Graine — Specialty Store in Belleville, Paris
Graine on Rue Oberkampf in Belleville is the bakery where the traditional baguette and the almond croissant carry the case.
What Graine is
Graine is a specialty shop on Rue Oberkampf in Belleville, open from 7 am on weekdays and 8 am at weekends. The traditional baguette and the almond croissant are the two things to buy first, with a vanilla flan that holds its shape on the way home. Expect to spend €5–20 for a few items.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
Bread, pastry and a case worth reading
Graine is an independent bakery on Rue Oberkampf in Belleville, a few steps from Belleville station. The window is the first thing you meet: breads and pastries laid out behind glass, a counter behind it, and a lunch selection of sandwiches, wraps and salads alongside.
Start with the traditional baguette, the loaf the shop is built around, and the almond croissant, which has the layered, light structure you want from a good one. Beyond those, the grain breads — spelt, rye — are worth a loaf, and the peanut butter cookies are the kind of thing you buy again on the way out. The vanilla flan sets firm with a crust that survives the trip home, and the galette des rois is a seasonal addition to the case.
The case is not always full: a Saturday late morning can find no croissants or pain au chocolat left.
The spend adds up here. A spelt loaf runs past €15 a kilo, roughly €11 for the loaf, and an almond croissant is €3.20.
Come on a weekday morning if you want the full case; the shop opens at 7 am then, and stays open to 8:30 pm most evenings. It suits anyone building a picnic from bread and pastry, and anyone who wants a proper baguette in the 11th.
What to look for
Traditional baguette
The classic baguette is the loaf to buy first, with a crust and crumb that hold up as the benchmark of the bread range.
Croissant and almond croissant
Light, layered and crisp, with the almond version the one to take if you only buy one pastry.
Vanilla flan
Set firm in a tall container with a thick crust, so it travels home in a slice without collapsing.
The pick list
What to bring home
Croissant and almond croissant
The croissants are light and finely layered, and the almond version is the one to get first.
Traditional baguette
The traditional baguette is the one to get first here, and it is the bread regulars come back for.
Specialty and grain breads
Beyond the classic baguette there are loaves such as spelt and rye; they are good eating, with a spelt loaf running to about 11 euros.
Sandwiches and lunch options
If you want something savoury instead of pastry, the sandwiches and wraps cover that, and one bakery sandwich here has been called the best a person has had.
Flan
The vanilla flan sets firm with a slightly thick crust that holds up well on the way home, and it is sold by the slice in a tall container.
Who is this for
This suits a picnic planner who wants a baguette, a flan and a cookie to carry into the nearby streets. It also works for a curious browser who wants to read a full bakery case — breads, pastries, sandwiches and wraps — in one stop. And it is a natural fit for a solo explorer based in Belleville who wants a proper baguette without crossing the city.
If you want to build a whole picnic rather than just the bread and pastry, Marché Popincourt on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir runs a traditional open-air market on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
The verdict
The baguette and almond croissant earn the walk, but prices run high for what you get.
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