Ten Belles – Rive Gauche

Handle: 53, rue du Cherche-Midi, 75006
Hours: Open Monday-Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm, Saturday 9am – 6pm. Closed Sunday.
Phone: +33 1 42 58 87 82
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Left Financial institution residents now have their very personal outpost of Ten Belles. The brand new storefront of the beloved Canal Saint-Martin espresso store from Franco-British crew Anna Trattles, Alice Quillet, and Anselme Blayney (previously of Le Bal Café) is situated alongside the foodie stretch of rue du Cherche-Midi, simply steps from Poilâne, Patrick Roger, and Sauvage. The small area boasts incredible mild because of large home windows alongside the entrance wall, in addition to the identical collection of truffles, morning buns, toasties, and cookies as the unique, to not point out the crew’s now-famous natural bread.

Lunchtime choices embrace a quiche or pie of the day; an autumnal, vegetarian pumpkin, carrot, and chickpea iteration boasts only a trace of curry and comes topped with an (unsurprisingly) good puff pastry crust. Desserts are tender and moist; outdated favorites like lemon and carrot are sometimes joined by a seasonal possibility. Pumpkin cake is spiced to perfection and has a wealthy, caramelized squash seed topping and a lemon glaze that evokes the perfect lebkuchen. Slices are beneficiant, particularly for the 4 euro pricetag.

The store boasts a couple of plant-based choices, from Oatly oat milk in espresso drinks to a every day salad and a vegan cookie. Savory and candy morning buns, house-made granola, and a frequently rotating seasonal soup and focaccia sandwich spherical out the choices.

Two cheese toasties on home bread (one bacon, one vegetarian) are served every single day as properly; the previous, made with a barely candy brown sauce and wealthy, nutty cheese is perfection, and half with a aspect salad is greater than sufficient for a lightweight lunch.

Ten Belles has just lately begun roasting its personal espresso, and whereas its former mix from Meeting made among the finest cups of filter espresso in Paris, the brand new roast lives as much as previous excellence.

Seating, very like on the authentic store, is tight, and one way or the other, with out the nooks and crannies of the mezzanine-boasting Canal location, it’s a bit extra noticeable on the Left Financial institution. There’s, nevertheless, an enormous mirror alongside one wall, which retains the little area from feeling overly cramped. Whereas the store does are likely to replenish round lunchtime, making lingering awkward between the hours of 12 and a couple of, it stays a beautiful place to sit down and skim with a morning scone or late afternoon cookie.

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In Different Phrases

Advert Journal (2019) calls this “pocket-sized espresso store” “devoted” to its first handle (which it erroneously cites as rue Bréguet, the group’s second store).

Vogue (2019) praises the “tasty recipes” and “perfectly-made espresso” on the latest Ten Belles outpost.

Time Out (2019) calls this little store “an immaculate cool cocoon” and heaps reward on the toastie with ham, cheese, and cream.