Laurel Bakery
Bakery · Columbia Street Waterfront ·
Flaky croissants, inventive pastries, focaccia, and sandwiches.
Flaky croissants, inventive pastries, focaccia, and sandwiches.
"The Columbia Waterfront bakery from the Redwood Hospitality team behind Place des Fêtes and Café Mado is now running mornings inside Margot in Fort Greene, serving breads, viennoiserie, pastries, and sandwiches Wednesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Expect canelé, pain suisse, kouign amann, brown-butter chocolate chip cookies, and jambon beurre, plus coffee from SEY." - Melissa McCart
"The Laurel Bakery croissant is the smallest one on this list, but don’t let that deter you—the plain croissant at this Cobble Hill spot is the laminated-dough blueprint. The diamond-shaped pastry shatters under the weight of a single fingertip, with big, airy holes inside, and the mouthfeel of one million sticks of butter. Come on a lazy weekend morning, and round out your order with a baguette and a pain suisse. This one flattens easily, so handle with care." - willa moore, bryan kim, sonal shah, will hartman
"This bakery from Place des Fêtes and Cafe Mado makes flaky spiral pastry with ramps in the spring, and homemade cultured butter sold by the half pound. Go early for their great croissants." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
"Located near the Columbia Street waterfront, Laurel Bakery is a neighborhood spot for coffee with pastries, focaccia, and sandwiches to go or for a quick bite at its standing tables. It also makes baked goods for its sibling crowd-pleaser, Place des Fêtes in Clinton Hill and the restaurants under the Redwood Hospitality umbrella like their all-day Cafe Mado." - Eater Staff
"Brooklyn’s newest and hottest line is the one outside of Laurel Bakery, a very green Cobble Hill spot from the team behind Place des Fêtes and the currently-closed Oxalis. In line, you might overhear neighborhood parents discuss upcoming European vacations, and inside you'll learn about the merits of homemade sunflower milk while watching someone behind the counter pipe thick cream into a fresh batch of maritozzi. Skip the sunflower milk, order the $7 baguette and a few croissants, and head to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Or, swing by after 11am for a jambon-beurre." - will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim