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The best way to stay positive is to indulge in a sweet treat. Paris has an abundance of talented bakers, pastry makers, ice cream makers and chocolate makers who have stayed open and who also offer home delivery. It would be a pity not to take advantage of this opportunity!
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Opposite the famous Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Hausmann, the department store’s gourmet food branch proposes a selection of the best known names in chocolate- and pastry-making. Le Magasin Gourmet is open Mondays to Saturdays from 9.30am to 6pm and from 11am to 6pm on Sundays and public holidays.
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Lenôtre’s macarons, chocolates and confectionery can be home-delivered by a courier but you can also order online and collect from the shop.
In Paris, you can have famous top chef Alain Ducasse’s delicious chocolates delivered to your door by a courier. From boxes, spreads and bars to praline-flavoured and even coconut milk chocolate, a multitude of creations crafting from cocoa beans from all over the world.
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Maison Berthillon guarantees ‘Chronofresh’ delivery of its products anywhere in mainland France. Sorbets, home-made ice creams and ice cream cakes are all available!
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Which flavour will you choose? Blueberry and mint chocolate chip cheesecake, Brazilian banana and Sri Lankan coconut sorbet, or red berries with violet and roasted peanuts? The full range of Amorino's ice creams are available for home delivery either as two scoops of your choice in a bowl or in 550-ml or 1100-ml boxes.
Paris’s top bakers and pastry makers keep their shops open at the usual opening times, so you can be sure to find your daily fresh bread and croissants. Some of them also propose a ‘click & collect’ service (order online from the shop and pick up your order as soon as it’s ready) or home delivery.
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You’ve undoubtedly heard of Paris’s illustrious Tour d’Argent restaurant, but did you know that it has its own bakery? During lockdown you can buy bread, Viennese pastries and cakes from Le Boulanger de la Tour shop at 2, rue du Cardinal Lemoine (open at the usual times), using click & collect, or have them delivered to your door.
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One of Paris’s best known bakers, Eric Kayser will deliver what you like – granola, tarts, Viennese pastries, almond sponge fingers – where you like. Except for red berry tarts – they are too fragile!
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The same is true for the bakers and pastry makers Arnaud Delmontel who will deliver to any arrondissement in Paris. Elaborate pièces montées, fruit cakes or macarons, whatever takes your fancy!
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The Hotel Meurice's pastry chef has a special ‘click & collect’ web page where you can peruse his full range of delicacies, place your order and pick it up from the shops on the Avenue de l’Opéra or in Rue de Castiglione at the Pâtisserie du Meurice.
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Famous chef Cyril Lignac's five Parisian pâtisseries are open. But you can also order online and collect from the shop or have your order delivered – by courier in Paris and the Paris region or by the post office (Colissimo rate) elsewhere in France or abroad.
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The first vegan pastry shop in France – all Viennese pastries, rum babas, pumpkin pies, individual tarts and fruit cakes are made without animal products. These sweet or savoury treats are available for home delivery or click & collect from VG Pâtisserie.
Paris’s top tea rooms may have had to close their doors, but fear not, their specialities are still available on a takeaway basis.
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With its famous traditional hot chocolate, knows as the ‘Africain’, Angelina's is THE Parisian tea-room par excellence. You can still enjoy their delicious pastries – the shop on the left bank (108, rue du Bac 75007 Paris) remains open for takeaway orders.
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Colorova's complete menu is available for home delivery or takeaway orders. Try their delicious pastries (caramel tart, banana bread, praline flan, and more) or a brunch menu with tasty sandwiches, burgers or toast.
Many of the locals in the Batignolles and Mouffetard districts are regular customers of Dose, especially in the morning, and for good reason – their hot drinks menus based on freshly roasted coffee beans, as well as their pancakes, scones, muffins and fresh fruit juices. Both shops are still open for takeaway sales and offer click & collect. (2, bis rue des Moines 75017 Paris and 73, rue Mouffetard 75005 Paris).
