Boulangerie Bonjour Bakery

Man, sometimes I miss Montréal and all their delicious boulangeries. Seems like there’s one around every corner. Why’s it so hard to find a good baguette in Edmonton? Je né sais pas, mes amies. Well, I’ve been to Boulangerie Bonjour a couple times now and have to say it’s impressed me. If you’re looking for artisanal French breads, this is the spot in town.
As with most bakeries in town, hours coincide with work hours but don’t fret, they’re open Saturdays! Be prepared for a line as I went once and it was busy.
First trip, I stepped into the bakery around 4pm on a Wednesday afternoon and not surprisingly, their selection of bread was sparse. While I waited my turn, I browsed around and spotted some local vegetables (on sale), jams, and honey for sale. They also carry a variety of cheese from Quebec and Europe. Perfect for the cheese connoisseur. I spotted a couple other baked goodies that looked good. Next time.
— Baguette ($ 3.50) the baguette had that crispy crunch on the outside and pillowy, chewy inside. I cut it into tiny slices, drizzled some olive oil on top and popped it into the oven for a few minutes. Amazing! Might be one of the best baguettes you can get in town. Great mouth feel.
— Pain aux raisin ($ 5.50) — the pain aux raisin was fantastic. Rustic, delicious, this ain’t your typical raisin bread.
— Pain pailasson ($ 6.95) — I don’t think I’ve ever had a pain pailasson before but this translate roughly to doormat. I guess that sort of makes sense if you look at it — it somewhats resembles that. This one was the priciest of all the loafs I bought.
— Croissant butter ($ 2.75) — obviously, you have to try a croissant if you’re going to a French bakery. Flaky, buttery, the croissant tears apart easily with your fingertips. Stop buying croissants at grocery stores and get them here if you care about things like taste, quality and real ingredients.
— Raisin brioche ($ 2.40) — I wasn’t expecting much as it just looks like a typical bun but looks can be deceiving.
— Cranberry bread ($ 6.95) — I’m a sucker for anything with cranberry in it. I’m not sure if they make this every day but grab a loaf if you happen to get lucky like I did. So good! Another shot. Sometimes pictures just speak louder than words.
— Sun dried tomato with kalamato olives ($ 5.95) — last loaf was the sun dried tomato with kalamato olives. You could really taste the freshness of the olives and the tomatoes gave the bread a slight tang. Another loaf I’d get again.
Next time, I’m inquiring about their frozen pizza dough (YUM) — hopefully they still make it. Don’t forget that it’s cash or debit only. All I can say is, ALLEZ!

Staff are wonderfully friendly and efficient and the bread is so fresh and delicious. I have to restrain myself from eating an entire loaf per day. And don’t even get me started on their majorly drool inducing cheese selection!

My only complaint is that Unilocal won’t let me give them more than five stars. Truly a great bakery.

Just simply the BEST bakery in town.
You cannot say anymore…
I was number 42 and waited patiently for my baguette and peach Danish…
Don’t tell anyone else about this place or I may have to wait even longer next time. ;-)

I love this bakery for 2 reasons! 1. The bread is fresh, flavourful and smells amazing!!! 2. I love the amazing customer service I always get from the dark haired girl with the bright blue eyes! She’s so professional, kind, knowledgable and patient when you feel like you don’t know what to choose and have way too many delicious looking options. As long as these two things about this place stay constant, I’ll defiantly keep driving out of my way to come back!

I LOVE this bakery! They carry delicious bread, scones, danishes, and other baked sweets, as well as a selection of other related goods (jams, cookies, cheese) which seem to vary over time. The baguettes here are fantastic, and they have a slightly larger, denser more flavorful bread that looks like a baguette (they call it «pain bonjour») which is just amazing. Their potato bread has a lot of potato in it, making it extra delicious toasted with garlic and cheese (think of the awesomeness of garlic bread and cheese fries combined). Their mixed berry scones are so good too. And they also sell frozen pizza dough for pretty cheap (I think it’s $ 3 at the time of writing). Mmm.

Great bread! A very French taste to it.
And very pleasing choice of cheese, especially the imported ones (comté is my favourite, raclette is wonderful too.)

This is an excellent French-​style Bakery on 99St between Whyte Ave and Saskatchewan Drive that I recently discovered. It is great to see this strip of 99^th Street go through a little revitalization over the last few years. More cool shops and services are opening and new condo redevelopment has been slowly turning this stretch into a great little shopping corridor.
The shop has a great selection of breads and some pastries too. I wish I lived closer to this place. How cool would it be to walk down for some fresh bread whenever you need it!
They also have some cheese products they sell and it looks like they try to source all of their ingredients and products locally.
There is also a small park on the south end of the building where you can sit and relax and even play chess on the provided chess table. You have to bring your own pieces though!