"Unsurprisingly, this Santa Monica bakery co-owned by a French woman who runs a baking school makes technically perfect croissants—more crackly than flaky, with a delicate honeycomb interior and spirals more beautiful than anything Tom Brady ever threw. The real reason these snail-shaped puffs stand out, however, is their one dominant, very appropriate tasting note: fancy French butter. More accurately, they taste like slipping into a warm golden bath filled with the stuff. Dream about these and you’ll end up eating your pillow." - sylvio martins, garrett snyder, brant cox