Le Pain Quotidien

While Cornell Professer Steven Kaplan poo-poohs le Pain Quotidien's baguette with a measly 8.80 out of 21, sometimes when you're craving perfect happiness in the form of a crusty French baguette slathered with fresh butter, even making the top 5 is better than nothing at all. So until Claude decides to finish perfecting the French croissant over on 4th Street and move into the realm of the French baguette, we'll just have to satisfy our addictions however we can.