After almost a year of trying a series of surrounding boulangeries in the 8th and 17th…read morearrondisements, and believe me there are many, my wife and I now buy our croissants, pain-au-chocolats and baguettes here almost every Saturday. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, during the week, my wife will also make me a baguette sandwich using their bread and walk it down for a quick lunch date. They rarely disappoint, and we both appreciate that there seems to be a regular group of employees there. They also often reach out for the fresh out of the oven products rather than the ones sitting under the window, but maybe that's because they enjoy my poor attempts to practice French.
Overall, highly recommend. The bread has serious lasting power, the croissants are flaky and layered, and the pain au chocolats consistently have that goo factor I love.
Unfortunately, Be is closed on Sundays, which leaves us with a series of poor alternatives to settle for. But it also serves as a constant reminder when we are forced to go elsewhere, how much better it is at Be.