This is one of the oldest and most admired pastry shops on rue Montorgueil, a famous market street renovated in the 1980s. There are many, many unique shops on this street but this one makes you stop and pulls you in to lick your lips. 
On the occasion of Marie Leczynska’s marriage to Louis XV in 1725, her father’s pastry chef, Nicolas Stohrer, followed her to the court of Versailles. Five years later, Monsieur Stohrer opened his pastry-making shop on the rue Montorgueil in Paris and was obviously the King’s chosen supplier of all things “pastry.” Based on his Polish training, he invented several specialties including a famous cake that King Stanislas baptized the “Ali-Baba” (shortened to “Baba”). The King was reading the tales from the Arabian Nights at the time—no kidding. 
Baba is a brioche soaked in Malaga wine and filled with creme patissiere. Believe or not, some 30 bakers are employed here.
Around 1864, the patisserie was decorated by the French painter, Paul Baudry, famous for his imagination and colorful murals (he was trained in Italy) As well as the beautiful pasties in the windows and showcases, this became another reason for the beauty of the shop and its elevation to a tourist attraction. Baudry's murals are in many French residences, the Chateau de Chantilly, and, most famously, in the foyer of l’Opera Garnier. The beautiful shop (tres petit) is now classified as a historical monument. Like so many of our French amis, Baudry is buried in Paris’ Pere Lechaise cemetery.
Baba is a brioche soaked in Malaga wine and filled with creme patissiere. Believe or not, some 30 bakers are employed here.Around 1864, the patisserie was decorated by the French painter, Paul Baudry, famous for his imagination and colorful murals (he was trained in Italy) As well as the beautiful pasties in the windows and showcases, this became another reason for the beauty of the shop and its elevation to a tourist attraction. Baudry's murals are in many French residences, the Chateau de Chantilly, and, most famously, in the foyer of l’Opera Garnier. The beautiful shop (tres petit) is now classified as a historical monument. Like so many of our French amis, Baudry is buried in Paris’ Pere Lechaise cemetery.
