Mikey C.
Yelp
This delightful Woman Owned business is one of my all time favorite bakeries. I have been coming here for over seven years now and I look forward to visiting every time I'm in town.
The pastries here are phenomenally good. The regular croissants are absolutely perfect. The almond croissants are what dreams are made of. But if you really want a special experience, try the Pistachio Croissant or one of the New York Rolled Croissants they recently added to the menu.
If you come here, I recommend wearing sandals because this place will blow your socks off. The Pistachio Croissant is filled with a luscious pistachio cream that will just about blow your damn mind. The New York Rolled Croissants come in four different varieties. I tried the Pistachio version of the Rolled Croissant and it was filled with the same pistachio cream. Got damn that stuff is great!
Most of the time when I visit this place for breakfast I get a pastry and a cappuccino. The cappuccinos here are outstanding and reasonably priced.
But my favorite breakfast here is the French Toast. It's made with a thick slice of the bread they bake here and served with a little fruit and whipped cream. Years ago it was served without maple syrup but these days it comes with. The thing is, this French Toast doesn't even need any syrup. It's so moist and flavorful the syrup is superfluous.
I've also been here for lunch and had the Croque-Madame and the French Onion Soup. I highly recommend both. They have several different quiches available, but I'm a real man and, as you may have heard, we don't eat quiche. Lol.
I've seen some reviews where people whine about not being greeted with a big smile. Oh my god people, get over yourself. This is a European style bakery. Don't expect a lot of phony smiles and How's your day so far? The waitstaff here is excellent: efficient and hard working. And they turn out some of the best pastries in the whole damn valley.
Now I'm gonna tell you something very, very important. This place is hella popular. If you want to be able to choose from their whole selection of pastries and bread, you need to get here early. If you roll in around 10 or 11, expect that lots of items will be Sold Out.
In fact, when you get here and place your order, make sure you order everything you might want right from the jump. You might think you'll be able to pick up another pastry on your way out the door only to find out they've just sold out of the one you had your eye on. I see lots of people stopping by on their way to work to buy pastries for their whole office. It's not uncommon to see people leaving with multiple boxes loaded with the fine pastries they make here.
This place is a French Bakery but it doesn't come up when you search for French Bakeries on Yelp. I don't get it. You can't get more authentically French than this place. So do yourself a favor and bookmark it.
Better yet, click the little Get Directions button on the business's Yelp page and drive over right now. Don't sleep on this, the place closes at 2 pm.
I'm proud to support this truly wonderful Woman Owned Business.
Mikey C says: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, baby!