The French Spot
Pastry shop · Lower Nob Hill ·
French-inspired pastries, ube mochicro, custom cakes, sandwiches
French-inspired pastries, ube mochicro, custom cakes, sandwiches
"As its contribution to the cookie drop, it has a hazelnut mocha cookie on offer, available through Sunday, August 10." - Paolo Bicchieri
"You’ll only find the Mochicro, a mochi-croissant hybrid, at The French Spot. The tiny Tenderloin pastry shop has engineered a version of this French classic that has all of the wafer-light layers you want, plus a chewy mochi center. Each one is also topped with a glossy glaze of ube or black sesame. While their almond croissants are solid, the Mochicro is the one that’ll make you proudly flaunt pastry dander for hours after you’ve had your last bite." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"If you’re struggling to force yourself to go to bed earlier, just use The French Spot as your motivation. The Tenderloin bakery consistently sells out of many of their fantastic pastries well before noon. Is another hour of the Love Island reunion special really worth missing out on a one-of-a-kind mochi-stuffed ube croissant? Or how about a moist mini loaf of bread pudding topped with a ring of frosting and jam? Certainly not for a flaky danish overflowing with guava jam and cream cheese. You get it." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"If you’re struggling to force yourself to go to bed earlier, just use The French Spot as your motivation. The Tenderloin bakery consistently sells out of many of their fantastic pastries well before noon. Is another hour of the Love Island reunion special really worth missing out on a one-of-a-kind mochi-stuffed ube croissant? Or how about a moist mini loaf of bread pudding topped with a ring of frosting and jam? Certainly not for a flaky danish overflowing with guava jam and cream cheese. You get it." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"Vincent Attali and Maria Zapata’s French Spot is one of the heralds of the Tenderloin’s baking scene. In the former Mr. Holmes Bakehouse space, a big hit for 2010s-phenom cruffin, this cafe and bakery rolled out the purple-glazed ube mochicro alongside Mother Tongue Coffee and custom cake orders. Pull up here for the artsy space, too; Zapata painted all the vibrant signage and artwork." - Paolo Bicchieri
