La Boulangerie & Co Hyde Park — Restaurant in Hyde Park Township

Ah, Le Baguette Déluge, the quaint little boulangerie nestled in Hyde Park, where the scent of butter and pretension wafts through the air like overpriced perfume in a duty-free shop. At first glance, it’s charming—whitewashed walls, wicker baskets overflowing with golden loaves, Edith Piaf floating through the speakers. But dig just beneath the crust, and you’ll find that this place is less Parisian paradise and more capitalist cosplay.

Let’s start with the star of the show: the baguette. A humble staple in France, priced like a right, practically subsidized by the state. Here? $5. For what is essentially a stick of flour, water, salt, and yeast. It crackles nicely, sure, but so would any bread if it were marked up 300% and fed a steady diet of artisan delusion. Then there’s the croissant, which costs more than a gallon of gas—just as flaky, but less useful on your morning commute.

You’d think for those prices, the pastries would at least whisper sweet nothings to your taste buds. Instead, they taste like the ghost of butter past. You’re paying for the Instagram moment, not the flavor. But that’s the entire premise of Le Baguette Déluge: performance over substance, aesthetic over authenticity.

And yet, the line stretches out the door. Why? Because American society, god bless its brand-worshipping soul, has mistaken European simplicity for luxury. We’ve reached a point where people will gleefully fork over a small fortune for a pain au chocolat because it comes in a compostable bag with French script on it. Meanwhile, eggs are $6 a dozen and we’re all pretending this is normal.

This place isn’t a bakery—it’s a parody of one, a boutique masquerading as necessity, peddling edible affectation to a society desperate for meaning in a brunch-obsessed dystopia.

So if you’re in Hyde Park and craving a taste of France, save your money and watch Ratatouille. It’s more authentic, and the rat...

Horrible. I went to this bakery on Saturday morning a little after 10 AM. I ordered the quiche, as I always do. Having ordered this quiche five or six times before I know that it comes with a salad.

As I was being rung up for my quiche, I asked for the salad that comes with it. I was told that they were out of salad. I asked if there would be a discount as I was not getting part of what I was buying. The man at the register scoffed. He told me that the salad was included for free therefore I would not receive a discount. I wondered if I was at McDonald’s and ordered a combo meal that came with a burger and fries if I would be expected to pay the full price if they were out of fries because the fries are “free“. I also wondered how they could be out of salad at 10 AM when they are a 30 second “walk“ from Trader Joe’s.

Reading the comments, I see that this operation seems to expect its customers to take the loss when they have made the mistake. I read the story of a woman who would ordered some macarons. And was told an incorrect price. Instead of honoring the price they told her they expected her to take the loss for their mistake. So they wrote a gaslighting response to her here on google. I expect they will do the same with this review, if they bother to respond at all.

I understand that mistakes sometimes happen. What I don’t understand is expecting your customers to eat the loss that is the result of your mistake. I would’ve appreciated any gesture such as offering me a coffee or tea. That would’ve been fine. How much would that have cost this establishment? As it stands now this establishment didn’t have bear the loss of a coffee or tea. However, the hundreds and thousands I was on track to spend at your establishment over the next weeks and months is lost to you. I will continue to obtain my quiche and pastries from the 61st street...

Coralie Coffee in Evanston & Bennisons in Evanston are Way better quality for a cheaper price and they don’t have terrible service and they actually have a menu that you can read. I needed to order macaroons & they didn’t have a menu listing the prices. I was actively on the phone when I asked to order the macaroons and the lady looked at the menu and said a box of 16 was $25. I checked this three times and the Calculator history on my phone also shows me calculating the price because I was purchasing these macaroons for work And had a very specific budget. The person on the phone also heard me say a box of 16 macaroons was $25 so I ordered three boxes of 16 when I go to check out the box of 16 is magically $40 and when the lady told me that the box of 16 was $25 there was another worker standing there, listening to her tell me the cost, and she never corrected her But miraculously I just miss her that instead a box of eight was $25. This was no mistake. This was absolute terrible service and I will never go back. The only reason I decided to purchase here was because she told me the price was what it was. There are other bakeries that have macaroons for cheaper than that I would have never decided to spend my money here if I had known the...