San Clemente, United States
1624 N El Camino Real
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+19493665849
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Great service, coffee and baked goods
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All the fanfare and glowing reviews? Only to get to the place to try their highly praised soft pretzels and other goodies, and find that their display at 10:30 AM, only had 3 pastries aligned. Inquired about the highly praised pretzels and was told they had none. This place looked so sadly empty, I had a flashback to the time I went to 85c in Irvine, where the line and the activity of that much better bakery was amazing. I can understand why locals would want to protect locals by writing great reviews, as a matter of fact that is the reason I went by, but the visit was simply put: disastrous. No inventory, no clientele but lonely foolish me, and the announcement that the main baker was not working that day due to unexpected circumstances. So I wasted a good trip to a bakery that had absolutely no redeeming qualities. Purchased a couple of breads (what else was I supposed to do at that stage?), and the bread was okay, nothing to challenge a place like 85c, which was my original destination but decided to patronize this much publicized bakery, by reputable publications, no less! No, this is not the oasis of quality baked goods, is just a very small, no selection whatsoever kind of place. Hope the owner get well soon. Maybe he should take a trip to serious bakeries one day, and even buy one of their decidedly many offerings, as opposed to a bakery where there were only less than a handful pastries at hand, and remembering the main baker was not around, surely left overs from previous days. 5 Stars? What a joke, more like a generous 3 Stars.
The sandwiches and salads are the freshest and best in town. The taste is amazing. Super fresh ingredients. Only a handful of options as far as types of sandwich but each one is made perfectly. To get a good selection of their variety of breads and sweets, get there as early as you can. You snooze you lose.
Wow! What a great little place! Super fresh salads! I loved the dressing! Great sandwiches too! Definitely enough food to split with someone. Huge portions! The gals were really nice that work there! They're like sandwich artists! I like the limited menu, because they get everything just perfectly done!
I have purchased bread here several times. The only problem I have with it is that it is so good I will sit and eat it all in one day. Since I am always dieting I just spend a lot of time dreaming about it. A couple of months ago I bought a loaf of real rye bread for a friend. (He had mentioned that he couldn't find rye bread made with all rye flour.) He called me shortly after I dropped it off at his house and said he couldn't stop eating it. It was just like the bread he remembered eating years ago. It is better to go in and order it the day or so before you want it. This is real specialty bread, not assembly line bread. It is just like the wonderful bread you can get in the little bakeries in Germany. And the sandwiches are really outstanding too.
Fresh baked breakfast pretzels filled with egg and veggies, the most amazing stollen, giant croissants, fabulous coffee and espresso, friendly staff. The only thing this place is missing is a sign that reflects how awesome it is! Don't let the bland outside fool you. It's a gem.
I was told this place has the best sandwich ever. The turkey sandwich delivered. Piled high with tender turkey, fresh veggies and apple slivers, delicious cheese and drizzled with oil.. i was blown away. They had lots of fresh baked breads and desserts which o didnt try. But that sandwich.. YES!!!
Really good sandwiches!! Friendly staff with fresh ingredients and homemade breads. A little pricey buy very very good.
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