I live behind the Paddy Cake bakery. Despite the inevitable disruption of back porch dinners (by a very loud garbage truck that comes around 9pm every night) I love the Paddy Cake bakery. It's probably, though, more accurate to say that I love sharing an alley with the Paddy Cake bakery. The people watching is amazing. The company of those people is even better.
All the staff, Melvin, Kenny, Reggie, and the others are super friendly and generous with their baked goods. All in all, an indispensable Bloomfield business.