WHY Buttery, crunchy, chocolatey English toffee that is impossible to stop eating. WHAT Good God, how we love this English toffee, the highlight of our childhood visits to Farmers Market. It’s made fresh throughout the day and sold in hunks or in tidier sticks. Good almond bark and honeycomb, too, but that’s not why you [...]
April 6, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Can you say pretzel bread? WHAT Hans Röckenwagner’s sunny, modern café is also a fine takeaway bakery, known for its meaty, delicious pretzel bread, as well as its pretzels, cinnamon rolls, ginger scones, cookies and rye bread. It’s not cheap, but the goods are very good. WHO Venice hipster foodies who stop by Jin [...]
March 14, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY The ornate tiered wedding cakes are award winners, and the Cuban sandwiches are worth driving across town for, as many do. WHAT This huge, gleaming café and bakery, founded by Cuban immigrants in the ’60s, displays a gorgeous and staggeringly diverse array of goods. Where else can you find Cuban bread, all-American cheesecake and [...]
March 3, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Caramel cake, coconut cake, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, a very fine sea-salt caramel cupcake and a homey apple pie. WHAT This Silver Lake mainstay makes good, reasonably priced cupcakes, special-occasion cakes, cookies (including Mexican wedding cookies), vegan cupcakes and pies. 3337 W. Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake, 323.667.2968, larkcakeshop.com. Daily. MC, V. Type: angeles, Bakeries [...]
Type: angeles, Bakeries + Sweets, bakery, best, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, good, great, la, lake, Los, pies, Silver, vegan, vegetarian
Region: Eastside
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
Features: Kid Friendly, Value, Vegan
Cuisine Type: American
February 27, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Espresso-caramel chocolates with the subtlest hint of sea salt, and dozens of other superb chocolates, from the traditional to the inventive. WHAT The meticulously crafted, classic French-style chocolates, made in the Terpoghossian family’s Van Nuys kitchen and displayed in this swank little shop, are deeply delicious; we’re already addicted to the ones with the [...]
February 14, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY For rich and beautiful (if sometimes too sweet) cupcakes; try the dark chocolate, lemon and cinnamon. If you call your order in ahead, you won’t have to wait in line. WHAT We don’t get the cupcake frenzy, but if you’re among the obsessed, you will make a pilgrimage here, if you haven’t already. What [...]
February 12, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Dulce de leche frozen yogurt, free WiFi and delivery. WHAT Want to see a cool, subtly tattooed, wedge-wearing junior studio exec leap up and down like a kindergartener? Invite her to Froyo Life, which has developed a rabid cult following in Los Feliz. The yogurts, both of the sweet-and-creamy and tart varieties, are well [...]
February 5, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Proper Parisian baguettes (crisp outside, airy inside), more substantial sandwich breads, croissants and addictive oatmeal cookies. WHAT Known for its breads and for fruit tarts that are far lovelier than the neighborhood outside, Babette is a great and affordable find for breads, breakfast pastries and desserts (but skip the cupcakes in favor of the [...]
December 6, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY To enjoy an architectural ice cream sandwich without having to chase a truck around town. WHAT After a couple of years of success with its modern-day ice cream truck, this vendor of insanely thick ice cream sandwiches named (and designed) in honor of Frank Gehry, Richard Meier and other architects now has its own [...]
November 26, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY Kosher challah, delicious rye and heavenly cheesecakes. WHAT So maybe you have to wait a while, and maybe the fellow behind the counter could be a little less brusque. But these are the things one must endure to get a rye bread this good. Since you had to wait so long for your rye, [...]
November 20, 2012 | Posted in
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