Favorite Croissants?

Submitted by t3_116h26i in boston

Anybody have a favorite croissant bakery? Been trying to find a new spot since my old favorite place, Café Madeleine, closed. Their croissants were delicious, rip. Any suggestions are welcomed! Thanks!

EDIT Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I better hit the treadmills if I'm going to all these recs

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t1_j96f7co wrote

Lakon Patisserie in Newton is new and fabulous. And it's across the street from the Newton Highlands T stop.

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t1_j96jugf wrote

Hana will still make you croissants. You just have to call her. Pick up at Cafe Madeleine.

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t1_j96kubf wrote

Cafe Beatrice in Cambridge Crossing and Colette in Medford both do a great selection of traditional patisserie.

And don't miss Rae the Baker's pretzel croissant at True Grounds for a nontraditional take. (The miso morning bun is also an incredible mix of savory and sweet laminated pastry!)

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t1_j97tqog wrote

Replying to Shemsuni (#1,875,764)

K, fair enough. I haven’t tried their croissants so can’t comment. I gathered that you were referring to the bakery as a whole because you replied to a comment naming CF as the best bakery. I will have to try a croissant from Iggy’s next time I’m out that way.

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t1_j97ut3e wrote

Forge bakery and La Saison would be my picks, both are insanely good. If you go to La Saison on a weekend you can often get them still warm. Forge’s pastries can also be found at Diesel Cafe.

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t1_j97xwg9 wrote

Replying to LivingMemento (#1,872,074)

They also were supplying some other cafés and possibly still are. The kitchen is definitely still in operation - walk by regularly with my dog who is keen to get an invite inside. I believe Render just down the street gets their pastries from cafe Madeline still. They usually have some croissants.

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t1_j97yl27 wrote

The absolute best croissants, especially pain au chocolat / chocolate croissant, in the greater Boston area hail from Mamadou’s Artisan Bakery in Winchester. They also have the best baguettes.

Yes, they’re better than Clear Flour’s croissants and baguettes. They’re better than La Saison, Colette, Praliné, Lakon, and Salt.

I’ve tried them all, repeatedly. I’ve done head-to-head comparisons. Blind taste tests. The results leave no room for ambiguity.

Did I mention that their baguette is out of this world?

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t1_j985o48 wrote

Breadboard Bakery in Arlington, open only on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

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t1_j986eff wrote

Replying to whereswalden90 (#1,875,854)

I’ve recommended forge , diseal and bloc in the past but the owner treasdd to the employees horribly. I used to work for one of the stores it always nervous to say something because of how wildly they are liked. The DBF owners are the epitome of small business tyrant. Everyone is paid minimum wage but yet customers are charged a kitchen fee that goes nowhere to BOH. Also this past week the are doing everything in their paper to prevent DBF from finalizing the unionism contract.

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t1_j98hjvt wrote

Replying to member_member5thNov (#1,877,325)

LOL I should operate a bike pastry tour. Start at Colette for trad French.

Then True Grounds for Rae's neo-excellence. Then get Montreal bagels at Turenne, English muffins at Vinal, and finish off with trad French at Beatrice.

I know there was an ice cream crawl by bike last summer. And a hot dog crawl.... Although I think that was like "collect stamps from participating hot dog places over the course of several weeks" because nobody should eat that many hot dogs all at once.

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t1_j98ir24 wrote

Replying to holheartedly (#1,874,360)

You call the phone number at the appointed hour posted on IG, then you pick up at the back door. Same bags, boxes, same deliciousness. They even answer the phone ‘Café Madeleine’. But now there’s a frisson of danger to it.

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t1_j98paze wrote

Going to throw Quebrada into the ring here. I go to the one in Arlington.

The croissant in general are lovely, but the breakfast sandwiches are another level of amazing deliciousness. I swear my partner visits me just so she can get breakfast at Quebrada the next morning.

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t1_j9943hu wrote

It's a drive but my answer is always Keegan's Kreations in Plymouth

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t1_j99irfs wrote

Biased because I used to work there but Mamadou’s Bakery is the best. He doesn’t have the variety as other bakeries mentioned. But that’s because it’s just him and whoever is his helper.

Everything he makes is incredible and authentic. Every French ex-pat I’ve talked to who knows about Mamadou’s approves.

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t1_j9a818b wrote

Replying to DataRikerGeordiTroi (#1,879,227)

I’ve asked the owner about it. I believe for the croissants, the dough is flown in from France every single morning and they bake them in house. Some of the other pastries are flown in daily finished straight from France. They are amazing and the best croissants I’ve ever had, but they come with a ridiculous carbon footprint.

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t1_j9aaa70 wrote

Pastry Land in Quincy, just down the street from Quincy Center station!

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t1_j9ajz8t wrote

Quebrada in Wellesley (and Belmont and Arlington) makes really nice flakey croissants that are my personal favorites.

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t1_j9bnfkv wrote

Iggy's for sticky buns and almond croissants

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t1_j9i19d9 wrote

Okay....but are there any recs for a place in Back Bay or Downtown Boston specifically? I have to confess that one of the biggest perks was Madeleine being within walking distance on an early morning....🤞🤞🤞

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