Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe opens in Bethesda (Photos)

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe is now open at 4925 Fairmont Avenue, in the ground floor of the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower. Operating hours will be 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven days a week. Here is a photo tour of the bakery, showing many of the menu items you can choose from. Paris Baguette is a South Korean-based French bakery chain.

Paris Baguette sets opening date in Bethesda

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe has set an opening date for its location at 4925 Fairmont Avenue in the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower. It will open next Friday, August 8, 2025. Operating hours will be 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven days a week. 

"Paris Baguette is your neighborhood bakery cafe bringing expertly crafted baked and brewed goods to the Bethesda community," the chain said in a statement. "Our bakers, cakers, and baristas are serving up handcrafted cakes, freshly baked pastries and breads, delicious Lavazza coffee, and more. Stop by and cozy up with a warm pastry or cool down with a gourmet iced latte. We look forward to bringing joy to your day!" 

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe construction update in Bethesda (Photos)

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe looks pretty close to opening at 4925 Fairmont Avenue in the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower. The shelves and cases are still empty. Light fixtures and counter equipment are in place. The French-Korean bakery serves a variety of items besides baked goods, including hot lunch and snacks like tiny pizzas and pigs-in-a-blanket, and coffee and tea beverages. There's even a whole line of donuts, including cronuts and mochi donuts. 

Update on Paris Baguette, opening soon in Bethesda (Photos)

Here is a look at the progress on the interior fit-out of Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe, opening soon at 4925 Fairmont Avenue, in the ground floor of the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower. The French-Korean bakery looks pretty close to opening inside. Display counters and cases have been installed, and as you can see, they've already been plugged in and are lit up. Blue tile walls, and patterned tile floors are also visible, along with one of the chain's taglines, "Freshly made to make your day." Paris Baguette has just added a number of menu items for summer, including a BBQ Chicken menu, strawberry and pistachio baked goods, and pistachio-flavored coffees.

Signage installed at Paris Baguette in Bethesda

Permanent signage was attached to the future storefront of Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe at 4924 St. Elmo Avenue in Bethesda yesterday. The French-Korean bakery is located in the ground floor of the new Sophia Bethesda apartment tower. South Korea-based Paris Baguette has a massive menu of French and Korean baked goods, hot lunch and snack items like tiny pizzas and pigs-in-a-blanket, and coffee and tea beverages. There's even a whole line of donuts, including cronuts and mochi donuts. 

Paris Baguette posts more "coming soon" signage in Bethesda

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe has posted more "coming soon" signage in the windows of its future storefront in the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower at 4924 St. Elmo Avenue. The 3000-square-foot corner space fronts onto Fairmont Avenue, and the pedestrian paseo between Sophia and the Ellis Bethesda apartments. South Korea-based Paris Baguette has a massive menu of French and Korean baked goods, hot lunch and snack items like tiny pizzas and pigs-in-a-blanket, and coffee and tea beverages. There's even a whole line of donuts, including cronuts and mochi donuts. Stay tuned for an opening date!

Sophia Bethesda installs outdoor seating, Paris Baguette "coming soon" in ground level

Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe has posted "coming soon" signage at its future home in the ground floor of the Sophia Bethesda apartment tower at 4924 St. Elmo Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Ahead of the French bakery and cafe's arrival, seating has been installed on the remodeled paseo that the new development shares with the apartment tower next door, the Ellis Bethesda. Sophia's penthouse units recently opened for tours, and the earliest residents in the building have given the property overwhelmingly-positive reviews on Google.

“We’re excited to welcome residents to Sophia and invite the larger community to celebrate these lovely new apartments and penthouses,” John Segreti, Principal and Executive Vice President at developer Duball, LLC said in a statement. “We put a lot of attention to detail and designed this community to be inviting, not only to residents, but to everyone in Bethesda. We’ve achieved that with a gorgeous community that is unparalleled in this area, which has been reflected in the fact that many of our largest floorplans have already been leased.”

Paris Baguette "coming soon"

In-unit features at Sophia include quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances and kitchen islands, spacious closets, and in-unit washers and dryers. Bathrooms offer tiled bathtubs and showers and marble vanities. The penthouses additionally provide 10-foot ceilings, top-of-the-line- appliances, built-in wine fridges, marble countertops, upgraded washers and dryers, ample natural light, and indoor/outdoor living with multiple balconies, patios and terraces. 

Construction starting inside Paris Baguette

On the rooftop deck 23 stories above Bethesda, residents find a skyline pool and spa with water feature. Heading inside on the roof, an interior sky lounge contains a bar, fireplace, and a billiards and game area. The building's fitness center has a strength training room and a yoga studio with space for HIIT. Additional building amenities include meeting and co-working spaces, a demonstration kitchen, an Uber lounge, a solarium and a pet grooming spa. For virtual tours, or to schedule a real-life tour, see the Sophia Bethesda website.

Pedestrian plaza opens between Sophia and Bainbridge Bethesda apartments (Photos)

The pedestrian plaza between the Sophia Bethesda and Bainbridge Bethesda apartment towers has opened to the public. It is technically a reopening of the public space that was first created via the Bainbridge project, but the plaza has been revamped with new features by the Sophia contractors, including a new art installation and new lighting. Lighting is still of the stringed variety, but utilizes larger, cylindrical fixtures rather than tiny bulbs. 

The plaza also provides a pedestrian cut-through between St. Elmo and Fairmont Avenues. There is still a hope that the plaza can be activated by future tenants in the ground floors of both buildings, such as the Paris Baguette Bakery Cafe that has already signed a lease at the Sophia. In its previous life at the Bainbridge, the plaza has been a well-lit but lonesome path after business hours.