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Bread and Butter is basically an upgraded bakery. By that, I mean it's an exceptional bakery that also offers sandwiches and waffles. When folks rave about it, they're usually talking about its merits as a breakfast spot (waffles, muffins, bagels).
So what makes it noteworthy as a bakery? Well, let's start with the bagels. Bagels are a deceptively simple food. They're pretty much everywhere in the breakfast world, but most places just offer a doughy circle with the center popped out. With a decent toaster, most of bagel shortcomings can be cured. The real test of a bagel, however, is whether it can stand on its own without a toaster. Is there any substance to the bread?
The baker at Bread & Butter makes one of the best bagels I've ever had. Thick and substantial with a light crunch. You can taste that it's freshly baked that day.
The other baked goods are well-crafted too. The pumpkin bread is soft and moist and tastes like a half-sweet cupcake. It's topped with a thick, delicious cream cheese frosting. The waffles are awesome. I honestly didn't know how much I'd just been accepting flavorless waffles for years until I had the waffles with fresh fruit. The waffle batter flavor makes me just want to eat the waffle with no syrup.
The main negative with Bread and Butter is the customer service. If the place gets busy, the staff can't handle the numbers. Everything seems chaotic and the service is slow. But visit on a non-busy day and you'll be incredibly happy.
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