So this morning I was craving breakfast...really good breakfast...so I hit my yelp app to find out what is in my local area...hello Baguette Cafe!
After reading about 10 or 15 raving reviews I decided I must venture across the street to find this hidden gem...and let me tell you, if you don't live on this side of town, it is TOTALLY worth the trip...
Olivier greeted me as he does every single person who walks through the door, asking my name & making me feel as though I had been there a million times before...and today was only my first time...I told him I heard about his place on yelp and he said "we love that website, they have been so good to us"...he explained the menu to me and recommended that I return some time to have lunch (I most definitely will be returning)
I had the Spinach/Swiss Omelet with Bacon & sun-dried tomato walnut pesto (of course with bacon because doesn't that make EVERYTHING just that much tastier??) on a croissant...it came with orange juice & my choice of tea, hot chocolate or coffee...since I'm not a coffee drinker (WHAT? I can hear the gasps now, but sadly yes, I've never acquired the taste for that wonderfully smelling bitterness that seems to keep my colleagues running) but just as an FYI - if you haven't read any other reviews - they serve ILLY coffee which apparently is pretty damn good coffee - but I digress - the croissant was so deliciously buttery and flaky & the omelet inside was absolutely perfect...after that amazing little breakfast sandwich I got up and looked at the freshly made tarts that were in the cabinet & he told me that he also had a lemon tart that he was getting ready to cut...and I couldn't help myself but take a slice of that also...let me tell you...if you like the sour of REAL lemon with just a dash of sweetness, this is heaven...and I'm not joking...the crust was flaky...the fresh creme that was put to the side, dusted with cocoa...blew my mind...my tastebuds were singing his praises...
There were 4 other people there when I first arrived but within 20 minutes there was a line out the door...to say this place is popular is an understatement...I only wish they were open later (7a-5p, M-F) and that they were open on the weekends...