Another French Bakery Chain In Trouble - Paris Baguette Sued By Landlords For Back Rent

[pierrepont7731]

Originally Posted by Nugget

Paris Baguette is an Korean bread chain, much like going to a Chinese bakery or Japanese bakery (like Zaiya). It's totally different concepts.

Maison Kayser and Bouchon are French bakeries.

LPQ and Au Bon Pain and American bread shops with French sounding names.

I don’t know what you’re talking bout. LPQ is Belgian.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Are these chains shutting down completely or just closing some of their stores? If later, is smart move. Too much retail, especially food around.

Paris Baguette used to have a location on Main, and Franklin in Flushing, but they sold it to Maxin Bakery. Too many bakeries in that location. Is Flushing afterall.

You dont need at least one of your bakery chain in every neighborhood. The locals may not like your food, or be that stoked for bakery items every morning anyways. Some people prefer the Ham/egg/cheese from the bodega, or the fast food breakfast, or just skip breakfast altogether.

You dont have to the Subway, DDs, or 7elevens of the bakery world.

[BX_Fly]

Crazy when you see how they started though, one of my uncles lives right above the original Éric Kayser bakery, in Paris, he opened as a simple neighborhood mom and pop’s in a tiny retail space in the mid 90’s. I remember my uncle telling him how successful he was going to be.

But to answer a question, Kayser actually plans on reopening. They were having difficulties and COVID-19 didn’t help. But they will restructure their US presence and come back.

[Coney]

I hope you are right about Eric Kayser. They aren't exactly authentically French either in the US, but "pas mal." I wouldn't miss Paris Baguette. I used to go to the store on the upper west side and in Fort Lee. Pretty awful, nothing very French. LPQ, is Belgian as someone else mentioned. La Boulangerie and CeCi Cela are much better.

[BX_Fly]

Originally Posted by Coney

I hope you are right about Eric Kayser. They aren't exactly authentically French either in the US, but "pas mal." I wouldn't miss Paris Baguette. I used to go to the store on the upper west side and in Fort Lee. Pretty awful, nothing very French. LPQ, is Belgian as someone else mentioned. La Boulangerie and CeCi Cela are much better.

They adapt many products to the local tastebuds. It would be difficult to sell exclusively French products besides the staples (brioche, croissants, pain au chocolat...) .


“While we cannot predict the progress of COVID-19, we are still moving forward and hope to reopen in September,” a spokesperson for Maison Kayser said in a statement. “ that is a statement from July.

LPQ though Belgian is Walloon so not only do they have many common items with. Ordering France, but the founder focused on French baked goods.
LPQ is in my opinion one of the best (at least for chains) and the closet to what you can find at your average Parisian bakery.

There was an independent French bakery on Nostrand Avenue in Crown heights owned and operated by two French-Caribbean guys. Their croissants were amazing. They didn’t even last two years in that area.