Jason F.
Yelp
I stopped by here this past Sunday morning with my wife. We were out for our morning coffee whenever we happened to pass Brother Toms Bakery and ultimately decided to stop. Before we headed in I took a look on Yelp and had a hard time deciding whether it was a bakery or restaurant. Even so we headed inside where I found out that it was both. They had a couple of seating areas with numerous tables that were surrounded with plexiglass where they had menus and served hot food. Then they had an area which had a display case with baked goods in it, a chest freezer with pierogies and two other display coolers, one with soup and the other with pre made lunches like brat and sauerkraut.
On this day my wife and I ended up buying a cream puff, a carrot cake cupcake, a cinnamon roll and then a quart of wedding soup. I ended up eating the creme puff while driving home. While that shouldn't have been a problem, the amount of powdered sugar on it meant that both my face and clothes were dusted with it. The good news was that the cream puff itself was quite good. Even though it was cold from being in the display case, it was easy to tell that the pate choux was cooked perfectly as it was light with the edges having a nice crispy crunch to them. Then the cream filling was flavorful as well and was perfect inside of the shell. After I got home I was able to try the cupcake. As far as bakery cupcakes go, it was on the smaller side, but I am not complaining about that as I loved the $1.50 price tag and actually would prefer more to be this size and price. The cake part of it was dense and moist as expected from a carrot cake while the cream cheese frosting added a nice zing and flavor to it. Overall it was a satisfying cupcake with a just right portion size. While the cinnamon roll was for my wife, I was able to try a small piece of it and was satisfied with both the cinnamon roll and the frosting on top. Finally the wedding soup was consumed by my in laws, it's intended recipient, and they seemed to enjoy it.
The bottom line for me is that I would head back here again. While the bakery section itself was somewhat small here, what we had was cool. My wife and I also appreciated the pre made food offerings here and thought that their restaurant menu looked promising as well.