La Fournette

Meet Oliver, one of our youngest fans (18 months old🥰)
He reminds us why we strive to bake the best and healthiest products every day.
Earning your trust and loyalty is our greatest honor, from the oldest to the youngest. Thank you, Oliver—we love you! ❤️

Make this Mother’s Day sweet with a tart, or with some raspberry chocolate croissants.
The Mother’s Day heart is a sweet dough and almond cream base, covered with rhubarb compote, gelified strawberry coulis, Bourbon vanilla pastry cream, and strawberries.
They will be available next Saturday and Sunday.

For Easter, indulge in our Royal Chocolat!
A luxurious dark chocolate mousse, intertwined with crispy hazelnut praliné, topped with a biscuit Joconde, and delicately seated on an almond succès.
It serves 6 to 8 people and is available now until Easter.

We wil be closed tomorrow as our HVAC system is struggling to keep up with the temperature.
We are open today until 2pm.
Stay warm!

We will be open until 1pm today (12/31) for some last minute bread and pastries before the New Years.
We will be closed Monday (1/1) and Tuesday (1/2).
When we reopen on Wednesday, we will have the first galettes des rois and will be baking them all of January.
Bonne année!

We will be open today (12/23) from 7am to 2pm and tomorrow (12/24) from 7am to 1pm.
We will be closed Monday and Tuesday.
We have a limited amount of buches de Noel and holiday specialties still available for walk-ins.
Happy holidays from the whole team at La Fournette!

With Christmas around the corner, our holiday specials are back at the bakery!
For the Buche de Noel, we will have our traditional chocolate or hazelnut buches again. This year, we will also have a new one with a chocolate genoise, a raspberry mousse, raspberry brandy and whole raspberries.
The Buches de Noel will be available starting 12/15 and we recommend placing an order.
Our champagne sourdough brioche and eggnog are available starting today and we also have a variety of Christmas cookies and ginger leckerlis on our shelves.

Happy Thanksgiving from the team at La Fournette!

For Thanksgiving our holiday specialties will be back!

We will bake 3 pies: the apple and cranberries one, the Michigan cherries and almond cream one, and a pecan pie.

We will also be baking the beaujolais nouvau and saucisson bread to celebrate the arrival of the new beaujolais wine.

Dinner rolls and our other breads will also be available to complement your holiday feast.

Saucisson bread available starting 11/17 and select pies available starting 11/16.

We recommend preording the pies or breads.

Happy Mother’s day!
Bonne fête à toutes les Mamans!

For Mother’s Day, we will be making raspberry chocolate hearts this weekend. These tarts have a thin layer of raspberry puree, covered with a chocolate ganache, in a sweet dough shell topped with fresh raspberries.
They will be available from Friday to Sunday.
We will also have our decadent raspberry chocolate croissants all weekend as well.

Happy Easter!
We are open until 1pm today for any last minute bread or pastries cravings.
Joyeuses Paques 🐣

For Easter, we are bringing back the Ribeaupierre au Cointreau!
Two layers of almond/hazelnut dacquoise, a soft genoise delicately soaked with Cointreau, garnished with a light vanilla pastry cream, and decorated with toasted almonds and creme Chantilly.
It will come in 2 sizes that serve either 4 people or 6/8 people.
It will be available from Friday 4/7 to Sunday 4/9.
Preorder recommended.

Happy New Year from the team at La Fournette!
May 2023 bring you health, happiness, and delicious treats!
We are open today (12/31) until 2pm and will be closed Sunday and Monday.
Starting Tuesday the galette des rois will be available for the whole month of January.
Bonne année 🎉

We will have christmas cookies, jams and other last minute gifts as well as holiday specialties in store every day.
Happy holidays and be careful while traveling the next couple days!
Joyeux Noel!

The Buche is back!
This year we will be making our traditional yule logs again. They come in 3 flavors: hazelnut, chocolate, or black forest and serve 4 people.
We have a few available starting this weekend and are taking preorders for the holidays over the phone or in store.
We will also have our other specialties in the bakery, the champagne brioche, the stollen, and the egg nog.

On Wednesday, UNESCO added the baguette to the United Nations list of intangible world cultural heritage!
We are extremely proud that the baguette is getting this status as our team of bakers has been crafting them daily for 10 years in Chicago!
They have been doing so in the most traditional way that has been passed down through generations in the small family bakery we had in Alsace: with a long fermentation process, without any additives or dough conditioners, and with its classic shape and size.

Today we are thankful for our amazing customers that have made waking up early to bake bread and pastries for the past 10 years so gratifying!
We are also extremely thankful for our team that has worked incredibly hard this holiday season!
Thanks to them our specialties can be present on the dinner table of many families today.
Our store will be closed today but we will reopen Friday at 7am.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November at La Fournette means that the beaujolais saucisson bread and pies are back!
The beaujolais nouveau wine will be released next Thursday so we will be baking the beaujolais saucisson bread starting Friday 11/18.
For the pies, we will bake a apple cranberry one, a Michigan cherry & almond cream one, as well as a pumpkin pie.
A limited amount of apple or cherry pies are available now and throughout next week. The pumpkin one will be available the week of Thanksgiving.

We will be closed Monday and reopen Tuesday morning.
Happy Labor Day weekend!

Our Mother’s Day Heart tart will be back this weekend to celebrate the moms in our lives!
A sweet dough covered with almond cream, vanilla pastry cream, a genoise, and fresh strawberries.
Available saturday and sunday

The Ribeaupierre au Cointreau is back for Easter!
With its two layers of almond/hazelnut dacquoise, a soft génoise soaked with Cointreau, and with a light pastry cream garnish, it is the perfect dessert to end your Easter celebration.
It comes in two sizes (4 or 8 people) and will be available from Friday 4/15 to Sunday 4/17.
We recommend ordering it in advance.
We will also have hot cross buns as well as bunny brioches this weekend.

Sunday is croissant day in Chicago!
We are really proud that decided to feature our ham & cheese croissant in their article about it!
For the occasion, we are also making a special croissant this week end, a puffy croissant dough stuffed with European bittersweet chocolate and crispy Piémont hazelnut praliné.
These will be available Saturday and Sunday while supplies last

La galette des rois is here!
This cake is made of a flaky puff pastry filled with buttery almond cream.
It comes with a ceramic charm baked inside, and the tradition is that the person who finds it in their slice becomes queen or king for the day.
It can be served cold or slightly heated in the oven.
Please be careful when eating it to not swallow or bite on the charm!
It will be available throughout the month of January.

Toute l’équipe de La Fournette vous souhaite une bonne année!
Thank you for all the support this year and we look forward to 2022!
We are open until 2pm today and will be closed tomorrow and Sunday (1/1 &1/2).
We have baked a few buches, champagne brioches, eggnog, and other holiday specialties that are available today to end the year in a decadent way.