Renards European Bakeshop — Restaurant in Village of Princeton

Tucked away in downtown Princeton on the corner, this bakery has an exquisite selection of European baked goods. From their delicious sourdough, baguettes, and fresh breads baked to perfection to their selection of cheeses, honey, soup, and savory items. We love the jalapeño cheddar focaccia bread, scones, biscotti, danishes, rugalach, Mexican wedding cake cookies, chocolate flourless cake, cookies, monkey bread muffins, key lime tarts just to name a few. My husband loves their blue cheese butter and puts it on everything, including his steak. This place sells out fast, so get there early it is definitely worth it! The prices are fair and the staff is a delight! You truly feel like you are in a little European corner cafe but with a great view of historic downtown Princeton. This bakery has indoor and outdoor seating, parking on the side and a little...

Best shop in all of Princeton. I was only in town for a week and visited at least 4 different times just for the sandwiches. Outside of that, their breads are fantastic and they have a great variety of pastries that are all just perfect.

Update: I’ve gone back about a year and a half later and found their odd order policy. If you’d like to place “any order of 3 or more items you must call a minimum of 3 days in advance”. I, of course, didn’t know this so I called the morning of to see if they would hold 2 sandwiches for me (obviously under 3 items) and they not only don’t answer the phone but don’t check the messages at all which is fine but definitely out of the ordinary as I had hoped they would fill the request as it was...

Renard's is a true to form and function European bakery. Not something one would expect to find in a town of this size. The pastries and breads are as good as the ones we have had throughout Europe. The decor and ambiance is lovely and relaxing. We are always on the hunt for GREAT croissants and Renard's is on our favorites list. You can not go wrong buying anything here. Highly recommend you take the time to reward your taste buds, but come early, the line forms...