Dukatz - French Pâtisserie and Café au lait
In Glockenbach and Lehel, you’ll find this charming French café.
The two locations are quite similar, with wooden furniture, fabric-covered lamps casting a warm glow and blackboards elegantly scribbled with chalk – places where the daily newspaper is still clipped into a wooden holder and rustles gently as we sip coffee from large cups.
Bright display cases are filled with the most beautiful pastries and baskets overflow with baguettes and breads.
In Lehel, it’s a joy to sit outside on the terrace under the trees, while at Klenzestraße, bistro chairs line the sidewalk.
No matter which one we visit, we always feel wonderfully Parisian.
It seems there are many fans of filled croissants and cinnamon-dusted Franzbrötchen, which are industrially pre-baked, frozen and reheated in cafés. These pastries, with dough that somehow manages to be both soggy and papery, are certainly edible when freshly warmed and filled generously. But for us, they don’t quite hit the mark as a true indulgence.
Dukatz, on the other hand, does things differently - everything is freshly baked on-site, at their Klenzestraße location.
Each morning, croissants, brioches, éclairs, pains au chocolat, madeleines and raisin buns come straight from the bakery in the rear building.
And they taste just like that – fragrant, fresh, buttery and light. Any thoughts of calories easily drift away.
We always end up taking a few tempting pastries home for the afternoon.
Of course, Dukatz also offers healthier options, like fruit salad, Bircher muesli, yogurt, and freshly pressed juices.
For those with a heartier appetite, there are flutes with rosemary ham and Gruyère, truffled goat cheese with honey, whole-grain sandwiches or toasts.
You can even take home baguettes, breads and a fine selection of French and Mediterranean delicacies.
But the best part is savoring a little moment of France with a café au lait in one of these lovely cafés.
