Le Café Gourmet Bakery Adds Location in Midtown

Savannah’s Favorite French Café is Growing, Offering Authentic French Breads and Delectable Baked Treats to the Midtown Crowds.

Something new is baking in Savannah’s Midtown at Le Café Gourmet Bakery and you’ve got to try it!

“We do breads, baguettes, croissants and more,” says owner/operator Helen Hall.

The new spot along Victory Drive is an extension of the original Downtown location. Locals and visitors alike are flocking to it, supporting the expansion by one of their favorite local bakers.

“The café downtown, we do breakfast and lunch, scrambled eggs, crepes, breakfast sandwiches,” says Hall. “Here, it’s a bakery. We mostly bake. We do have quiche, ham & cheese croissants, savory stuff and a variety of sandwiches. But we mainly bake. Sourdoughs, breads for sale — and the coffees! There’s a barista station and juices.”   

The new bakery was years in the making. Hall bought the Downtown café from its French founders back in ’22 and the original baker agreed to stay on for the first six months, teaching French techniques and preserving the relationships with veritable French suppliers.

“We kept the tradition, the original recipes, the original ingredients,” Hall says. “The flour comes from France, the butter comes from France, our leaveners come from France. Everything is as authentic as possible.”

Opening just this past February, the bakery (and its Downtown café) also sources local.

The eggs, the honey, the pecans come from the Savannah area and the results are divine.

“People come in, they’ve just come from Paris and they can’t believe our pastries,” says Helen.

The added space also means increased turnout, up to four times the buns and pastries, loaves and tarts with neighborhood regulars running in to grab pies or eclairs or just about any delicious baked treat. Two teams of bakers rotate daily to keep the breads and delicacies fresh and, even so, the boulangerie still sometimes sells out by closing.

“It’s a passion, it’s a labor of love, truly. The more we can keep it authentic and also source local and organic, the better the food is. And this incredible community is letting us know they love it!”

Le Café Gourmet Bakery is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will gladly book your private catering.

Breakfast and lunch is available at the Le Café Gourmet Downtown daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. And if you are out and about, Le Café Gourmet breads and pastries are features at both the Tybee and Wilmington Island Farmers Markets.

Want to know more? Follow Le Café Gourmet on Facebook and @LeCafeGourmet on Instagram.

By Reneé LaSalle

Le Café Gourmet:

• Bakery: 1701A E. Victory Dr.
• (912) 438-6947
• Downtown Café: 53 Montgomery St.
• (912) 200-3258
• www.lecafegourmet.com

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