Bake Shop

"The dueling chocolate chip cookies at this Queen Anne bakery act as a choose-your-own-adventure. Pick one of them, and you’ll get flecks of ground espresso woven throughout the brown sugar for a buzzy-bitter caffeine boost. Go with the other, and find a large quantity of buckwheat instead. Both are excellent and incredibly worthy of sharing plate space with a cardamom horn or ham-and-cheese potato roll." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"Bake Shop is a beacon of good feelings near the Space Needle, an area that can get dreadfully boring fast. There’s natural wine, comfortable seats among the bread smells and espresso machine hisses, and really good salty whipped cream that tops black sesame iced lattes. But you’re really here for pastries. Think of Bake Shop’s cardamom horn like a not-too-sweet honey bun, only in the shape of a wand, and filled with cardamom warmth. And their ham and cheese pastry kicks the pants off any jambon-filled croissant—it’s shaped like a cinnamon roll, slathered with a swirl of mustard, and potato baked directly into the dough." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley

"In addition to excellent pastry case items like Yukon gold potato ham and cheese rolls, roasted shallot scones, and banana bread made with rye and oat flour, Bake Shop also has a small selection of sandwiches and toasts made to order with their outstanding bread. Roasted veggie toast is eminently satisfying, with the seasonal veggies getting a pairing of spicy cashew sauce on country loaf. The similarly generic-in-name-only nut butter and jam toast is sea salt topped almond-cashew butter on seedy brown bread, and it’s so good that it doesn’t even need the excellent seasonal jam it’s served with." - Harry Cheadle

"The immediate area near the Space Needle can get dreadfully boring fast, but this bakery is a beacon of good feelings. There’s natural wine for sale, a few comfortable seats to linger among the bread smells and espresso machine hisses, and really good salty whipped cream that tops caffeinated drinks, like black sesame iced lattes or matcha-spiked horchata. But you’re really here for pastries. Think of Bake Shop’s cardamom horn like a not-too-sweet honey bun, only in the shape of a wand, and filled with cardamom warmth. And their ham and cheese pastry kicks the pants off any jambon-filled croissant—it’s shaped like a cinnamon roll, slathered with a swirl of mustard, and potato baked directly into the dough. If you have a lazy morning to kill or a visitor to meet up with for coffee and a bite, the only answer is Bake Shop." - aimee rizzo

"This bakery is a beacon of good feelings near the Space Needle, an area that can get dreadfully boring fast. There’s natural wine for sale, a few comfortable seats to linger among the bread smells and espresso machine hisses, and really good salty whipped cream that tops caffeinated drinks, like black sesame iced lattes or matcha-spiked horchata. But you’re really here for pastries, and for that, you’re in good hands with most of the lot. Think of Bake Shop’s cardamom horn like a not-too-sweet honey bun, only in the shape of a wand, and filled with cardamom warmth. And their ham and cheese pastry kicks the pants off any jambon-filled croissant—it’s shaped like a cinnamon roll, slathered with a swirl of mustard, and potato baked directly into the dough. If you have a lazy morning to kill or an out-of-town visitor to meet up for coffee and a bite, the only answer is Bake Shop." - Aimee Rizzo