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    Cheri's Bakery

    4.4 (14 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Mirian G.

    I finally popped in after passing by on my morning walk, and I couldn't resist trying their Boston Cream donut. It was absolutely delicious! It's a small but charming little spot right by a diner. Totally worth the calories!

    Richard A.

    Old business that came back to Branford. The baked good are as good as they were when they left. Pies, cakes, pastry. etc. I got a Chocolate Lemon pie that was out of this world. Nice tart lemon filling toped with a rich sweet chocolate. They are conveniently located on main street. They have off street parking in the rear. They are not cheap, but have a high quality product

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    Matthew L.

    Cheri's Bakery is an Italian Pastry Bakery that opened in Branford, Connecticut in 1998. It was founded by husband and wife Pat and Cheryl Gargano. Pat has been baking for well over 50 years. He trained at Castellon Brothers Bakery and Delicatesson in Branford before it sadly burned down in 1998. The Garganos decided to open their own bakery at 267 E Main Street which specialized in classic Italian pastries, cakes and pies. The bakery built up a large following over the years, but the pandemic of 2020 added a lot of extra stress on the business. After closing down for Thanksgiving 2020, the Garganos made the difficult decision not to reopen. Fortunately, retirement couldn't keep them down forever. After 3+ years, Cheri's Bakery is back open at a new location in Branford Center. All of the baked goods are actually made offsite at a production facility (the former Denali building) in Old Saybrook and then transported to the Branford shop in the morning. The Garganos' children are also in the hospitality business. Patrick Jr. is also a baker and is now a partner at the bakery. Son Justin owns Thimble Island Brewing Company and other son Joel and his wife Lani own Grano Arso Restaurant in Chester. This past weekend, my family and I stopped in at Cheri's to get some delicious pastries. We were very happy when we heard that they had reopened and were doing well. The whole place was filled with cannoli, sfogliatelle, lobster tails, bocconotti, cookies, donuts, breads and pies. Since St. Joseph's Day was a couple of days away, we obviously needed to get some of the traditional St. Joseph's Day pastries: Zeppole. We ordered three Ricotta-filled Zeppole as well as my favorite pie in the world: Chocolate Lemon Pie! Everything we bought was delicious! We are lucky to have some excellent Italian bakeries in the Greater New Haven area, and we are happy to have Cheri's back!

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    Very disappointed in Cheri's purchase a bake good over priced and tasted like it was old !

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    4.5(91 reviews)
    2.7 mi
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    We all know the decision of a wedding cake is crucial and we need someone to dial down the crazy…read moreand not overwhelm us with more options. I guess that they heard me already on this and were totally supportive and did a well informed tasting for us where they were very accommodating to our requirements. They customised this cake for us absolutely perfectly where we got both fillings of chocolate and mocha because we couldn't land on just one type. The decoration was done with the most buttery frosting and not the almost inedible hard frosting which is overly sweet. The frosting we got was buttery and delicious. They don't do cake toppers but they give you the dimensions and you can order the topper and bring it to them. The added bonus for us was that they are about 2-3 minutes drive from us. The amazing thing is they deliver and are very punctual with their deliveries. Totally recommend.

    We ordered a chocolate birthday cake with chocolate mousse and raspberries between the layers. The…read moreouter frosting was some type of butter cream. The cake was delicious and not overly sweet. It was decorated beautifully. My only issues were 1. price ($50 seemed a bit high, we needed it for just 4 people and this was their smallest size. 2. The butter cream frosting was too rich and went mostly uneaten. To be fair about the price, I probably could have chosen a less expensive version.

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    Take The Cake

    3.2(66 reviews)
    5.0 mi
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    Today's my birthday and early this morning, I realized that I didn't order a cake. I decided on my…read moreway home from the beach (a birthday tradition), I would find a bakery from which to get a cake. I found 2 online - one, I learned as I arrived at the address, was "By appointment only" and another was closed for their summer break. Thankfully, I found Chris and Chris at Take The Cake! I couldn't decide between two options so I got 2 cakes! I selected a chocolate on chocolate cake and a chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream frosting. They were delicious!! They are also beautiful and when I told Chris that they were for my birthday, he decorated them with flowers. They are about 40 min from my home but I will keep them in mind for the future! Thank you!

    Back in 2017, I would have given this place 5 stars. I am giving it 3 stars because they WERE…read moreamazing...but what happened today is baffling. My mom and I drove over an hour to Take the Cake in Guilford to pick up a cake for a dear friend's birthday. I placed the order over a week ago and confirmed on Wednesday that I would be here after 10:00am today. We arrived at 10:30am and no one was here. We waited for almost an hour and watched as other customers came and went, including a woman who had placed an order to be picked up, and the owner had said she would be there by 10:00am. I called 12 times and sent messages on Facebook and Instagram...no response. This is very inconsiderate to your customers, Take the Cake...and it breaks my heart because you have been my favorite bakery since my wedding in April 2017...and you made an unforgettable cake. What happened?

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    Take The Cake - Chocolate coconut cake for my birthday was amazing! Thank you take the cake! Everyone loved it ! It was so moist and flavorful

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    Chocolate coconut cake for my birthday was amazing! Thank you take the cake! Everyone loved it ! It was so moist and flavorful

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    Pastry Fusions was one of the three cake vendors who worked with Saybrook Point Inn (SPI), the…read moreplace where I had my wedding ceremony and reception. A cake was included in my wedding package at SPI. With my hardcore addiction to chocolate, my wedding coordinator at SPI recommended that I try the Chocolate Devastation cake at Pastry Fusions. So my two MOHs and I took a drive down to North Branford on a Saturday afternoon to meet with Frank, the owner, for the tasting. He was such a nice guy who poured his heart into his business and let us sample as many different flavors as we wanted. Each sample had its own artful presentation. After many chocolate flavored cakes, we decided on the cappuccino mousse cake; three tiers of chocolate cake, layered with cappuccino mousse and cinnamon whipped cream, then frosted with chocolate butter cream. It was DIVINE! For the top layer, which I will have on November 8, 2015, it was the chocolate devastation flavor. As an added bonus, Frank provided the white roses on top of my cake. This act of kindness gave me one less thing to coordinate with my florist. Before we left, we just had to get those heavenly Maple Bacon Donuts! There was a line for the donuts! All I can say is yum yum yum!

    Very disappointing and expensive. Received cold coffee, and…read morea donut that was undersized to others in the case and fell apart in the bag. The donut pieces themselves were unimpressive tasting. There are better choices for your hard earned money.

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    Crumbl - North Haven

    2.8(84 reviews)
    5.5 mi
    $$$

    Fast and friendly service . Clean store. Cookies were fresh and nice . I got a pink velvet cookies…read more... it's amazing

    BEWARE!! I found what appears to be mouse droppings or mold in my carrot cake. It was certainly…read moresome type of foreign object that would need to be carefully researched in order to determine exactly what it is! This discovery was so alarming and obviously jeopardized the health and safety of my family that I immediately called the store. No one picked up. I sent an email on Saturday, April 5th and realized on Tuesday, April 8th almost 4 days had passed with no reply. I decided to forward my email again and finally received a response that they did not receive my original email although the same email address I received the reply from was the exact same email address I originally emailed. Interesting.... Not to mention the forwarded email had a timestamp on it. Nevertheless, I expressed my concerns along with resending the photos. Here's where the situation gets worse .... I advised the email respondent that I saved the cake and would be more than happy to drop it off for them to have it carefully inspected. Instead, they decided to email me back and advise me that they had "carefully inspected the photos", and determined it was a carrot that underwent a chemical reaction and not a concern. SERIOUSLY!?!? Firstly, I read through the ingredients list and there isn't anything listed that should be green. Secondly, I watched the videos of at least 8 vloggers who bit into the carrot cake and turned it towards the camera and NEVER once did I see anything green. So let me guess... this "chemical reaction" just so happen to ONLY happen to my cake? Lastly, and the most disappointing part of the email stated, as a "gesture of goodwill", I would be happy to offer you a "complementary replacement cake." Complementary as in 'Free', haha! How in the world could something be 'complementary' when you already paid for it?! Which is exactly what I asked them in my response. At the bare minimum, I should've been offered a refund. And asked to bring in the piece of cake so they can carefully inspect it to protect the health and safety of ALL the North Haven, CT Crumbl patrons! UNBELIEVABLE, the way this matter was handled! Of course, I respectfully declined the cake and let the respondent know that I would never step foot back into the North Haven Crumbl again, except to drop off their contaminated product. This type of customer service is extremely poor and shows a clear picture of the type of person/persons running the North Haven establishment which I found out are two brothers by the names of Scott and Justin Cinnamon. Certainly a missed opportunity to right a wrong. And by the way, my daughter and I are Pink Status Crumbl members. For those of you who don't know, that is the highest status you can get. The way you become Pink Status is by patronizing Crumbl regularly and earning points. So No - I am not some one-time customer complaining. We actually love their product and enjoy reviewing them. North Haven Crumbl has certainly loss at least one customer due to this. Photos are below...See for yourself!

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