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Interior of Lenny’s Indian Head Inn in Branford, CT — featuring cozy wooden décor, vintage signage, nautical touches, and marsh-view windows that reflect the restaurant’s warm, inviting charm.

🦞 Five Lobster Rolls So Good You Might Claw Your Way There (5/5): Lenny’s, Branford, CT

🦞 Entry 5/5: Lenny’s in Branford, CT delivers the quintessential New England lobster roll — hot, buttery, and unforgettable. Add marsh views, family history, and fried seafood galore, and you’ve got a local legend with national flavor.

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Le Café du Commerce interior with mezzanine dining, leafy decor, and vintage French bistro charm

Le Café du Commerce: Still Got It After All These Years!

Historic, chaotic, utterly Parisian — Le Café du Commerce isn’t perfect, but it’s still got it: leafy mezzanines, juicy steaks, and that sweet béarnaise vibe. 🥩🌿

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A lively digital illustration titled “Sweet Tooth in Paris (4/5),” featuring a cheerful ice cream cone strolling near Notre-Dame, cookies dancing around Parisian cafés, and a crêpe flipping through the air—all set on the Île Saint-Louis.

🍨 Sweet Tooth in Paris: A Dream and No Jaws (4/5) 🎯 Starring: Berthillon, Ducasse, Genin, Puffy, and Josselin

Paris has secrets—sweet, creamy, scoopable ones. In this fourth chapter of our dessert safari, we indulge in the best of Berthillon, Alain Ducasse’s glaces, Genin’s gems, Puffy’s cookie magic, and classic crêpes at Josselin. Come for the sorbet, stay for the chantilly, and leave with a sugar high (and maybe a few regrets). 🍨🍪💫

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A whimsical digital illustration of four Parisian pastry icons: a proud Mont-Blanc dessert in a beret, a flan wearing a crown, a lemon tart dancing on a croissant, and a marshmallow bear waving. The Eiffel Tower rises in the background.

Sweet Tooth in Paris: A Dream and No Jaws (3/5) 🎯 Starring: Ladurée, Cyril Lignac, Bontemps, and Angelina’s

Mont-Blanc vs. Flan? Paris doesn’t do pastry halfway. Join us for Series 3 of our sweet-tooth saga featuring Ladurée’s royalty flan, Bontemps’ lemon classics, Angelina’s molten chocolate magic, and Cyril Lignac’s lemon-hazelnut symphony. 🇫🇷🍰

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A vibrant illustration of 5 pastry icons—Ritz Le Comptoir, Pierre Hermé, Jean-Paul Hévin, Épicerie Le Bristol, and Stohrer—each represented by signature desserts like mille-feuille, flan, éclairs, and baba au rhum, parading joyfully past the Eiffel Tower.

Sweet Tooth in Paris: A Dream and No Jaws (2/5) — Ritz Paris Le Comptoir, Pierre Hermé, Jean-Paul Hévin, Épicerie Le Bristol, Stohrer

Macarons, mille-feuille, and flan—oh my! In Part 2 of our Parisian pastry series, we tour the dessert royalty of the capital: the Ritz, Hermé, Hévin, Le Bristol, and Stohrer. Bring an appetite and maybe a spare belt. 🍓🍫

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Colorful, whimsical illustration of a Parisian dessert parade featuring iconic treats from Poilâne, Lenôtre, Cédric Grolet, and Yann Couvreur—floating above the Eiffel Tower like sugary balloons in a pastry dream.

Sweet Tooth in Paris: A Dream and No Jaws (1/5): Poilâne, Lenôtre, Cedric Grolet, Yann Couvreur & More

From flaky apple tarts to Michelin-level raspberry fantasies, Paris is a sweet tooth’s playground. We dish on the hits (Poilâne, Lenôtre, Grolet, Couvreur) and the misses (sorry, chausson!)—so you know where to wander, drool, and indulge.

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