Try this, Sir! L’Amande, in Torrance, is the French bakery of your dreams
Breakfast at L’Amande will transport you to a Parisian café. It boasts not only heavenly pastries but a full menu. Photo I have been waiting for years for the South Bay to get a world class French bakery – not a place with croissants in the case next to red velvet cakes, cupcakes, and whatever else is trendy this week. I have dreamed of a haven where the baguettes and croissants are coming out of the oven all day, and you can have them with a cup of fiercely strong coffee and be transported to Paris. This year I have gotten my wish twice over as two have opened within close driving distance. One, Le Pain Du Jour on Inglewood Ave. in Hawthorne, has excellent pastries in a spartan atmosphere; unless you feel like eating from the bag while sitting on lawn furniture on the patio, it’s a to-go place only. The other, L’Amande French Bakery in Torrance, is more exciting – they have recreated not only French pastries, but the style and menu of a genuine Parisian café. What is more remarkable, they have done this in a mega-shopping center location at the corner of Crenshaw and PCH. Traditional atmosphere is in short supply given the location, but the place isn’t soulless – there is a…
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