Peggy X.
Yelp
Decided to stop in today on a friend's recommendation, and damn, this place is good! Confections has a huge variety of French-inspired pastries (madeleines, macarons, palmiers, donut twists, cake slices, etc.), as well as several savory donut sandwich options with toppings like crab and cajun chicken, which I hope to try next time. You pick your items by placing them on a tray with tongs and bringing them to the front. The space is large, clean, and has plenty of seating -- the sit-down area reminds me of a chic hotel lobby.
We ordered the matcha croissant, a milk cream-filled donut, and two Japanese salted breads (mainly because the customers in front of us were buying them en masse, so we were curious to try). It's hard to choose our favorite because they all tasted fantastic: the matcha croissant has a white chocolate matcha drizzle and matcha cream filling that are perfectly subtle, and the croissant itself is large, buttery, and flaky. The milk cream donut was soft and airy. This was also my first time trying Japanese salted bread, and I'm obsessed: the bread looks and tastes like a cross between a dinner roll (with a crispy, buttery outside) and a croissant (with a flaky, airy interior), and its mild saltiness balances the butter so well. It's easy to understand why people were buying so many of them at once!
The prices here are definitely higher than at other places -- about $3-4 per pastry -- but you get what you pay for in quality. I'm excited to return and try everything else on the menu!