Founded in 1952, the oldest French pastry shop in Montréal — a stone's throw from Saint-Joseph's Oratory.
Since 1952, the Maison Duc de Lorraine has occupied Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, just south of Queen Mary. It remains, more than seventy years later, the oldest French pastry shop in Montréal.
Victoria Sørensen took the reins a dozen years ago, transforming a quiche and grilled baguette bistro into an address that is part pastry shop, tea room, caterer and complete French bistro. The recipes of the original great pastry chefs have remained: butter croissants, éclairs, mille-feuille, macaroons, prepared with eggs, butter and 35% cream that the house already required in its early days.
“I wanted to create a space where the food would be at the same level of our pastry chef Bruno's creations,” explains Victoria Sørensen. The terrace, partly built on city land, offers a view of Saint-Joseph's Oratory — a decor that the house maintains itself, day after day.