Shayla B.
Yelp
Hmm... well, the baked the goods that I've had from here were delicious but I can't really say the same about their pizza. Although I admit that I've finally come around when it comes to enjoying thin vegetarian pizza, I still wasn't a huge fan of this one.
I spend a lot of time in the Elmwood area for lunch and was looking for a new place to try when I discovered Nabolem one day. I had passed by it several times but had no idea that it was actually a bakery. A BAKERY??? I'll always make enough time to explore those (wink wink). The shop is kind of hidden from street view and located on the side of the street right next to Sweet Dreams candy shop and across from 7-eleven. They carry a host of different baked goods including cookies, croissants, morning buns, bread pudding, macaroons, muffins, cheese rolls, and etc. If my wallet and tummy could take it, I would have probably gotten one of each. BUT... I had to settle on cookies and pizza which I think is still pretty fair.
The cookies... to DIE for! I had their oatmeal and their gingerbread, and both tasted exquisite. Soft and a little gooey in the middle, a bit crunchy on the edges, and wholly fragrant... just how I like 'em. Those cookies were actually the highlight of my trip. I would come back solely for the cookies, especially the oatmeal one. That one was my absolute fave! Now, about that pizza... it was just meh. Their pizza is similar to that of Cheese Board/Arizmendi/Sliver which consists of a think sliced vegetarian pizza with one flavor of the day. Their flavor that day was roasted bell pepper, pesilla, onion, fennel, French goat cheese, garlic olive oil, and herbs.
The flavor, while a bit overwhelming with all of the ingredients, was actually very tasty. However, I wasn't a huge fan of the actual consistency of the pizza itself. I found it to be a little too thin and very dry. It almost tasted a little overcooked to be honest. It wasn't crunchy but the bread was just really dry. They had two dipping sauces (chimichurri and pesto) which kind of helped, but the chimichurri sauce was so spicy that it took away from the flavor of the pizza. I prefer the green sauces at Cheese Board and Sliver, but it was nice to try them both.
Inside is well lit and they have a few tables for dining in. Nothing too appealing about the interior other than the delicious looking pastries in their glass encasing. Service was adequate but nothing over the top, All in all, I was impressed with the cookies but the pizza was lacking in my opinion. I'm planning to come back in the future to give the pizza another try and to taste my way through their yummy baked goods.