Léonie Bakery, the neighborhood bakery that livens up the Batignolles

Good bread with quality ingredients? That's the challenge facing Kamel Saci, the entrepreneur who took over boulangerie Léonie in December 2019. Looking for premises to launch his business in the Batignolles district, he set his sights on this address, which had a good location, dream kitchens, but a bad reputation. Taking the plunge, he proposed to the former bakers that they take over their business, and it worked!

December 2019, Léonie Bakery is back in business, with the staples of the neighborhood bakery, but revisited in a qualitative version. To achieve this, Kamel makes the rounds of the producers he knows. Stone-ground organic or sustainable flour andquality sourdough for an airy bread that's sure to please. The beautiful presentation of the breads makes you dream. You can imagine the taste of Gascon and Saint-Augustin, beautiful pieces that come in quarters and halves. We've set our sights on the Tordu du gers, which turns out to be very good, selling at 1.50 for 350g.

When it comes to viennoiseries, Léonie has a fine display of flaky pains au chocolat, cinnamon rolls, babka, Swiss bread, kouing amman and sugar brioches, all at reasonable prices. Cookies, fondant au chocolat, brownies, cakes and financiers complete the picture. Everything seems gourmet, and what we tasted was well-balanced, a real joy!

And then there are the desserts, including pastries. Classics like flan, éclair, Paris-Brest, tarte au citron, tarte au pécan or tropézienne, but also some rather nice revisits, including a pistachio tart, a chocolate-caramel tart, a riz au lait and a crème catalane. Expect to pay around 6 euros for a delicious pastry.

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And like any self-respecting neighborhood bakery, Léonie also offers homemade sandwiches made with her own good bread: a veal walnut sandwich on a baguette base at 6 euros, a pastrami sandwich on a Viennese base at 7 euros, available in a salmon version, and more novel, in a sweet potato version at 6 euros, for veggies. We tried both the pastrami and the sweet potato sandwich, and both are hearty for the price, with a disconcerting lightness (perhaps to leave room for dessert). Two daily specials are also on the menu, simple but effective, just the way we like them!

In short, a good address in the neighborhood, which also boasts a beautiful, if small, dining room. A brunch menu will soon be available, although you can already get by with a nice assortment at home.

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.