La Maison Des Pains — Specialty Store in Passy, Paris
La Maison Des Pains on Avenue de Versailles makes its sandwiches and paninis on bread that cracks under your teeth and stays soft inside, and that is the thing to order first.
What to know before you go
La Maison Des Pains is a specialty shop on Avenue de Versailles in Passy, a short walk from Boulainvilliers station. Order a sandwich or panini first: the bread is crisp outside and soft within, and the fillings are generous. Baguettes, croissants, quiche and madeleines fill out the counter, and a few items run €5–20.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
A bakery counter in Passy
La Maison Des Pains is an independent bakery and sandwich shop on Avenue de Versailles in Passy, with a handful of small tables outside where you can sit with a coffee and watch the street. It is the kind of place you notice on the way to the metro and end up staying in longer than planned.
The sandwiches and paninis are what to buy first. The bread is crisp on the outside and soft within, and the fillings are generous and well balanced; a four-cheese panini and a tuna baguette are both worth your lunch. Freshly baked baguettes are the other staple, and the croissants, pain au raisin and madeleines cover the sweet side. A spinach and feta quiche and a generous salad of the day, built with grains, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke, olives and feta, make a fuller midday plate.
Service moves quickly and the staff take time to explain what is on offer and switch to English without fuss. There is a terrace with small tables outside, which is the reason to come for breakfast rather than grab and go.
Prices sit in the €5–20 range for a few items, and the value holds up: a baguette, a pastry and a coffee is a modest outlay for a full morning stop. Come before the lunch rush if you want a table outside.
The shop suits anyone staying nearby who wants a proper Parisian breakfast or a sandwich to carry to the river.
What to look for
Sandwiches and paninis
Made on bread that is crisp outside and soft inside, with generous fillings; the four-cheese panini is a solid pick.
Baguettes
Freshly baked and best in the morning, when they are still warm and the crust crackles.
Croissants and pain au raisin
Butter and chocolate croissants plus pain au raisin, the sweet half of a breakfast stop.
The pick list
What to bring home
Sandwiches and Paninis
The sandwiches and paninis are made with quality ingredients and generous, well-balanced fillings, and the bread they come on is crisp outside and soft within.
Baguettes
The baguettes are baked fresh, and it is the crisp crust and soft crumb that keep people coming back for them.
Croissants
Croissants come in butter and chocolate versions, and there is pain au raisin too, all baked fresh.
Quiche
The quiches include a spinach and feta one.
Madeleines
The madeleines are the sweet treat to pick up alongside your bread.
Who is this for
This suits anyone staying in Passy who wants a real breakfast before a day of walking, with terrace tables and coffee to sit over. It also works for a quick lunch: the sandwiches, paninis and salad of the day are ready to carry out to the river.
If you want a dessert to carry away rather than a sit-down lunch, Aux Merveilleux de Fred on Rue de l'Annonciation is the nearby stop for a warm pangocciolo packed with chocolate chips.
The verdict
It is a neighbourhood bakery rather than a destination in its own right, but for a sandwich, a pastry and a seat outside in Passy it does the job.
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