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Le Boulanger des Invalides Jocteur
Le Boulanger des Invalides Jocteur is an oasis of charm and coziness in the café-and-commerce-bereft neighborhood surrounding L’hôtel des Invalides. Perched on the corner of Avenue de Villars and Rue D’Estrée, a stone’s throw from La Pagode, Le Boulanger is not only a bakery but a restaurant and café as well, boasting a cluster of marble-topped tables and stools where customers can sip café au lait, gobble clafoutis or quiche and people watch to their hearts’ delight.
The atmosphere at the Le Boulanger manages to be both inviting, hip and romantic all at once: smiling, well-coiffed young serveurs greet customers while Jacques Brel and Carla Bruni waft through the airwaves along with the scent of fresh-baked bread. Those who can tear themselves away from ogling the people and the baked goods will admire the café’s traditional décor, from the polished brass and marble to the painted vault ceiling. Eat lunch en terrasse in fair weather (the menu is delicious and reasonably priced, although, like many a bakery, Le Boulanger tends to run low on some things on busy evenings) or retreat from the cold and sip tea at a table by the window. Pastries and ambiance – it’s enough to faire rêver even the most cynical Parisian.
Le Boulanger des Invalides
14 Avenue Villars – 75007 Paris
Metro: St François-Xavier (Line 13)
--Sadie Nachtigal
