La Vieille France — Specialty Store in Ourcq, Paris
La Vieille France on Avenue de Laumière keeps a deliberately old-fashioned pastry counter in Ourcq, with a Saint Honoré of light cream and delicate caramel that gives a birthday table its centrepiece.
What La Vieille France is
A specialty shop on Avenue de Laumière in Ourcq, open Wednesday to Sunday and closed Monday and Tuesday. Order the Saint Honoré, with whipped cream, vanilla cream puffs and caramel, and the croissants from three kinds of viennoiserie. A few items run €5–20, and the chocolates are worth adding to a pastry order.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
An old-fashioned counter in Ourcq
La Vieille France is an independent pastry shop on Avenue de Laumière, in Ourcq, and the first thing you notice is how little it bothers with the styling of newer addresses: the look is old-fashioned, and that is the point of coming.
The Saint Honoré is the celebration cake here, built with smooth whipped cream, vanilla cream puffs and a caramel that stays delicate rather than heavy. For an ordinary morning, the croissants are the pick among three kinds of viennoiserie, and the chocolates are worth adding to the same order. Savoury eaters have the quiches alongside the sweets.
At the checkout you will find packaged sweets in pretty wrappers, and they are not made in the shop. Buy the pastries and chocolates for what they are, and treat the wrapped confectionery as what it is.
Spend is modest if you keep to a few items, in the €5–20 band, though the bill climbs quickly once a celebration cake joins the order. The shop opens at 9 am from Wednesday through Sunday and closes at 7:30 pm on those days except Sunday, when it shuts at 6 pm; Monday and Tuesday it stays closed, so plan a visit around those two days.
Come for the Saint Honoré and the croissants, and keep the order small.
What to look for
Saint Honoré
Whipped cream that is smooth and light, vanilla cream puffs, and a caramel delicate enough to carry a birthday.
Croissants
The pick of three kinds of viennoiserie, and the reason to come early in the morning.
Chocolates
A selection worth adding to a pastry order rather than leaving as an afterthought.
The pick list
What to bring home
Saint Honoré
A celebration cake built on smooth, light whipped cream, vanilla cream puffs and a very delicate caramel; the one to order when a birthday needs a centrepiece.
Croissants
One of three kinds of viennoiserie here, alongside pain au chocolat and apple turnovers, and the one to get first.
Chocolates
The shop sells them alongside the cakes and viennoiserie.
Quiches
A savoury option alongside the sweets.
Who is this for
This suits anyone building a birthday or celebration around a single cake, since the Saint Honoré is made to be carried to a table and shared. It also works for a curious browser who prefers an old-fashioned counter to an Instagram-styled one, and for a solo explorer who wants a croissant and a few chocolates on an Ourcq wander.
If you need bread and pastries early in the morning, La Flûte De Meaux on Rue de Meaux opens at 7:30 am on Sundays, when La Vieille France is still shut.
The verdict
A shop with a real Saint Honoré and croissants at high prices, so it suits someone buying one celebration cake or a small pastry order rather than a full provisioner's basket.
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