Tuesday, May 21, 2013
La Baguette French Bistro
4440 N. Chestnut St.Colorado Springs, CO
Northwest/Rockrimmon
599-0686
labaguettefrenchbistro.com
Restaurant Details
Best Of 2012: French
Best Of 2012: Bakery/Patisserie
The genealogy of the three bakery-cafés that get their bread from Old Colorado City's La Baguette French Bakery is as convoluted as that of the French monarchy. (Which Louis was it, and he was related to the other 16, how ... ?). What's clear is this: There's no more highly regarded place in town to get your Francophile on. A morning spent on the pleasantly shady patio of the OCC storefront with a croissant aux amandes and a café au lait recalled sweet memories of Paris and Strasbourg for this Francophone, but the cute table number cards will instruct non-French-speaking diners on the proper way to order everything from a carafe of red to the legendary French onion soup. — Claire SwinfordBites 2013: Croque Madame
The Monte Cristo has nothing on the Croque Madame. It's the most gourmet ham-and-cheese you'll probably ever eat. Thick, buttered, grilled bread lathered in Dijon mustard holds pan-warmed ham and melted Swiss cheese, plus a cap of gooey Gruyère. Then comes the fried egg, ready to ooze its yolk downward, eventually to merge with an underlying puddle of Béchamel sauce. It's Parisian comfort food, perfected. ($9.95)
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