Boulangerie pâtisserie Yabdyas — Specialty Store in Père Lachaise, Paris

Boulangerie pâtisserie Yabdyas is an independent specialty shop on Rue de Ménilmontant, in the Père Lachaise neighbourhood. The first thing you notice is how late it runs: 7 am to 1 am, six days a week, with Wednesday the day the shutters stay down. That makes it useful in a way most bakeries in the area are not.

The set menu is the thing to order. A sandwich and a pastry together, priced so that a few items land somewhere between €5 and €20. It works as a lunch that carries you through an afternoon of walking, or as a late plate when everything else on the street has closed.

Inside, the shop is clean and the welcome is warm and friendly. You order at the counter and take it away; there is no fuss about the format. Prices sit low for what you get, which is part of why a small order here feels like good value rather than a compromise.

Because the doors stay open until 1 am, the timing question mostly answers itself. Come in the morning for pastries, at midday for the sandwich set, or late in the evening when the neighbourhood has quieted down and you still want something fresh.

This is a shop for a quick, well-priced bite rather than a sit-down destination. If you want a full bakery counter with savoury dishes alongside, Maison M & Z on Rue des Pyrénées is the other option nearby.