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Treize au Jardin

by Meg Zimbeck
June 21, 2022 July 5, 2023

Treize au Jardin is a gorgeous spot for brunch, afternoon tea and cake, or early evening cocktails on a sun-dappled terrace across from the Luxembourg Gardens. Laurel Sanderson and Kajsa von Sydow made their name with brunch and desserts, but are now serving an expanded menu that includes fantastic salads and adult beverages to match their later opening hours. You can catch some rays on the outdoor terrace and bring home a bunch of flowers or a stack of brownies. It’s girly as hell, but from the kind of girls who like buttermilk biscuits and whiskey. One of our Favorite Restaurants in Saint-Germain and recommended for Great Vegetarian Food in Paris .

TREIZE AU JARDIN

5 Rue de Médicis, 75006 Open Monday -Thursday from 11:30am-5:30pm Open Friday- Sunday from 11:30am-8:30pm No reservations

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

The Wall Street Journal (2015) “Ms. Sanderson’s bubbly personality—she often sits at the scrubbed-wood communal table to chat with guests—and the inviting open-plan kitchen that dishes up Southern favorites like buttermilk biscuits, “not-fried” chicken with gravy, and the ultimate carrot cake have charmed the upscale neighborhood to the point that now Parisians make up the majority of her customers.”

Sugared & Spiced (2015) “It’s run by South Carolina native Laurel Sanderson, and needless to say that the menu is filled with homey Southern comfort food, albeit in lighter and healthier versions. Buttermilk biscuits, homemade savory pies, (not fried) fried chicken, fresh salads… a nice spot for lunch.”

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Treize, A Baker’s Dozen – Paris

Hiding away around the corner from Boulevard St Germain, down a little alley, is “Treize, A Baker’s Dozen”. It is unlikely that you would just stumble across it as it is well concealed in a rather unassuming courtyard. I had the address written down and a mental photo imprinted in my mind of the location and I still nearly missed it. However I generally find good things hide in discreet and overlooked places and this is no exception.

The menu and staff are fully bilingual, a blessing if your French is not up to par or you are visiting and the last thing you want in your hectic day is to blurt out something you think is what you want, only to be met with a plate of food that was most certainly not what you thought it was. In fact the whole atmosphere was surprisingly relaxed for a place that is so small and busy. The menu is limited, but seeing as everything is either made on site (the sign claims that even the cheese is made by them), or is free range or organic, or “better,” (though I am not totally sure what is better than free range and organic), I think they can be forgiven.

As it was around midday I opted for “Fancy Brunch”, with “French Toast Biscuits and Not Fried Fried Chicken” (€21). The very friendly waiter that served me recommended this over the other brunch option of “What Came First” (buttermilk biscuits with fried eggs and honey glazed ham steak). Though I am not a fan of fried food, especially for brunch, I decided to give the recommendation a try. Fancy brunch comes with a coffee of your choice (latte for me) and a fruit juice concoction.

The coffee arrived fast so I sat reading one of the many New Yorkers piled on the table whilst they prepared my food. I was pleased to notice that the coffee was from “Coutume Café” so I knew it would be good. The “Not Fried Fried Chicken” has the crunchy exterior characteristic of fried food but without the sickening greasy feeling, a winner in my books. It was lightly spiced which went very well with the sweet honey, cooked apples and wonderfully soft biscuits. American “biscuits” for those of you who are not familiar (I was introduced to them last year), are not anything like English biscuits. They are soft and fluffy and resemble something like the offspring of an American pancake and a British scone. These had the French toast treatment and the result was very satisfying and complemented the chicken well.

Whilst reading the menu on arrival I noticed that they claimed their carrot cake (€5) was legendary, so even though I was actually quite full, I had to try it. Thankfully due to how busy it was (they stopped taking phone reservations for the day as early as 13:00 and had started turning people away), I did have to wait a bit. I was content with my reading material though and it gave me time to enjoy my juice and recover in time for the next round. A note on the juice, though it perhaps was not my favourite, I think this was partially my own doing. I very enthusiastically accepted all the waiter’s recommendations and when he asked “are you OK with ginger?” I should have said “OK but not thrilled, what else do you have?” I did not so I was given very gingery fruit juice. Like I said it was OK, but if you aren’t a fan of ginger I would ask for something else.

This was more than compensated for with the carrot cake. It was really good and definitely among the top carrot cakes I have sampled. It was soft, moist and not too sweet. Perfect.

Overall I was very impressed. It is not haute cuisine or gourmet French cooking but it is the perfect place to have brunch, an early dinner, or an afternoon pit stop. They close at 6pm so a late (or even normal) timed dinner is not an option, but with the kind of food that’s offered here it is more suited to an earlier meal anyway.

I was lucky and did not have to wait for a table, but I would advise booking if you heart is set on eating here. Laurel, the owner, is very accommodating and if you are required to wait she will ring you to let you know when your table is ready, so you don’t have to wait around outside staring at the yummy food flying around. It is tiny in there so bear this in mind too. Though there did appear to be a decent sized party going on by the window. If you want honest, French inspired American food, then this is THE place to go.

Address: 16 Rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris

Phone: 01 73 77 27 89

Open 10:00-18:00 Tuesday to Saturday.

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Tour Treize: Ephemeral Monumentality

The author of documentary and website, Thomas Lallier, remarked after his first visit: “After the first visit…I asked myself…why had I not noticed this little building before? Without a doubt it is because it is situated in an area that one, in general, would not [deliberately] pass by. It is not antique, nor particularly striking…Six months later this building has become a sort of attraction: passersby stop to take photos, and its visual attraction holds a sort of mystery…because of these artists, I have re-experienced my fascination with urban space, the sense of curiousity that takes hold of you when you stand in a strange hallway…this transmedia project…is detached from the constraints of continuity. A creative view is made visible, but in the fragile, reactive, and ephemeral character of art in situ…”

After Tour Treize closes its doors, the website will still be available, but only for 10 days. The organizers urge viewers “click by click, pixel by pixel, to save Tour Treize!”The rationale for even an ephemeral website is that “given the urgency and ephemerality of street art [as a movement] this is all that can [or should] be saved.” A 52 minute documentary has also been created (starting in March 2013) recording the artistic work behind the exposition by Thomas Lallier.

I hope to write a longer form manuscript about this project, but for now, I will recount some elements of my visit, and a few of the many pieces that really pulled me.

The line for Tour Treize by 10:00am winds all the way around a city block. On average, it inches forward perhaps an eighth of a block every hour. If one is more than a block from the entrance, it is entirely likely that the way will be upwards of 7 hours, or even futile.

The gallery security put up signs to that effect:

At 2:00 pm I stumbled into the dark building, and followed arrow marks painted onto the floor into a room that had a map of Syria on the floor, and paint cans covered in navy-green with little wings attached that appeared as a cluster of bombs over the map.

After taking the cramped elevator to the 9th floor, where a guard told us “Try to keep to 10 minutes a floor” I tried to efficiently move through each room, taking photos, and taking in the overwhelming array of images.

“Street art” is a funny label that purports to be a genre. If anything, the work at Tour Treize illuminated the astonishing range and diversity of “street art,” as such. From installation work, to light sculptures, to paper architecture, painted walls, photographs, and wooden sculpture, the rooms in the tower were complete transformed to create a total sensorial experience.

Each floor, roughly, represented a country or region. I saw styles that I was relatively familiar with (3D styles, Mexican iconography, stencils, sketch-based paintings, and wheat pastings) to others that I had never encountered. C215 is a relatively recent artist, but is world-renknowned. In the short film, Five More Minutes with C215 he recounts that his art is a way for him to have connections with a world that he doesn’t easily emotionally cathect with. His aesthetic: stencils that are layered with a hand-drawn sketch style and rendered full of energy and movement through the use of flourescent and brightly colored lines. His work can be found all over Paris, often appearing on public electricity boxes, mailboxes, and signs.

This piece by Stinkfish, from Mexico, offers a portrait of Zapata where windows in the building become Zapata’s eyes, filling the room with filtered light through the figure’s gaze.

Dan23’s work from France with vibrant, photorealist images, offers a good paradigmatic case for a prevalent difference between American and European graffiti styles. Whereas the former is still focused on lettering and the name, the latter traffics more heavily in the figurative and representational.

Faces, however, could also be haunting. David Walker’s pieces uses black, white, and greyscale large format portraits and contrasts them with colorful objects, creating a melodramatic and moving rendering of human expression.

Mario Belem’s lettering work also resonated with the aesthetic Steve Espo uses in his Love Letter project.

Pantonio’s flying/running rabbits were one of my favorite elements of the project. They also ran across the exterior of the tower, and so seeing them inside created a kind of visual connective tissue between inside and outside. The dynamic and fluid motion was mesmerizing, and seemed appropriate given the scene of destruction (floor boards torn up) around the creatures.

A destruction-aesthetic figured in many of the apartments. Appliances filled with waste, paint cans, or foam, and floors entirely removed or reduced to dust, the pieces implied immanent elimination. Katre’s room, which was covered with photographic images of architecture, lines extending from the images across the ceiling, and a breakfast table surrounded by rubble with a radio, glass, and plate, refers to life interrupted, cut in the middle, and the shock of architectural disruption.

I was thrilled to see work from Tunisian and Iranian artists, regions I have little knowledge of as venues for street art. Dabro’s work was unique and haunting. His pieces create atmospheric environments where his figures, barely distinguished from their background, emerge as ghostly whispers from the walls.

Inti Castro, from Chile, further draws on tropes of memory, forgetting, and violence. The entrance to the main room has the words “Memorias” in legible typset print. Entering the colorful inner room one sees a wall violently punctured, but the paint designs are not disrupted. Embedded in the hole in the wall is a photograph of a little girl. Memorias could point, here, to the loss of a loved one and the memoria as a kind of shrine, or ones own memory. But the jagged doorway and uneven floor creates a sense of unease, a memory not fully worked through, nor appropriately remembered.

In this piece by Loiola, from Brazil, we are confronted with feminine figures, intimate, and anxious. One figure notes “Don’t leave me in peace/alone.” Elements of the apartment (curtains, doors, a radiator, bathtub) are used as environments for the various figures that occupy the space, reminding the viewer on the everyday lives quietly, or not so quietly, lived in this building.

There are a number of literary references in the building, with carefully curated bookshelves featuring texts by Francois Mitterand (perhaps a gesture to the BnF Mitterand down the street), and also a piece by Speto in a kitchen where the door screamed: “Nietzsche lived in this room!” Perhaps also another reference to the role the building played as a home for artists, or an ironic reference to the lack of celebrity afforded to the space before the Tour Treize project.

A kitchen is taken over by aggressive, careening, and bicycling figures. A man eats an automobile, while another sips out of a gas pipe that juts out of the wall, and below, a chef has a filleted car on a platter. Mobility, consumption, and frenetic motion collide in a room which was the site for routine consumption.

The final exhibition is of wall paintings and objects painted in white in a room lit only by flourescent lights. Ordinary objects (grocery carts, a mannequin, chairs, a television) glow eerily, discarded and lonely. The artists, Lek and Sowat, highlight the ultimate destruction that the building will be subject to, the frenetic splashes of glowing paint further disorienting a likely already-tired and sensorially-overloaded viewer before they are thrust back into the light of day, where all one can do is sit quietly for a moment, and try to return to a less aesthetically saturated ordinary.

Treize Au Jardin: American Comfort Food in Paris

By Lily Heise for HIP Paris

American Laurel Sanderson paved the way for creative contemporary cafés on the Left Bank of Paris when she opened the first incarnation of Treize Bakery in 2013. She continues to delight both Parisian and foreign palates with inventive Southern-inspired dishes, now served at their new location across from the Luxembourg Gardens. Treize au Jardin is both restaurant and tea salon, an inviting and whimsical space perfect for lunch, brunch, apéro or un petit café and decadent desserts en terrace . Read the full article here .

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Treize, A Baker’s Dozen: An Inviting St. Germain Café

After spending a morning at the Musée d’Orsay , I emerged into a storm, the wind whipping the rain in sheets across the rue de Bellechasse. Lucky for me, my lunch destination was right around the corner. A quick walk up the rue de l’Université, and I ducked into a lovely courtyard off the rue des Saints-Pères.

It’s here that American expat Laurel Sanderson—who was the founder of the successful Sugarplum Cake Shop in the 5th—opened Treize (13), A Baker’s Dozen exactly a year ago. Laurel is one of the loveliest hosts in Paris, and she quickly charmed the neighbourhood’s residents with her Southern recipes showcasing fresh seasonal ingredients. At Sugarplum, Laurel was one of the first bakers in town to introduce Parisians to elaborate, American-style cakes (think sugar figurines you’d find on “ Ace of Cakes ”), and in her latest eatery, she’s cooking up savoury pies à l’anglaise with handrolled crusts. You’ll also find salads and delightful vegetarian lunches.

“What people have responded to is the Southern food,” Laurel says with a smile.

My January lunch was full of wit and whimsy, in classic Laurel fashion. To start off the meal, we shared a Southern-style tapas platter with hot buttermilk biscuits, “not fried chicken” ( divine! ), and various toppings like homemade pimento cheese. To celebrate the new year, my pie (roasted pork, apple and butternut) came with “luck and money” on the side. A riff on the traditional dish of black-eyed peas that Southerners eat on New Year’s Day, Laurel’s version combines marinated kale, black-eyed peas and lentils sautéed in bacon confit.

A word to the wise: Don’t miss a slice of Laurel’s famous carrot cake. After numerous tweaks of her family’s recipe, Laurel’s cake is so good it’s even written up in a book by celebrated chef (and American expat) David Lebovitz .

It’s an open kitchen, so you can watch the chefs at work (grinding nuts and peppers with a mortar and pestle, whipping their own mayonnaise). Grab a table or take a seat at the large communal table; an inviting ambience means that single diners feel especially welcome.

Laurel works with a tea supplier to produce her own tea blends (like Rooibos scented with carrot cake) and it’s possible to buy your own sachets to take home. She also hosts workshops on the weekends- not just cooking classes but also flower arranging, wine tasting, knitting, and bag designing ( with Kasia Dietz ).

Treize, A Baker’s Dozen , 16 Rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris. Tel: +33 01 73 77 27 89. Closed Mondays. Lunch from 13 euros (not including beverage).

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Meet laurel sanderson owner of treize…a baker’s dozen., a mama from the usa who made 13 her lucky number.

Laurel Sanderson

“ Hey , Honeyyyy! ” She exclaims, through a wide smile, revealing her Southern American drawl, as you enter her premises. Match that with her enthusiasm, sassiness, and quirky style and you have the personability of Laurel Sanderson, captured in a blink! Welcoming, fun and clearly determined – I like her immediately. She has a bottle of wine and two glasses at the table, in preparation for our interview. It’s late-afternoon, it’s quiet and she’s found time between juggling her restaurant business and looking after her two young children (now 10 and 12) to spend a little time with Mama Loves Paris.

Trieze…A baker’s dozen is a small charming restaurant in Paris, offering a fusion of European and American dishes, in the most picturesque setting on the edge of the 6th arrondissement

MLP had been lucky enough to taste the scrumptious home from home, heart warming culinary delights of Ms. Sanderson before – thanks to a friend who insisted we try it out. We couldn’t find it at first because it was set back so far from the road, but for MLP this just added to the charm and the mystery of this hidden gem!

“When we did finally realize where it was, Treize (13) looked poised, nestled comfortably in the back of a cobbled courtyard, flanked by ornate vases whilst being gently hugged by blossoming foliage. Wow! “ it looked so beautiful! ” MLP’s intrigue and curiosity were most definitely heightened.

Laurel Sanderson is from Charleston, one of Americas’ most loved Southern cities, and home to the famous dance that high-kicked its way through the roaring twenties. She’s lived in France for 21 years and has had several different jobs before becoming a restaurant entrepreneur! She worked as a waitress, tried event planning for a while, the OECD and even took a turn as a ‘food specialist’ tour guide! But it was her love of baking and cooking (especially pies!) that finally led her to live the dream and open her own restaurant in Paris.

Here is our interview.

Laurel : “I moved to France 21 years ago, I went to school in the East then I moved to Paris. I loved learning to speak French and I loved lots of things about French culture, but the thing that I really hated was that I was always l’American! (The American!) So when I moved to Paris it was great that I wasn’t the only American and at the same time I wasn’t just an American, I was a woman, a mother and these things became significant- I felt accepted here.”

“Paris is one of those places, that if you work hard enough you can make a niche for yourself“

MLP: Did you find it easy to infiltrate Paris then?

Laurel : “Yes – I was incredibly persistent – and also after being in a very small town with a very small town mentality – Paris took me in with open arms.

That doesn’t mean that Paris is not a bitch in many ways – there are times when I get bitch slapped by the city but.. it’s incredibly beautiful!

I was meant to be here for three days…then I was like…this is an awesome town…because you hear so many awful things about Paris when you don’t live in it.”

MLP: Like what? Was this coming from people who lived outside the capital?

Laurel : “Yes exactly! They said Parisians were sad and that the city is big, it’s dirty, nasty, snobby, you don’t want to live there, don’t go to Paris , It’s a waste of time. So it never occurred to me that I would want to stay in Paris – but I stayed a couple of days and then the city pulled me in!

I got a job as a waitress, got a place to live, things just clicked. I met my husband…it just all fell into place.

It wasn’t easy all the time, I had to work for it, but you know there is a huge anglophone community here.

“They say life gives you lemons you make lemonade, but here in Paris – you have to find the freaking tree! And make sure that you can grow the lemons……if you are ready to push you can make it happen.”

MLP: When did this dream all start for you?

Laurel : “I started cooking about ten years ago when I took maternity leave for my son. I started baking because I missed home. Charleston, South Carolina– known for our cooking, ( she smiles) soul food! We’re proud of our food culture – low country cooking – shrimp and grits as an example.”

We discuss grits for a while – we laugh a lot! MLP hates grits!

“I would bake and then have to go to work, doing event planning and other office based stuff. My husband was incredibly encouraging. It’s basically a matter of getting your foot in the door. I got my first job baking with a girlfriend who gave me a shot- then I worked in several kitchens where I learnt a lot! Then started figuring out what I wanted to do, in my own way!”

MLP: When did you make the leap?

Laurel : “Within 6 months, me and some girlfriends launched a bakery – we got a loan and it all kind of worked. It wasn’t easy but we were persistent.

Our biggest challenge was getting it all lined up and getting visas, this was back in the day when, people were looking for ways for the economy to grow – and we were developing at the right time. We worked together for nearly 3 years.”

“Then, I had the chance to go it alone and I had an idea to do something different”

“The opportunity to move on came my way and I didn’t think, I just moved with it – I had a year out – with a lot of day drinking ( she laughs) – before finally deciding. So I filled my time by working for CONTEXT a tour company – a great tour company that works with experts – so I did food tours.

But, unconvinced, I carried on doing tours, looking after the kids and then at the same time, this place came up!

I had been exploring the city for the tours, when the kids wandered into this courtyard. It was basically derelict- the walls were all gold and the vibe was so different.”

“I decided that I was only going to do this if, it I could negotiate directly with the proprietor and only if she was nice and… she was lovely! I then spoke to my accountant”

MLP: How long did it take?

Laurel : “From first time seeing it which was April. I got the keys in September – so it took 6 months. I had a broker – that helped – I had a great lawyer, banker, and accountant. There were a few bankers that were interested in the project – it’s all about creating a support team.”

MLP: When did the name come into the picture?

Laurel : “That was so funny. I have always loved the idea of the baker’s dozen.”

“It’s cool because it encompasses the whole idea of generosity, that goes along with hospitality”

Laurel : “I love the idea that a baker’s dozen is 13 and I remember that I was having lunch – with a friend who was saying; ‘ 13 a baker’s dozen is all too much, too long ‘. Then I see across the street, out of the corner of my eye, a place called ‘ Hello I love you, tell me your name ‘ – and I thought – people are going to be fine with it. I wanted to call it that, I thought it was cool…so it stuck”

MLP: T alk me through the vision. What is Treize?

Laurel: “The idea was to just create a feeling – a warm feeling and allow the neighbourhood to dictate some of that. I started with the idea of it being a tea room – I wanted to have really good tea, and really good cakes I wanted to do a couple of bits and pieces for lunch.

The whole idea of having the dining room and the kitchen in the same room was great, because you can see what’s going on and we can see how people are enjoying the experience.”

“When it started there weren’t even twenty seats – now we have 25”

“It’s really a matter of listening and understanding what people want, and letting the menu just develop from what we are doing.”

“For example, the veggies & chicken salad is one of the nine things on the menu and we sell a lot of it. It was one of our regular clients who works around the corner, who came in and said ‘ ya know…I’m on a diet & I wanna salad, I know that you have chicken from that chicken pie – could you just throw some of that chicken in the oven for me ‘ and that salad, started from there. At the time my intern was like ok… so what if we marinate the chicken? How can we make this taste incredible without adding calories? So we marinated it in white wine and buttermilk and other things”.

“I wanted to go to the market –and get amazing stuff! To become inspired? I go to a place close to my house, called Marche Monge in the 5th. There is a great guy there who sells organic food – Jerome , who tells me what’s in season. I base the dishes on what is available and that works for me .”

MLP: How is your heritage integrated into your food?

Laurel: “The whole southern thing kinda happened by accident… well not completely because that is where I am from. We have Chicken fried Chicken which we prepare to fry and then actually bake it! Buttermilk biscuits too, which is a nod to my hometown. Luck and Money – we eat it in the south on New Years Day – greens, black eye peas, and our version has developed from that.”

MLP: What dishes are super popular?

“Favourites are the Chicken and Mushroom pie, the Killer Broccoli Mushroom pie which is based on my mum’s recipe and has Pecorino truffle. We totally cater for vegetarians. At first, the French were confused thinking it was a veggie resto but no, we serve chicken and bacon too – gotta have bacon –it’s a Southern thang!”

MLP can vouch for the delicious cuisine here and it’s great value too, at around €20/25 per person for two courses and a drink!

As the interview and the wine come to an end, Laurel lovingly talks about her children and how much she adores raising her Parisian kids with her British husband. She relishes in them having an awesome childhood growing up in Paris.

MLP asks Laurel for a couple of tips for non-french Mamas in Paris.

“ My favourite place to go with the kids is Jardin des Plantes – it has everything: dinosaurs, painting, a zoo, a museum, it’s so easy. For food, we order in! We like ‘Take it Easy’ and you can order our food from there too. Finally, if you are new to the city, join Message – it’s a great resource if you don’t know anyone .”

We hug as MLP prepares to leave this adorable restaurant in Paris – but not before buying a few slices of Laurels’ famous carrot cake which, I just have to take home for the kids! It is truly spectacular.

treize-restaurant-in-paris Trieze Carrot Cake

Heading out the door from this magical and cosy space, reeling from this inspiring story of one Mamas successful mission… a fitting remark from Laurel stays with me.

“Be brave, put yourself out there”

She is proof that if you do, you can make great things happen, that make you happy. Treize is a super cool restaurant in Paris- a very special find. MLP cannot wait to take the whole family there for lunch one day soon.

If you are an expat and want to set up your own business in Paris and need support – try reaching out to Anglopreneurs – a Facebook group that supports women trying to visualize their dream in Paris.

Thank you all for reading. It has taken MLP a long time to put this interview together. Please like this post and comment if you enjoyed it and /or found it useful. Every like is a hi-five, which would be very much appreciated. Subscribe to Mama Loves Paris to receive our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram , Pinterest , Twitter and Facebook too.

Thank you, Laurel!

Visit Treize…a baker’s dozen at 16 Rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris. Enjoy their breakfast, lunches and cakes. Great picnic fodder and brunches too.

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Love this place! A piece of Southern home-cooking in the middle of Paris. Most definite must on my Paris foodie list.

Mine too. I’m looking forward to more of that Carrot Cake :D. Thanks for commenting ma cherie x

I have been to Treize. It’s in a courtyard so it’s a bit difficult to find. The place is lovely, warm and welcoming. The food is delicious and satisfying. I love seeing articles about this wonderful woman and restaurant.

So glad you commented and enjoyed reading it. Thank you so much 😀

Adorable, homey place. Warm and friendly. Great food too.

Agreed! It’s fabulous there. Thank you so much for commenting 😀

such a fantastic story from a fellow American mama. I’ll be popping in next time I’m in the area!

Great! So happy you read it and enjoyed it. You will love it when you go! 😀

Lovely! not sure when I’ll be back to Paris but I’ll hope she’s still rockin’ the lucky Treize.

Treize Bakery: English-Style Breakfast in Paris

Treize Bakery, despite its name, is an English-style restaurant across from the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Ahead of a visit to the park, I stopped here with a friend to have a quick breakfast or brunch in Paris. We both ordered scones and topped them with delicious fruit spread. It was absolutely delicious. I hadn’t eaten a scone in so long and it really hit the spot.

If you’re in the mood for an English-style breakfast, then don’t miss Treize!

Treize Bakery 5 Rue de Médicis 75006 Paris, France

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