Monday, February 03, 2020

Is a real French baguette coming to Vancouver?

We can get them in Palm Springs at Peninsula Bakery but I wonder if they'll get their flour from France like Peninsula Bakery does. They are now in 30 countries. This approach generally doesn't lead to the local Artisian touch.


A slice of France will soon offer yet another sweet temptation along Vancouver's Robson Street. 
Paul, a French bakery with an origin story that dates back to 1889, is opening their first Canadian location in Vancouver.
Signage for the bakeshop has gone up on the exterior at 1164 Robson Street, previously a retail space that had been home to Joe Fresh and RW & Co in past years. 
Paul began, to some extent, as a family bakery run by Charlemagne Mayot and his wife in Croix, France. Their granddaughter married into the Holder family, who, by the early 1950s, were running a bakery called Paul. The families and businesses merged, keeping the name Paul. It would be 30 years, though, until Paul opened up outside of France, starting in Barcelona.