Vive la tarte

Bakery · South of Market

Vive la tarte

Bakery · South of Market

1160 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Highlights

Belgian bakery with industrial-chic design, open kitchen, and fresh pastries

1160 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 Get directions

vivelatarte.com

$$ · Menu

@onthegrid

"Vive La Tarte, Soma by Airbnb. At Vive La Tarte, Belgian husband-and-wife team Arnaud Goethals and Julie Vandermeersch have put a modern, California spin on their family’s pastry recipes. Indulge in their cheesecake made with Sierra Nevada Cheese Company’s cream cheese and a Speculoos crust, or select a Danish pastry filled with basil custard and red rhubarb. The pastry chefs work in small batches throughout the day, so the baked goods are always fresh and warm. Housed in an former printing shop, the open layout and minimalist aesthetic reflects the couple’s love of mid-century Danish design. Take an Earl Grey donut and a cup of Sightglass coffee to the top of the bleacher-like seating and watch the action while you munch."

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@infatuation

Vive La Tarte - Review - Soma - San Francisco - The Infatuation

"This SOMA cafe/workspace is easy to miss unless you’re a bloodhound with a thirst for croissants. Don’t miss it. The aforementioned croissants are basically desserts masquerading as breakfast, but we’re not complaining about that. We especially like the mocha and strawberry versions - but the regular ones hold their own, too. It’s good we don’t live next door to this place, because we’d be eating 90 croissants a day." - Taylor Abrams

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David Fleck

Google

Overall a great place to enjoy breakfast, coffee and some pastries. We shared the egg sandwich and avocado toast. Both very nice on crunchy toast. Moved on to an almond croissant. Very nice filling, with a nice crisp ‘skin’, however it was a little too bready and lacked the buttery layered flakiness of other croissants I’ve had. I’m always on the search for a perfect croissant and this one came up short. It was good, just not as good as others. I’d go back for another visit and would look forward to trying other menu items.

Jacob Anderson

Google

Vive la Tarte is an excellent choice for breakfast as their food is delicious, generously portioned and affordable. They offer a multitude of tasty pastries (sweet and/or savory) and are very mindful to provide options for vegans and gluten-free dieters. The environment is trendy, industrial, open and clean. The servers are hospitable and polite. I would recommend the Fried Egg Sandwich, the Avocado Toast, and the White Truffle Mushroom pastry. I ordered a plain coffee. It was brewed to order (no refills), smooth and creamy - perfect. Excellent Choice

Jasleen Singh

Google

Great casual clean and fresh ambiance. Flavors of the food were so crisp and balanced. The orange juice glass is HUGE FYI. Cappuccino was yum— no non fat milk, only whole. Turkey sausage was a house made patty and very tasty. Avocado smash toast was also delicious and large. A bit too much avocado for me but an avocado lovers dream come true.

Lana

Google

This was a cool place to just hangout. My friend and I came for breakfast, and tried their avocado toast, egg benedict, and two stuffed croissants. One croissant was the sesame, and the other was blood orange. The blood orange one a tad too sweet, but the sesame was amazing. The egg benedict was average, and we did enjoy the asparagus that came with it. The avocado toast was delicious. Overall, a very good experience. I would go again if I was in town.

Jessica Winford

Google

Very cute little spot with delicious food. The egg and bacon pizza was amazing. I don't know how that do it - but they cook the egg perfectly then reheat it and it still has so much yolk when you cut in. Amazing. I could eat it every day. Cobb salad was really good as well, the chicky was so tender and had great flavor. Had a delicious lemon meringue to finish. Wasn't too tart, flavor was a great combination and the basil on top added a great taste to the entire experience.

Dominic D

Google

It’s industrial, trendy, hipster, very busy, and worth the wait. In a city full of expensive and often poor quality foods, this is not one. My partner and I dropped in for a quick breakfast last Sunday. Thankfully beat a large rush of people, but waited patiently for a table to free up to enjoy our breakfast. My breakfast sandwich was very well done, and the bread was amazing. My partners huevos vivos was full of flavour, was well balanced, and cooked to perfection. To drink, he had a turmeric latte. I get it’s breakfast, but it’s shocking how many people turn a basic meal bad.

Esther Yeoh

Google

Pizza and Pastries beautified in Soma. This place is a cute Instagrammable cafe with open kitchen concept with photogenic food. They have brunch and lunch type of food on their menu. The coffee serves here is Sightglass and they also have kombucha and Fort Point beer. Two downside: lack of wifi and the small portion.

Rohenne Lee

Google

Best cheesecake ever!!! Not only in SF but everywhere! Love love love it. Can’t get enough of it. Wish they had a smaller full size cake. They only have 9” so when I get it for birthdays has to be for big groups. Went for lunch with 3 others and everything was superb. Ingredients very fresh - salads amazing, fried egg sandwich and avocado toast were both delicious too. No complaints! Okay maybe one - size of each dish is huge. I would recommend two mains between 3 people or 1 between two and then get some pastries or dessert. :) not really a complaint actually! Can’t wait to come back!