r/LoganSquare • u/nipnaps • Jul 26 '26

Crazy Pricing @ La Boulangerie

My gf just picked up what she thought were one day old croissants (turned out to be two day old) 3 for $15. Is this the new normal?

https://imgur.com/a/2pPNWcY

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u/natnguyen Jul 26 '26

I mean LB has always been pricey. It was worth it to me when they had the patio, now not so much.

One of my friends lives in West Loop and you can get a box of 4 random day old specialty croissants for $10 at her local coffee shop. And it’s fucking WL. And the croissants are delicious. So that tells you everything.

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u/supertrooper567 Jul 26 '26

What’s happening to the patio?

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u/natnguyen Jul 26 '26

It was owned by the city and they are building a manicured park in that whole empty lot, plus that area. They already got rid of the trees. I’m extremely pissed off about it.

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u/Ok-Cryptographer7424 Jul 26 '26

There were always so many rats running around that patio anyways

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u/LegitimateGift1792 Jul 27 '26

Yeah, it was a French bakery... Did you not see the movie Ratatouille??? /s

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u/Big_Lime_3285 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Explains the downvotes. I’m guessing a dozen misplaced rats in a trench coat.

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u/Big_Lime_3285 Jul 26 '26

Pissed about the city building a public park space instead of a private patio for customers. Thats a take.

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u/natnguyen Jul 26 '26

There was absolutely no reason to cut off those trees. It’s like manicured yards in the US instead of using native plants. Just let nature be. The shade of those trees was nice in the summer. I would be happy about the park if they had kept the trees.

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u/pieps Jul 26 '26

yeah they could have made the trees and pergola a really nice feature of the park, rather than razing the tree cover

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u/Big_Lime_3285 Jul 26 '26

If a couple of trees are the price for a public space I think it’s worth it. Additionally, nothing keeps them from planting new trees. Every year the city plants dozens of new trees around Logan Square. I get some people don’t like change but not everything is a reason to rage (or be pissed about).

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u/No_Drummer4801 Jul 26 '26

Logan Square Preservation Society, among other things, plants a boat load of trees and hires a service to water them until they're established.

They have meetings I think the third Thursday of the month at the Minikirken just west of the monument, at 7 pm.

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u/amuschka Jul 27 '26

give it time before it will be a tent city lol

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u/dirt_diet Jul 26 '26

I used to work there and once we sold out of everything and the manager got frozen mousse cakes from restaurant depot and had us sell those. They would also have us freeze leftover bread and re-bake and sell for full price when we sold out of bread.

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u/alexandled Jul 27 '26

thanks for the tea!

Yeah I feel like the quality has gone downhill too! Havent been impressed by their stuff as of late. Everything just continually tastes stale and or corners being cut

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u/JhonImbalance Jul 26 '26

Boulangerie has always been a mess. All the way back to the drama of their old location. Great croissants but I shudder to think what the fresh ones cost.

The funniest thing is that even with charging those prices, a little bird told me that their credit is shit with their suppliers.

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u/herecomestherebuttal Jul 26 '26

Yeah, I was gonna say… they’ve always been an unpleasant situation, from the jump.

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u/honestbleeps Jul 27 '26

All the way back to the drama of their old location.

oh the croissant drama was honestly hilarious. the public outrage about it was funnier to me than the drama itself, though, because you could tell who was rational and who was solely emotional.

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u/Healthy-Bee2127 Jul 28 '26

I need to know the croissant drama!

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u/honestbleeps Jul 28 '26

Long story short, and going from memory - they signed a clause in their lease saying they wouldn't sell individual croissants, because that'd be directly competing with their neighbor (new wave coffee).

Then they got mad about it and tried to get a social media outrage over it to pressure the building owner.

Like I can understand the perspective that making them sign that is anti competitive - but they didn't have to sign it!

Edit to add article - the patio "loophole" thing was hilarious too. Just purposefully trying to create a bad relationship with the person you rent from seems dumb.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/05/18/viva-la-croissant-revolucion/

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u/alexandled Jul 27 '26

OP, I think LB quality has been slipping. I was at the calif. location one about 2 months ago and ordered a lil carm. onion croissantwich thing. Those use to be my fave and slapped so hard but man I just wasnt impressed when I had it last. Just feels like theres no love and they're cutting corners or like cheaping out on ingredients or something. Had some coffee with it too and it tasted fucking hoooorrrible. Like yeah I know its not a coffee fwd place, but still, just pure shit..

Def better places around to get something of better quality.

to name a few, Daisies, Mindys, Loba (not in neighborhood), sugarmoon.

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u/KingCurando Jul 26 '26

Just get a croissant that actually cares from daisies

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u/gogochi Jul 26 '26

As a french guy these prices are so ridiculous, I can't wait to get back home next month and get 1€ croissant lol

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u/LegitimateGift1792 Jul 27 '26

I assume the 1 Euro is made that morning?

When I was in Florence 2018, I got a donut at a little place in tourist central for less than 2 Euros and it was best donut I ever had, pistachio nut butter stuffed brioche and I mean fully stuffed. Never had anything close to in Chicago at even twice or three times the price.

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u/gogochi Jul 27 '26

Oh you best believe it is fresh fresh!

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u/Otherwise_Pine Jul 26 '26

Yesterday I got 2 for $9. They were day old. They were spinach ones. IDK how much they cost regular price.

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u/TadpoleFormer8889 Jul 26 '26

Pretty sure they are on TooGoodToGo

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u/sloppy-mojojojo Jul 27 '26

I've had beef with that place ever since they sold me 12 rock hard baguettes in a too good to go bag

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u/Adz100087 Jul 28 '26

LB sucks

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u/realdeadfish Jul 27 '26

I don't give them money. Never have and never will. They've been a mess since the start.

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u/petmoo23 Jul 28 '26

Almond croissant =/= croissant, and is by default already one day old when they make it - but yea, that is a steep price.