Paris Patisserie Help

I'm going to suggest Maison Mulot which is about a 15 minute walk from Pont Neuf, but not going in the direction of the D'Orsay or L'Orangerie.

I assume you're walking, and that you're looking for a place to pick up pastries, vs. a cafe where you order them and eat them with coffee. On your Musee d'Orsay day, consider a route through the St. Germain neighborhood that takes you past Laduree (21 rue Bonaparte) or Erik Kayser (10 rue l'Ancienne Comedie), which is a boulangerie but I have gotten good pastries there (I love to get a little sack of choquettes). There's a patisserie at about 6 rue de Buci that I've gotten pastries at; in the past, I've seen local cafes pick up their morning croissants from there. Also on that same block of rue de Buci is Paul, which I think is technically not a patisserie but has a lot of pastries.

You could visit the same places on your way to l'Orangerie. Or, if you want to go out of your way to the north, on the other side of the Tuileries, there's the uber-famous Angelina's. I think there is ALWAYS a line there to go to the cafe, but if you go to the take-away side, you can easily get pastries to-go. And there's another location of Laduree just to the west of Angelina's, also on rue de Rivoli.

Enjoy!

Pierre Hermes, rue Cambon. on the opposite side of the Tuileries for macarons .

Fauchon, Place de la Madeleine. Very high quality grocer and patisserie. In same square, a Maille mustard shop and flower market.

Thank you. I will look at those locations. I’m more interested in “flaky pastries” so to speak, than in cookies and cakes. I should have mentioned that earlier.

If you're thinking of croissants and the like, they are more typically found at boulangeries than patisseries, though there's a lot of crossover, based on what I've seen. Of the places I suggested, all of them sell croissants, with the possible exception of Laduree - I only ever go to Laduree to buy macarons, so I don't remember whether I've seen croissants in the cases.

Leslie, there's Maison Philippe Conticini Paris 1er at 27 Pl. Dauphine, right off the Pont Neuf. We passed by it one day and I wanted to stop but we had no time. However, the pastries looked delicious. If you check out their website, you can see photos. They have lots of flaky pastries! https://philippeconticini.fr/collections/e-boutique

Pierre Hermes also has pastries including millefeuille and the Ispahan croissant that was all over Instagram a while back.

If looking for breakfast pastries, la Maison d'Isabelle is about a 15 minute walk, opposite direction. The BEST croissants. Also, an excellent lemon tart.

Philippe Conticini is a good call, it is right next to Pont Neuf!
While not as good as it used to be when it was known as "Patisserie des Reves", all the pastries that involve cream are very solid and the Paris-Brest, in particular, is delicious - and not too hard to eat on the go if you don't mind a bit of cream on your nose. We've all been there.

Look for the word viennoiserie on the sign or window. That's the French term for flaky pastries. As noted above, sold in most boulangeries.

While walking around just look in the window and stop at one that looks good. Repeat as often as necessary. There’s no shortage of good pastry shops.

Angelina, Bo&Mie, The French bastards.... I was there 1 week ago. Enjoy :)

Thank you one and all. My husband went out this morning and came back with pain au chocolat, some other pastries and a baguette. I’m a happy traveler.

@jaimeelsabio—that’s what I planned on because that’s what I’d read on this site, but our routes somehow never took us past baked goods! That’s why I had to ask for help. Then of course this afternoon our walk home from lunch took us by one or two bakeries per block. %-P

The area between Pont Neuf and the Orsay is not one with a plethora of patisseries. The closest of note:

• Boulangerie du Musée, 40 rue de Bourgogne, 7eme
• Pâtisserie Michalak, 8 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6eme
• Butterfly Pâtisserie, 6 rue Boissy d'Anglas, 8eme
• Arnaud Larher, 93 rue de Seine, 6eme.

Fauchon, Place de la Madeleine.

Fauchon closed the location 2 to 3 years ago.