Artisanal Goods by CAR
Bakery · West Central
1009 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
Highlights
Artisanal bakery & cafe known for award-winning croissants
Artisanal bakery & cafe known for award-winning croissants
"The name may be deceiving, but Pasadena-based chocolatier Haris Car makes what might be the best chocolate croissant in the city. Car took close to a year to meticulously develop the pastry, which is served warm, with a glossy, shatteringly crisp exterior. Inside each baked wonder is a trio of chocolate batons, sourced thoughtfully and ethically by Car himself. While the shop is best known for the chocolate croissant, make sure to try some of the other laminated treats like kouign-amann and a berry-filled Danish." - Rebecca Roland
"Chef Haris Car spent 10 months testing and refining the recipe to create his pain au chocolat and, arguably, LA’s ultimate chocolate croissant. Each ingredient in the croissant is specially chosen, from the high-gluten Central Milling flour to the Normandy butter and the 60-percent dark milk chocolate from Nicaragua. CAR’s best seller is served warm and has the perfect dough-to-chocolate ratio." - Rebecca Roland
"CAR in Old Town Pasadena is best known for chocolate croissants, but the butter croissants are worth refilling your statin prescription, too. Here they’ve mastered the art of visually stimulating, lighter-than-air pastries that don’t make you feel like butter is seeping out your pores. The golden-brown shell offers 1/100th of a second of crunchy resistance, then gives way with a shower of crumbs. The wispy white innards look like a Fibonacci spiral and have a slight tang that’s delicious on its own, and even better set against their housemade dark chocolate." - sylvio martins, garrett snyder, brant cox
"I noticed Pasadena chocolate croissant purveyor Artisanal Goods by Car recently introduced a trio of summertime drinks made with house-made syrups: a strawberry matcha latte, an orange cream cold brew, and a lavender vanilla latte." - Cathy Chaplin
"The name may be deceiving, but Pasadena-based chocolatier Haris Car makes what might be the best chocolate croissant in the city. Car took close to a year to meticulously develop the pastry, which is served warm, with a glossy, shatteringly crisp exterior. Inside each baked wonder is a trio of chocolate batons, sourced thoughtfully and ethically by Car himself." - Eater Staff
