First off, A+ for having awesome hours. We decided we wanted some fresh bread for dinner later in the afternoon and were happy to see that Karl's stays open until 8pm on most days. Many other bakeries are done by lunch time. The staff was friendly and helpful with picking out what bread would go best with our meal and sliced it for us before taking it home. Even though we were just there for bread, we grabbed a couple of sweets because they looked THAT good. She even threw in a couple of extra cookies. As for taste, you can tell that Karl's uses quality ingredients and bakes from scratch. We have a pastry chef in the family so we are wise to some of the tricks bigger bakeries use that end up compromise quality. Not so here. I'm looking forward to walking there and picking up some morning goodies one of these weekends.