Blondie Coffee Shop

Roasting and sandwiches behind a blue front

Blondie Coffee Shop opened in the 9th arrondissement in the spring of 2023 as three things at once: a specialty coffee shop, an in-house roastery and a sandwicherie. Those two poles, torréfaction and street food, explain the whole place. Coffee roasted on the premises anchors the drinks, while sandwiches, salads, desserts and a weekend brunch turn the cafe into somewhere you can actually eat. The founders came to it from both sides, coffee and street food, and the result is a room used for lunch as readily as for an afternoon cup. The original Paris 9th shop is still the flagship of a small group that has since added a second Paris address and one in Lyon. The royal-blue storefront is the signature you spot first.

The blue front and a room with music in it

That royal-blue frontage is not incidental; it is how the cafe announces itself from the street, bold enough that it is hard to walk past without registering it. Inside, the mood is social rather than hushed. Blondie is built for sharing a lunch, stopping for something sweet, or staying over an afternoon coffee, and the music-led atmosphere, DJ sets included, puts it closer to a neighbourhood hangout than a formal restaurant. The food follows that rhythm: sandwiches and salads for a proper meal, desserts and viennoiseries for a shorter stop, brunch at the weekend. The expansion to Paris 10 and Lyon shows how well that blue-fronted, roaster-and-sandwicherie idea travels.

Order the coffee, then matcha or chaï

The drinks start with coffee roasted in-house, which is the main distinction in a Paris scene where most cafes buy from someone else. Being both coffee shop and torréfacteur gives Blondie control over what it pours and what it sells by the bag, so ask what has just come off the roaster if the coffee is the point of the visit. The menu reaches past espresso, though: matcha, chaï, iced versions and seasonal drinks all sit on the same list, so the order can go non-coffee without dropping to an afterthought. Food is central rather than incidental. Sandwiches, salads, desserts, viennoiseries and cookies are the grounded choices, with the weekend brunch as the fuller version. A matcha with a cookie, an iced coffee with a salad, or an espresso with a viennoiserie all read correctly here.