Les Deux Messieurs
Macarons, eclairs, tartelettes aux fruits – and lots of colour: all this is presented with great elegance in the counter at Les Deux Messieurs. The restaurant, which is also a bakery, café and bistro, is appropriately located in the French Quarter in Haidhausen, right on Pariser Platz. The two operators David Kittel and Carsten Huth could hardly have found a better place in Munich. At Les Deux Messieurs you not only get sweet French delicacies, but you can also order different breakfast combinations. In addition to the classic petit-déjeuner with croissant, pain, chocolate and jam, there is, for example, the “La Forme” breakfast with fruit salad, avocado and cheese. Or the “Le Savoureux” with French sausage and cheese specialties, a boiled egg and orange juice. With the variant “Le Luxe” you get a sparkling wine.
Les Deux MessieursWeißenburger Straße 36, 81667 Munich, opening hours: Monday to Saturday 7.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m
Pâtisserie Dukatz
The bread is made in the bakery in the Dukatz’s backyard in the Glockenbachviertel.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
There are three Pâtisserie Dukatz in Munich: in the Glockenbachviertel, in Lehel and in Schwabing. In the three shops you can start the day with the “boulanger” breakfast, which is a bread basket or a croissant served with butter and jam. This goes well with a café au lait or a freshly squeezed carrot and ginger juice. If you like it heartier, order a quiche or a flûte. The crispy baguette is available, for example, with rosemary ham and Gruyère or with goat’s cheese, truffle cream and honey. Or you give in to the sweet temptations at the bar. There you will find fine tartlets, petits fours or macarons, which are made every morning in the bakery in the Dukatz’s backyard in the Glockenbachviertel.
Pâtisserie Dukatz, Klenzestraße 69, 80469 Munich, opening hours: Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; St.-Anna-Straße 11, 80538 Munich, opening hours: Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Haimhauser Straße 11, 80802 Munich, opening times: Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m
Munich boulangerie
The Munich Boulangerie in Schwabing is both a bakery and a café.
(Photo: Stephan Rumpf)
Between Elisabethmarkt and Kurfürstenplatz is not Paris, but at least the Munich boulangerie. A kind of Schwabinger version of a French bakery. Various eclairs, tarts or tartelettes are waiting in the glass case next to the entrance. The bakery, which is also a café, is also known for its good French croissants. Whichever you choose, you can then make yourself comfortable at one of the tables with the sweet particles, surrounded by black-and-white photographs of Paris. But even if you only need a baguette for dinner, you will find it in the Munich boulangerie. With a bit of luck, the bread will still be warm because it comes straight out of the oven. And of course the sweets are also available to take away.
Munich boulangerieBauerstraße 1, 80796 Munich, opening hours: Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m
Cafe sapphire
In addition to macarons, there are also croissants at Café Saphir in Haidhausen. Some consider them the best in Munich.
(Photo: Alessandra Schellnegger)
Issam Ben Ahmed and his wife Baran have been running Café Saphir near Prinzregentenplatz for ten years. Both are actually academics, but then decided to work in the patisserie. Quality is particularly important to them and that also goes down well with the customers. Café Saphir is considered one of the places with the best croissants in Munich. The small restaurant also offers pains au chocolat or pains aux raisins with raisins, for example. There are also brioche pieces, tartlets and macarons on the counter. In addition to the French specialties, the Saphir also offers Franzbrötchen, which is rather atypical for both France and Bavaria. According to legend, this cinnamon roll is said to have originated from a type of baguette that a Hamburg baker is said to have fried in fat in the 19th century.
Cafe sapphireGrillparzerstraße 49, 81675 Munich, opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m
French Touch Patisserie
Yassine Boukhris’ clients also include fashion companies such as Dior.
(Photo: Stephan Rumpf)
At first glance, the French Touch in the old town is more reminiscent of an expensive boutique than a patisserie. But there are no fancy watches or necklaces in the counters, but sweet cupcakes and macarons. However, Yassine Boukhris’ creations are also well received in the fashion world: companies such as Dior and Louis Vuitton order from the Munich-based designer. In the French Touch you can have breakfast, for example French toast or pancakes. But the hearty dishes are also recommended, such as the Egg Benedict, which can be ordered in the variant “Egg Benedict Royal” with fresh truffle.
French Touch PatisserieBrunnstraße 4, 80331 Munich, opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
Lea Zapf market patisserie
Lea Zapf’s creations have names like “Luftikus” or “Oh Banana”.
(Photo: Stephan Rumpf)
In the summer of 2020, Lea Zapf opened her pâtisserie on the Viktualienmarkt. Since then, the master confectioner has been selling sweet delicacies in her 18 square meter stand. Zapf offers a mixture of French and German patisserie and likes to be inspired by other influences. But the quality always has to be right. Zapf tries to buy primarily regionally and seasonally. The flour comes, for example, from the Hofbräuhaus art mill in the valley, and the coffee from the Vits roastery on the Isartor. Their creations, which have names like “Luftikus” or “Oh Banana”, can be enjoyed either at home or on a sunny day with a coffee or a lemonade on the seats around the stand.
Lea Zapf market patisserieViktualienmarkt, Section III Stand 20/21, 80331 Munich, opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m