Leonie — Specialty Store in Pigalle, Paris
Leonie on Avenue Trudaine in Pigalle is a bakery where the croissant is the thing to get: crisp, well aerated and properly buttery.
What Leonie is
Leonie on Avenue Trudaine in Pigalle opens at 7 am daily, closing at 8:30 pm Monday to Saturday. The croissant is a top order: crisp, buttery, and light. The almond croissant is massive, with generous frangipane. Coffee here surpasses most bakeries.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
A Pigalle bakery worth the detour
Leonie is a bakery on Avenue Trudaine in Pigalle, opposite the market on Place D'Anvers and close to Sacre Coeur.
Start with the croissant: crisp, well aerated and buttery. The almond croissant is enormous, massive with a generous amount of frangipane and a strong almond flavour. The chocolate roule brings chocolate and cinnamon together in a rolled pastry. Savoury options run to stuffed baguette sandwiches, jambon and Caprese among them, and there is avocado toast as well.
The coffee is the surprise: cappuccino, espresso and freddo espresso. Order at the counter, take a seat if you want to eat in, with tables both indoors and outdoors and plenty of seating.
Prices sit at the reasonable-for-Paris end on the sweet side, with a pain au chocolat at €1.90 and a standard-sized cookie at €4, though a sandwich and a cookie together can climb toward €6. Come early in the morning, around 9:00, for the warm pain au chocolat and the fullest trays; by mid-afternoon, at 2:34pm, there is still a solid selection, but some items run out.
Go for the croissants and the coffee.
What to look for
Almond croissant
A very large croissant filled generously with buttery almond frangipane, with a strong almond flavour.
Croissant
Crisp, well aerated and buttery, with the light texture that keeps you coming back.
Coffee and espresso
Cappuccino, espresso and freddo espresso made with care, better than typical bakery coffee.
The pick list
What to bring home
Coffee and espresso
Cappuccino, espresso and freddo espresso made with care, better than typical bakery coffee.
Croissant
The croissant has a puff pastry that is crisp, well aerated and carries a good buttery taste, with a light texture.
Pain au chocolat
Get it warm when it comes out fresh; it is a morning staple at €1.90.
Stuffed baguette sandwiches
Baguette sandwiches including jambon and Caprese, ordered for breakfast or lunch.
Almond croissant
A massive croissant with a generous amount of frangipane, super buttery with a strong almond flavour.
Who is this for
This suits anyone staying in Pigalle or heading up to Sacré-Coeur. There are tables inside and out, with stuffed baguettes alongside the pastries. If you are after a box of chocolate fondants to take home, they are bought by the box to take away.
For produce and a market browse rather than a pastry, Marché d'Anvers on Place d'Anvers sets up its stalls on Friday afternoons.
The verdict
The croissants and coffee earn the stop.
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