La Farm Bakery – Downtown Cary

La Farm Bakery’s downtown location sits on West Chatham Street in Cary, a French boulangerie working in centuries-old baking traditions. Master baker Lionel Vatinet and his team hand-craft loaves daily in a range of flavors, shapes, and sizes, and the motto is For the Love of Bread.

Alongside the bakery there is a cafe that pairs locally grown ingredients with Vatinet’s breads. Pastries, tarts, and espresso round out the counter. Vatinet spent years traveling the globe with yeast and flour in hand before he settled in Cary.

What to know

• The bakery holds events and classes for people who want to learn to bake.
• Customers come from across the Triangle, including Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.
• Vatinet is recognized as one of the highest-quality bread producers in the country.
• The bakery is modeled on the small boulangeries that once existed in every French town.