Chez Manon — Specialty Store in Le Marais, Paris
Chez Manon on Rue de Bretagne makes a butter croissant and a traditional baguette that hold their own in Le Marais. The olive bread is the sleeper on the shelf.
What Chez Manon is
A specialty shop on Rue de Bretagne in Le Marais, open from 6:30 am to 8:30 pm every day except Monday. The butter croissant and the traditional baguette are what to buy first, with quiche and apple tart close behind. A traditional baguette runs about €1.15, and the shop also runs baking classes in baguette, croissant and financier making.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
A Le Marais bakery counter, morning to evening
Chez Manon is an independent specialty shop on Rue de Bretagne, in Le Marais, and the first thing you meet is the counter: sweet on one side, savoury on the other, both kept full from the 6:30 am opening. Local restaurants come in to collect their daily bread here, which tells you the baguette moves fast.
The butter croissant is fresh and well made, the kind of thing to eat standing outside before it cools. The traditional baguette is crusty and reliable, and the olive bread is the one to seek out if you want something with more flavour in the crumb. Quiche Lorraine holds up as a lunch, and the apple tart and apple pie are worth carrying away for later.
Beyond the bread, there is a stocked counter of desserts, pizza and other specialties, plus sandwiches on the same bread. The shop also teaches: a class covers baguette, croissant and financier making, with technique and the history behind each.
Prices sit in the moderate band for the neighbourhood. A traditional baguette is around €1.15, and pastries and quiches are priced to match the area rather than undercut it. Come early in the day for the freshest pick from the counter.
It suits anyone staying nearby who wants a proper baguette or a croissant before a day in Le Marais, and anyone curious enough to book a class.
What to look for
Butter croissant
Fresh and well made, the reason to arrive near the 6:30 am opening.
Traditional baguette
Crusty and reliable, and the loaf local restaurants come in to collect. Around €1.15.
Olive bread
The one with the most flavour in the crumb, also good on the panini.
The pick list
What to bring home
Croissant
The butter croissants come up again and again as fresh and well made, and a guest on the baking class names them among the best parts of the visit.
Traditional baguette
The traditional baguette is crusty and reliable, and it is the loaf local restaurants come in to collect.
Quiche
The quiche Lorraine and the other quiches hold up on quality, and one visitor calls the quiche excellent.
Apple tart and apple pie
The apple pie is the one a regular singles out as wonderful, and apple pastries turn up again and again as a highlight.
Olive bread
One regular rates the olive bread excellent, and another finds the olive-infused bread on a panini especially flavourful.
Who is this for
Anyone staying in Le Marais who wants a proper baguette or a croissant before a day of walking, since the shop opens at 6:30 am and keeps going until 8:30 pm. Travelers who like to learn a craft will get more from a baguette and croissant class here than from another museum morning. And if you are putting together a picnic, the quiche and apple tart travel well.
If you want a sit-down lunch rather than bread to carry away, the Marché couvert des Enfants Rouges on the same street has prepared food stalls, and arriving before 10am on a weekday beats the lunch crowd.
The verdict
The bread is worth the stop, and it suits anyone nearby who wants a baguette or a croissant rather than a destination bakery.
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