La Baguette

We enjoy coming here often. Their pastries and baked goods taste just like what we got in France. Owners are super nice and always there helping customers.
The chocolate croissants are light and so soft and pillowy. I also enjoy the almond croissants which are usually piping hot still when we get there. My huband likes the chocolatine. And one of my guilty pleasure both for the price ($ 2.50/ea) and taste are their french macarons. They are amazing, like insanely good. My favorites are the vanilla and coconut. I’ve also had the rose and salted caramel. I try not to get them too much because next thing I know I end up spending $ 10 on four little cookies… yikes! But no joke they are little bite size pieces of heaven and they are really pretty too. We’ve also gotten their bread here which is equally as good as their pastries. I haven’t tried their lunch items but they have a variety of sandwiches, soups and salads.

Cute inside
Almost like a French Café. Prices could be better. A whole Quiche can be made for the same price they charge for a piece. If you are going to drop $ 10.00 on coffee and bread, try La Brioche. You’ll fall in love. And they take cards. This place doesn’t.

I stopped in on my way home after galavanting around capitol square for the DCFM (that’s our farmer’s market for the acronym-​averted), looking to take home a baguette to go along with all the goodies I picked up from our local farmers.
The two lovely women working spoke French fluently, to each other– as well as to me… and I tried my best to communicate with what little of their beautiful language I know. :)
My still-​warm, perfectly crisp, light & airy baguette was delicious– and I took a regular coffee for the road too.
Merci, La Baguette
–Victoria

I don’t consider myself an expert in French pastries by any means, but these were the best pastries I have ever had. I had a macaron, which was perfectly made and absolutely delicious, and a tarte au poire (pear tart) which was fantastic. I also took a fresh baguette home & can’t wait to try that as well.
The owners speak French, but even with the language barrier (I know some French but am not anywhere near fluent) they were incredibly helpful, friendly, and really fun. My mother in law says their croissants are the best she has ever had, but they were out of them since we came so late in the afternoon. I would recommend getting there in the morning to try one, we will definitely be doing that ourselves.
In addition to pastries they also have a large selection of sandwiches and quiche available if you would like to order lunch, as well as coffee and espresso drinks and other beverages. It was so worth the drive from Verona! We will be coming back!

Amazing French bakery goods. I never leave without a slice of quiche (feeds two easily) and a chocolate croissant. Absolutely delicious.

I really like this place. I’ve had the sandwiches, soup, croissants, and quiche and it’s all really great. I can’t understand why some of the chain sandwich/​bread places are packed when this place exists.

My favorite place to grab lunch or coffee with friends! Owners are so nice and really go out of their way to make you happy. Food is delicious. All of it!
Only downside is I wish they could take cards but I understand it is a small business.
Highly recommended!

The quiche will change your life.
Does that sound like an overstatement? Probably. I mean, it won’t make you rich (unless you can find a way to market it to the masses, and then it might). It probably won’t help you find the love of your life — but if you do and s/​he doesn’t like this quiche then it probably wasn’t meant to be. Maybe it will make you smarter — I mean, ordering the quiche is a smart thing to do, so if you order it you must be pretty smart, right?
If I lived on the west side of town, I would probably have a slice of quiche weekly. At least. It comes in a variety of delectable flavors, but the star of this little slice of heaven is the pairing of thin crust and light custardy eggs. This is no thick triangular slice of over-​cooked egg product. No. This is the real deal.
While you’re ordering, don’t forget to choose a sweet from the case and a loaf of bread to take home (the olive loaf is particularly good). But get there early, choices get slim the later in the day it gets. And for heaven’s sake — don’t forget the quiche!

Great place. Really good bread, sandwiches and quiche! Good place to grab a sweet too to snack on while reading a book :).

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It’s adorable. I stopped in on a sunny summer day and they had the door open to the bakery, making my visit feel like I had stumbled upon a nice neighborhood café. It seemed the type of place that would have a collection of regulars, since everything was so authentic and made with love.
The pastry cases loomed out at me with numerous tarts and scones, but it was the croissants I was craving. I settled on a chocolate almond croissant and loved its flaky exterior and gooey almond insides. The thin layer of melted chocolate on the bottom portion of the pastry was perfection. The dark richness of the chocolate nicely complimented the sweetness supplied by the almond and both were enveloped by the croissant’s soft interior.
Can’t wait to be back to try some of their famed breads, sandwiches, and definitely the tarts. There was a caramel nut one that I almost caved into buying but I wanted to savor that croissant, and that I did. Until next time.

Wonderful service and so nostalgic to hear everyone speaking in French. The asparagus quiche was delicious– perfect fluffed and with crisped cheese! The crust was perfect as well! The French onion soup was great as well, though I wish it had been put in the broiler prior to serving to get a nice crispy crust of cheese on top. The salad was wonderful– lined with olive oil, red wine vinegar and garlic. And most importantly, the tart du citron was to die for!!! AMAZING.

Get the Parisienne (ham, gruyère, cornichons on a baguette), or a pain au chocolat. C’est incroyable!

I like to stop in for a chocolate croissant when I’m in Madison.

Drlicious, authentic French food and pastries, but they don’t take plastic! Zut alors!

Ok, ok, I get it. La Baguette is terribly French and I’m just a rube from DeFo. But come on. $ 7.95 for a few sparse ingredients slapped between two halves of a baguette? Furthermore, although I have impeccable dental hygiene, I found the sandwich quite literally PAINFUL to eat. I don’t believe that ANY sandwich – even a rustic, terribly French sandwich – should cause my gums to bleed. FURTHER furthermore, the proprietress’ irritation at my lack of exact change was palpable.
Sigh. This was on my bucket list, but I would never go there again.

I was only here once and only got one thing, so take my 2 stars as you will. But given that you only get one chance to make a first impression, and that my first impression was not that great, it’s hard for me to imagine going back to try more things to flush out my impression.
Weekend mornings mean coffee and pastries for me and when I saw this place I had high hopes that it would be my go-​to Saturday morning bakery. I knew from the Unilocal reviews that they don’t take credit cards and yet I totally forgot that piece when I showed up. Fortunately there is an ATM in the parking lot. Based on the glowing Unilocal reviews I decided that it would certainly be worth the $ 2.75 service fee so I ran out to the ATM and came back.
I ordered a coffee and a scone. The 3 scone flavors were raisin, chocolate and almond. None of those are flavors I would usually get so I asked the French woman which one she thought was best and got the raisin based on her recommendation. It was terrible. The outside was almost burnt, but the inside was under-​baked. I wasn’t necessarily expecting it to be the best scone I’ve ever had, but I was at least expecting it to be better than the ones I make.
I might go back; it’s close by and I liked the way it felt inside., but it will probably be a while before I try again, especially since they don’t open until 7:30a.m. and are closed on Sundays which strikes me as a bad strategy for a coffee shop/​bakery.

On a lazy weekend morning, it doesn’t get better than La Baguette.
The ambiance is great. It’s a cozy, sunny place with friendly, often bilingual, staff.
First of all, bottomless coffee. You can linger as long as you’d like and they’ll keep you caffeinated.
Order at the counter with one of the friendly staff, but your choice will be hard. Gaze into the glass cases and choose from an assortment of generously portioned sweet and savory treats. I highly recommend the classic and simple quiche au chevre. Dotted with tasty hunks of tangy goat cheese, sprinkled with herbs, nestled in a buttery crust. It is perfect!
If you’re feeling a bit more hungry, try the Croque Monsieur: thinly sliced ham between melted cheese and thick bread, coated in egg and fried. Yum.
And of course, it’s hard to resist a sweet treat. My favorite is the pain au chocolat. A perfect sweet bite to have with the previously mentioned bottomless coffee.
I haven’t tried any of the absolutely beautiful galettes or other desserts or taken a loaf of the fresh baked breads, but I plan on doing so soon. It’s just that every time I go to La Baguette, I leave feeling so happy and full that I can’t even think about my next meal.

Incroyable! This is the most authentic patisserie around… speak French and they will love you. The chocolatine — try it at least once.

Get. The. Quiche. It is, by far, the best quiche I have ever had in my life*. I am an eastsider and, if I am on the west side, 90% of the time, I am stopping at La Baguette on my way home. It’s worth going to anytime you are nearby. They have some regular flavors and they also mix it up every now and then, which I like.
The pastries: If you want a cupcake, go to a cupcake shop. The flavors are sophisticated and (what I envision being) traditional French. These pastries aren’t ruled by sugar like most American pastries tend to be. They are sugary, to be sure, but they are equally buttery, flaky, rich, and delicately textured. The flavors of the fruit, the nuts the chocolate are the features and dominant flavors. They are not overly sweet by any stretch.
I can’t say much about the rest of the menu. I’ve been so enamoured by the quiche and the pastries that I haven’t drifted much. It’s worth going to if just for those two items. I did once buy a baguette and it was perfection as well as the tomato soup which was a miss for me.
I highly recommend you pop in to this authentic French bakery. The owners really are French (they constantly speak French mixed with English) and it is rumoured that they have a very particular french baking flour imported for their products. My tastebuds wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn that this were true. This place truly is a rare gem in the city of Madison.
*I haven’t ever been to France. I can imagine that quiche in some areas of France may be even better than this quiche in Madison but improvement upon the perfection of this quiche is difficult to grasp. To me, it seems like utter perfection. Oh, and, they’ll strongly recommend that you have it heated up. DO THIS.

A real nice place for a morning coffee and treat. There are pastries here that you just can’t find elsewhere in the Madison area. There are also nice light sandwiches delivered on fresh bread or rolls which makes for a pleasant lunch/​brunch.