Jean Paul Charbonnier — Specialty Store in Batignolles, Paris
Jean Paul Charbonnier on Rue des Batignolles is where the flan earns the detour: a soft, creamy slice that regulars tell newcomers to try first.
The short answer
Jean Paul Charbonnier is a specialty shop on Rue des Batignolles in Batignolles, and the flan is the thing to buy first: soft, creamy and old-fashioned, at €3 a slice. Rye bread and the baguette des prés are the loaves to take home, and a pistachio madeleine with a chocolate centre costs about €1.30.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
About this store
Jean Paul Charbonnier is an independent bakery and pastry shop on Rue des Batignolles, in Batignolles in the 17th. The radio is usually on jazz, and the staff are warm and smiling.
Start with the flan, the slice that anchors the whole place. It is soft and creamy in an old-fashioned way, and it costs €3. The macarons are thin and delicate rather than pillowy, and the pain au chocolat and croissant are what people buy on the way to work. For the table, take a rye loaf or the baguette des prés, crusty and flavourful; the pistachio and chocolate madeleine, at about €1.30, is a small cake with a chocolate centre that is easy to add to the bag.
It works as a counter shop rather than a café. The young staff hand things over with a smile. King cakes can be ordered in advance, which is worth knowing if you are in Paris around January.
Prices sit at the reasonable end for this part of the 17th: a croissant at €1.10, a flan at €3, a madeleine at €1.30, and a bag of sandwiches, cream puffs and a slice of flan for €14.50.
It suits anyone staying nearby who wants breakfast sorted each morning, and anyone who will walk a few hundred metres past closer bakeries for a loaf worth carrying home.
What to look for
Flan
Soft, creamy and old-fashioned, sold by the slice at €3; it is the first thing to order here.
Rye bread
A dense, flavoursome loaf that is worth walking past nearer bakeries for.
Macarons
Thin and delicate rather than soft and thick, with a crisp shell.
The pick list
What to bring home
Flan
The slice that comes up most often, creamy and soft in an old-fashioned way, and the thing regulars tell newcomers to try first.
Macarons
Thin and delicate, and one regular names them their favourite order.
Pain au chocolat
A breakfast staple here, and the croissants and pain au chocolat are what regulars come back for. The shop opens at 6am, so you can be in and out early with one in hand.
Rye bread
A loaf two regulars name among the best they have tasted, one of whom walks past closer bakeries to buy it.
Pistachio and chocolate madeleine
A small cake with a chocolate centre, excellent and reasonably priced at 1.30 euros.
Who is this for
This is the bakery for a traveller staying in Batignolles who wants breakfast handled each morning: a croissant at €1.10. It also suits anyone who plans a picnic or a train ride and wants a rye loaf and a baguette des prés to carry. And if you are in Paris in January, ordering a king cake in advance is worth planning for.
If you want bread pulled from the oven in the evening rather than a morning bakery run, Aux Pains d’Emile is 100 metres away on the same street and keeps the counter going into the evening.
The verdict
The flan, rye bread and madeleines make it worth the walk for anyone staying in Batignolles.
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