38 Rue Cambon, 75001 Paris, France The bakery at the Ritz is everything you’d expect it to be: elegant, welcoming and comforting, with a pleasant fruity aftertaste.

This legendary bakery on one of the city’s prettiest pedestrian streets is the oldest pastry shop in the city—it opened in 1730 by the former pastry chef to King Louis XV.

Sain Boulangerie is open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Related Stories Paris France Tourism Restaurants Food Travel City Information Europe Europe ...

French bakeries are staying open during the crisis because freshly baked bread — including, of course, the baguette — is essential to life in France. Essential workers are the people still ...