Tous les Jours

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something strange: every time he bought croissants from Tous les Jours bakery, his coffee cup seemed heavier than usual. Curious, he asked the baker who shrugged and said, ‘Oh, that’s just our secret ingredient—extra love!’ Turns out, the croissants were so delicious because they were baked with affection. The regular smiled, realizing sometimes life’s best secrets are meant to stay mysterious.

2. A delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure in the window late one night. ‘I thought I heard someone whispering “croissant”,’ he told his colleagues the next day. Another time, an early riser claimed they saw a ghostly baker tossing croissants into the air with perfect precision. When asked how that was possible, the witness shrugged and said, 'He moved so fast, it looked like magic!'

3. A neighborhood baker noticed an oddity one day while arranging pastries at closing time. Every Tuesday, exactly at 9 p.m., a mysterious hand would appear and rearrange the display of pain au chocolat into intricate geometric patterns before disappearing again. One Tuesday evening, a delivery driver arrived just after the hand’s work was done. Confused, he asked the baker if anyone had been in the shop that night. The baker shook his head, but when they looked closer, they saw tiny crumbs forming a perfect Fibonacci spiral on the counter. From then on, whenever someone mentioned the mysterious hand, everyone laughed and said it must be a math-loving mouse named Albert who lived upstairs.

4. One foggy afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up outside Tous les Jours and asked himself: ‘Why does that sign always seem to change its language?’ He got out of his truck and noticed an old lady waving from across the street. She smiled and said, 'Bonjour! Voulez-vous un croissant chaud?' The delivery driver scratched his head, grinned, and replied, 'Merci madame, mais je suis juste là pour le pain.' With a twinkle in her eye, she whispered, 'C'est parce que tu ne sais pas lire la langue du jour!' And they both laughed as he walked into the bakery, realizing it was indeed another French lesson.