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Maison Thouvard bakery from LA's Melrose Ave opened a little shop here in Oct 2018. Offers coffee, a vegan sandwich and crepes can be made vegan on request. Removed April 2024: Limited vegan options.


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9 Reviews

First Review by Chia

HelenWong

Points +60

Vegan
13 Dec 2023

Very limited vegan options

Pastries aren’t vegan anymore. I came here expecting to find more vegan options, but the menu has only one vegan sandwich. The nice couple said the crepes can be made vegan cuz the crepe mixture has no eggs. Pasties aren’t vegan.

Cons: Limited options, not exactly vegan friendly

Ereinhart

Points +46

Vegan
06 May 2023

NOT VEGAN

Serves animal products, only a few vegan options. Would not recommend, go support one of the many ALL vegan businesses in the area

cachet

Points +18

Vegan
26 Jul 2022

Great vegan chia croissants and vegan brioches! Bakery reminds me of Paris! Love

They have fresh squeezed orange juice like in Paris bakeries. Best place to get vegan pastries in Santa Monica

Updated from previous review on 2022-07-26

rikr

Points +16

Vegan
12 Jun 2022

Great vegan croissants

Good coffee with selection of milks too

cse

Points +276

Vegan
26 Apr 2022

should not be on happy cow

we came here after seeing it on HappyCow and were disappointed to find only one vegan option.

Cons: one vegan option. why is this on happy cow?

Vegan_Van_Girl

Points +629

Vegan
05 Feb 2020

Great vegan options

Lovely French bakery & coffee shop. We got the brioche & Russian tea cake which were both yummy! They also had white & regular choc chip cookies & scones. Soy, oat, almond & coconut milk for coffee. Lovely little cafe.

Pros: Small but good selection of vegan options

VeganSearchParty

Points +40

Vegan
02 Jun 2019

Vegan Brioche

This is a small bakery will a good selection of vegan options. In my opinion it is the best place to buy vegan brioche in town. They sell out early all the time.

Pros: Vegan brioche , Nice vegan muffins, Friendly staff

Cons: Limited amounts, but understandable

KerryG

Points +26

Vegan
17 Mar 2019

Vegan Croissants!!!

This small French bakery has created the best vegan croissant I have had outside of Paris. There are other vegan options but I only had enough space in my belly for the croissant and the brownie. The croissant is what dreams are made of!!! I highly recommend supporting this sweet French family run business on Main Street!!!

Chia

Points +3635

Vegetarian
16 Dec 2018

Small and simple

This is a little bakery shop that just opened, and as you walk in, you immediate see the counter display of the day's selection. We stopped in a couple times. Here's my review of The Place to Be.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that the muffins were all vegan, so we bought a few to share. The first few we bought were dry, probably from having been left out too long. However, the ones we bought on the second visit were much better: moist and yummy. We've tried the vegan apple pie (to take home), and that was all right. was vegan. On the second visit we saw that there was vegan croissant and vegan brioche. Croissant was a bit dense but had a good flavor. Brioche was light and buttery. Overall, we were happy to see that they offer vegan baked options. The prices, however, are quite high.

Pros: vegan options, good flavors

Cons: expensive




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