Baker Nicolas Stohrer was the pastry chef for Louis XV. And then in 1730, he decided to open up a bakery. Et voila! Paris' oldest bakery and patisserie is one of the city's best. If you only eat ...

In Paris, where corner mom-and-pop shops ... You haven’t lived until you’ve had a kouign-amann from Stohrer, a beautiful bakery in the Second where an array of savory quiches and salads ...

Recommended by Fabian von Hauske, chef/co-owner of Contra and Wildair in New York As Paris’s oldest bakery—Nicolas Stohrer was Louis XV’s pastry chef and opened this storefront in 1730 ...

Nicolas Stohrer, King Louis XV's pastry chef and the founder of the oldest pastry shop in Paris, along with Marie-Antoine Carême, the onetime chef to the royal court, set the course in the 18th ...

But for baked goods that are a cut above the rest, here are some of the very best patisseries in Paris. Locals and tourists alike flock to this tiny neighbourhood bakery in the 11th arrondissement ...