51592 Sun Sep 22 03:57:31 -0700 2002 6 2 Los Angeles Area 0 262254 Who in Los Angeles makes the best ones? yummm Sun Sep 22 03:57:31 -0700 2002 0 o2o3 1 262257 La Provence (Beverly Hills) French Country Cafe (Beverly Hills) La Conversation (West Hollywood) Sun Sep 22 09:55:19 -0700 2002 262254 0 Louisa Chu 2 262267 I've never had one in LA that is even as good as the ones second tier bakers sell in Paris (usually made from frozen dough from a larger distributor), but Le Pain Quotidien is OK. Sun Sep 22 14:00:08 -0700 2002 262257 0 Dylan Yolles 1 262258 My business parter brings me one from Vincente Market that is made by Victor Benish (sp?) at least once a week. If there is a better one than that I don't want to know about it, it would be to deleterious to my health. Sun Sep 22 09:57:08 -0700 2002 262254 0 WLA 1 262266 Chez Nous in Toluca Lake (on Riverside, one block east of Cahuenga). Very yummy indeed. Sun Sep 22 13:17:35 -0700 2002 262254 0 Theo 1 262281 I had Chocolate Coissants every morning that I was in Paris and they tasted the same as what they serve at Cafe Marguerite in Venice. Fresh baked every morning at 6 AM. Sun Sep 22 16:18:19 -0700 2002 262254 0 Just Larry 1 262307 I prefer the ones sold by La Brea Bakery. The dough has a very complex yeast-butter taste and the chocolate is very high quality. (I read somewhere that their "chocolate logs" are French.) The golden butter-yeast-crisp layer-chocolate ratios are very good. I can't speak for their regular croissants because I always prefer the ones with a little chocolate. Mon Sep 23 12:33:08 -0700 2002 262254 0 JudiAU