguette is the reason to come. It is the safest thing to carry home, with bread that holds up well enough to survive the trip. The chicken pizza is the other thing worth ordering, a savoury option with real enthusiasm behind it, and it sits alongside the sweeter bakes rather than replacing them.
The pastries and bread are excellent and the prices very reasonable. and the prices very reasonable.
Prices sit in the same band as other bakeries, roughly €1 to €10 depending on what you take. The early open at 6 am is the useful timing fact: come at opening rather than late in the day.
If you want a baguette and a chicken pizza from a shop that opens at 6 am on Rue de l'Ourcq, this suits you.
What to look for
Baguette
The safest thing to carry home: bread that holds up, called delicious and very good.
Chicken pizza
A savoury option alongside the sweeter bakes, rated excellent with visible enthusiasm.
6 am opening
Doors open at 6 am every day except Friday, when the shop is closed.
The pick list
What to bring home
Pastries
The pastries are excellent and reasonably priced.
Baguette
The baguette is delicious and the bread is very good.
Chicken pizza
The chicken pizza is excellent, a savoury option alongside the sweeter bakes.
Who is this for
This suits a traveler staying in the Ourcq area who wants a baguette to carry home and can be at the door near 6 am. It also works for someone after a savoury bake rather than a sweet one, with the chicken pizza as the pick.
If you want pastries you can count on rather than bread, Maison Saulais on Rue de Meaux in the same neighbourhood is the stop for varied, excellent pastries.
The verdict
This is a bread-and-pizza stop rather than a pastry destination, and it still suits anyone near Ourcq station who wants a baguette early.
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