Comments on: PAUL Bakery Coming to Foggy Bottom?

By: pdmtp

pdmtp — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:45 +0000

It’s competing with Au Bon Pain. I’ll take it.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:37:46 +0000

I stopped in and had possibly the worst coffee I have ever had. For a French cafe, I was amazed by the horrible quality. I will never go back.

By: jcm

jcm — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:04:31 +0000

Ah, I don’t eat much pastry. I’m mostly thinking about the baguettes and the occasional treat of a croissant, and I think both are much better at Le Caprice.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:46:07 +0000

Ok, to me there’s a big difference between buttery and oily. And a buttery croissant has an entirely different scent than fried dough. I guess I’m more particular about such things because I like to bake and cook.

By: pru

pru — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:39:38 +0000

I don’t agree that Le Caprice is better than Paul. I wish it was, because I’d prefer to support a small family-owned business rather than a chain, but I’ve had sub par pastries at Le Caprice many times now and they’re just not as good as Paul’s.

By: Tante Antoinette

Tante Antoinette — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:30:34 +0000

Regretfully, I’m still tres turned off by their tres rude non-Francophile staff. I can’t pay their tres haut prices from rude folks who don’t have a clue what they are serving, even if the food can sometimes be really good. Let Them eat Their cake !!

By: Rukasu

Rukasu — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:07:44 +0000

I didn’t say it was fried, but choux pastry and croissant is basically just butter with some flour and eggs, so it would still smell fatty and oily, especially at a larger slcale operation like Paul, this isn’t some quaint Paris cafe.

By: jcm

jcm — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:50:16 +0000

We already have Le Caprice, which is much better than PAUL.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:33:24 +0000

“They make eclairs and quiches and other oily cheesy things.”

Eclairs do not contain cheese, and a good quiche should not contain so much cheese that it could be characterized as “cheesy.” And neither one of those things should be ever be oily.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:17:21 +0000

Sorry, but I work across from the Paul at Penn Quarter, and it really sucks. Like, not just a little bit, a whole, whole lot. The macaroons are subpar at best, everything is so expensive, the sandwiches are $9 and about the size of half your hand. I don’t see why this place is popular.