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Granola Bar and Brownie Sample
Almond Croissant
Cinnamon Roll
Carrot Cake
Peanut Butter and Jelly Beignet
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Located in Downtown Cleveland, the monument-centered traffic circle just outside its doors and to the right, Bloom Bakery on Public Square is not just an Artisan Café built to serve the city's business denizens, but also a social experiment - the non-profit "Towards Employment" and Chef Maurice Chaplais combing the idea of a restaurant with the ideals of teaching people job skills that can lead to career advancement.
Located in a large office building adjacent The Arcade, street entry from Euclid complimented by an indoor storefront accessed from East Roadway, patrons entering Bloom Bakery are quickly greeted by several cheery faces, a half-dozen or so daily breads offered in whole or as part of a sandwich while tempting baked goods line a pair of glass cases.
Offering samples of a Granola Bar in the morning, some small bites of a fudgy Brownie put out as the lunchtime crowd lined up later, it was with five items that a mid-morning snack was crafted, first bites of the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie seeing a pudding-soft center surrounded by crisp edges before taking a taste of the Cream Cheese Frosted Carrot Cake, the majority of a moist and aromatic wedge saved for further indulgence later that night.
Focusing now on items best consumed fresh, the Weekly Special Beignet unfortunately a bit doughy despite good Peanut Butter and Jelly filling, better bites were found in two laminated options, the Almond Croissant featuring yawning caverns around a core of pureed Nuts and no Frangipane while the Cinnamon Roll was a tightly wound coil of perfection, the exterior literally crackling to the tooth while the interior was soft and butter-soaked with a whole lot of Cinnamon.
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