Artisan bakery & pâtisserie · Rouen

Sourdough bread, baked in a wood-fired oven, every morning in Rouen.

Claire and Thomas Dupain make everything here, by hand, from 4 every morning: sourdough miche, traditional baguettes, Isigny butter croissants and Normandy apple tart.

  • 14 rue des Fournils, Rouen
  • Tue – Sat 7 am – 7:30 pm
  • Sun 7 am – 1 pm
In the bakehouse, a baker loads loaves into the brick wood-fired oven.

5 pmsecond batch: baguettes still warm

Our customers’ favourites

Four reasons to step inside

Bread in the morning, a warm baguette in the late afternoon, apple tart at the weekend.

Two slices of sourdough miche with an open crumb, on a wooden board.
Keeps for a week

The Dupain sourdough miche

Fermented for 30 hours, with a dark, well-baked crust and a crumb that stays soft all week.

€7.80 per kilo, sliced to order

Two golden traditional baguettes with open scores, on a wooden worktop.
Still warm at 5 pm

The traditional baguette

The second batch comes out of the oven in the late afternoon, just in time for dinner.

€1.30

Golden butter croissants lined up on a baking tray.
Isigny PDO butter

The croissant

Laminated by hand with butter from Isigny, in Normandy, and baked every morning before we open.

€1.20

At the weekend

Normandy apple tart

Normandy apples on homemade pastry: Claire’s tart, sold by the slice.

€3.80 a slice

Floured country loaves and an ear of wheat on a dark table.
The craft

Sourdough, time and a wood fire

Thomas bakes with a natural sourdough starter and organic flour, stone-ground in Normandy. The dough takes its time, then bakes in the 1920 wood-fired oven, relit in 2016 when they took over the shop.

  • 30 hof fermentation for the miche
  • 1920the year of the wood-fired oven
  • 4 amwhen the bakehouse lights up
What they say

On Sunday mornings, the queue spills onto the pavement

The best miche in Rouen, and it keeps all week.
Hélènea customer since day one (translated from French)
We go out of our way on Sundays for the flaky brioche.
Marc and Julietranslated from French
Lovely bakery, the croissants are the best we had in Normandy.
Sarahvisiting from Brighton
To order

A cake for a birthday or a party?

Claire makes cakes for 4 people or more. Order 48 hours ahead, by phone or in the shop.

  • Fraisier (strawberry cake)
  • Paris-Brest
  • Normandy apple tart
  • Chocolate entremets
€4.50
per serving
4 servings
minimum
48 h
notice
Call 02 61 91 24 18
Find us

On Rouen’s right bank, rue des Fournils

The shop is open six days a week. On Sunday mornings, come early for the flaky brioche.

Address
14 rue des Fournils, 76000 Rouen
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The shop counter: croissants and loaves on trays, pastry cabinets behind.

Opening hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday7 am – 7:30 pm
Wednesday7 am – 7:30 pm
Thursday7 am – 7:30 pm
Friday7 am – 7:30 pm
Saturday7 am – 7:30 pm
Sunday7 am – 1 pm

Closed on Mondays. Annual holidays: the first two weeks of August.