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| - Living in Pittsburgh now but having grown up in Cleveland, one of the things I love to do when I'm back home is go with my wife to try places that didn't exist when I was growing up there. Luna Bakery has been on our radar for a while and today we stopped in for lunch. Let me just say, I wish we'd gone sooner.
The special today was a roast chicken, spinach, provolone, pesto combo available as a panini or a crepe. I went for the panini while my wife went for the crepe. Both were fantastic. You could tell the roast chicken was actual whole roast chicken picked off the bone, which I vastly prefer to the usual paradigm of boneless skinless breast that just lacks the same flavor you get with dark meat in the mix. The pesto was bright and flavorful as well. The meal was rounded out with good strong iced coffees and treats from their expansive selection of baked goods. The macarons I had (strawberry rhubarb, salted caramel, hazelnut, and passion fruit) were light and flavorful, really showcasing the various flavors as opposed to the ones you get some places that essentially taste like naught but almond flavored sugar. My wife had the chocolate peanut butter mousse torte that, while not as peanut buttery as she would have liked, was nevertheless extremely rich and smooth.
We definitely enjoyed our visit and will be putting it in the regular rotation when we're in town
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