On May 13, Florian and Nali Tétart celebrated their third wedding anniversary by opening Maisonette, an authentic French bakery and café in downtown Boulder. Located at 921 Walnut Street, the shop brings handmade pastries, fresh bread, French breakfasts, lunch fare and specialty coffee to one of the city’s most sought-after corners.
“Boulder is not a small city, and it’s a foodie city,” said Florian, co-owner and head chef. “But something was missing from the bread scene. This is a place where you can get good lunch, good pastry, good bread, and good coffee — all in one place.”
Originally from Lille, France, Florian has worked in top-tier kitchens around the world, including as pastry chef de cuisine at Hong Kong’s two-star Michelin restaurant Écriture. After the couple moved from Chicago to Boulder in 2022, he became a chef instructor in baking and pastry at Boulder’s Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. His dream had always been to own his own bakery, but Boulder’s steep commercial rents almost made that impossible…