Le Petit Cafe — Restaurant in Missoula

I can’t give less than five stars, because I love their bread. Unfortunately, an older woman that does deliveries for them was extremely rude. Maybe she was having a bad day, because I certainly wasn’t feeling well myself. I was sitting in my car at the GFS and employee had been outside getting boxes near the delivery area. She said I was fine to sit there, but I wouldn’t want to park and leave the car, because I could move it someone needed me to. It’s also a Sunday, which I guess very few deliveries occur. I didn’t block the delivery door that says Do Not Park at all. A women delivering from Le Petit pulled up in her small hybrid car and tossed some recycle in the GFS recycling. The employee was watching and glaring at her, because the recycle is for the GFS only. The woman from Le Petit then pulled into the no parking area and in a snarky tone said, “This says do not park!” Again, I had let someone out and never left the car. I would have been more than happy to move had she asked me to. Maybe she was having a rough day, but her actions were confrontationally. I did offer to move and then she said no that it was fine. I really, really do hope her day gets better and there was no intention on my part to cause her any problems. Thought I had done everything right: checked with the employee, it was a Sunday and I didn’t sit in front of the clearly marked Do...

A little strange.. or a little outrage... not sure, but I am très heureux I stumbled upon Le Petit Outre during a chilly morning walk during a recent Missoula business trip.

I am almost entirely gluten free at home, so I try to do "gluten with gusto" when away from family. A lot of times I will search out patisseries or boulangeries when traveling, but this time I was just too tired and forgot, so I think it was fate I made the discovery.

I had a cappuccino while my order of ham and cheese croissants, almond croissants and pain au raisins were boxed up. But while I am a lover of nearly all things made with laminated dough, it is rare I see chocolate bouchons and I don't remember seeing canelles in a very long time. Both were awesome, but the bouchons weren't as rich as I remember them from my past. The croissants were fantastic and welcomed at the 9am meeting I had an hour later.

Interesting funky vibe, inviting folks behind the counter, very reasonable prices and plenty of quality pastries. There were also some wonderful looking loaves of bread, but I passed.

Glad I made a new "must revisit" find; I actually turned some Missoula residents into Le...

I come here about once every two months or so because I live out of town but I love the espresso and the caneles! They keep me coming back! I usually find the service great; it just depends on how busy it us, which is often and I'm always happy to get my favorite treat if they haven't sold out yet that morning. I sometimes wish the baristas smiled more. I used to be one and I understand the stress but friendliness is always appreciated. Anyway, my last visit, I brought my husband and we each picked out a beautiful scone with our coffee. However, once we put it in our mouths, we both were instantly amazed at how awful it tasted. I'm not sure if any of the bakers tried it? Incredibly nice looking scones that absolutely did not taste that way. As a baker myself, I was really wondering how they even make them. Anyway, I'll still be back but was very disappointed to throw away $10 on cardboard pastries. I hope they revamp their scone recipe or at least try one every so often to see how...