THE freshest tastiest sourdough breads in Edmonton. One of…read moremy favourite locally-owned and operated businesses, a trip to this bakery after night shift is one of the highlights of my week. Service is always friendly. The store is often busy with a line out the door, especially on Friday and Saturday after 9 a.m. Here's a few tips to be a better patron and have a better experience: Breads can be ordered online for quick in-store pickup. Some items are made daily, some on certain days only, it's all listed online. They will slice your bread in the store for you if you like. Come as close to opening as possible for best selection, especially on one-off days, e.g. - bagels made only on Wednesdays sell out quickly. They also have a lovely European and Canadian cheese selection! Consider browsing their current cheeses online, as there are many beautiful cheeses but no space to really ogle at them in the store. Come in prepared to avoid hovering for too long in the small customer space. There are a couple other regular non-bread items, like honey, traditional dijon, coffee beans, rillettes/terrine, French butter and recently a small selection of deli meat. One could almost make a mixed charcuterie plate after a quick visit here. Parking behind the business is tight but doable. Street parking is available within quick walking distance in the adjacent neighbourhood. Only d-bags park right out front on 99 Ave, thus blocking an entire lane of traffic. I've noticed it's usually mid-age women in expensive SUVs. Goes with the hood I guess. Eat high-quality bread and be happy!

This is the place for French style baguette, croissants, pastries and a variety of bread…read more Everything is baked to perfection and so delicious. There is also a wonderful selection of chews and you can also get coffee here. Don't worry if there is a lineup, the staff is efficient. My favourite is the pumpkin seed loaf.

So I grabbed a fruit cocktail cake from Hong Kong Bakery. It was Chinatown Dining week. Which is…read moresuch good bang for your buck. Also, it gives highlight to an delicious food scene, which otherwise can be overlooked because of the area of town that Chinatown is located in. I really believe in the area, and even if it is not Chinatown Dining Week, I still go there often because the food is amazing (at numerous places on 96th street), and the families who have food establishments are really friendly, and care about they do. The staff here are friendly and care about what they do, (as all of the other locations on the street), but english is not their first language, so be patient! The women here running the bakery were fantastic, but we needed to do some charades to get what we wanted. Our fruit cocktail cake was only 20 bucks (for downtown dining week, it is slightly higher regularly), which is cheaper than many Costco cakes. It was so delicious. Light and fluffy, full of fruit and delectable whipped cream. I am not a super sweet fan, but I had three pieces of cake the first night. So lovely. They also have a tonne of other baked goods that are worth checking out. You should. Check out Chinatown. Check out the food. And check out the people that are in this resilient community.

Lots of good baked goods to get here, including buns filled with sweet and savoury goodness, egg…read moretarts, and cakes. I don't think I have had something here that I didn't think was ok to good. My issue the last time was that they add the prices in their head and didn't issue a receipt. They usually use a calculator but I don't recall if they ever give a receipt from the til. This time they didn't use and charged almost $30 for baked goods, which I think was a few dollars off. My suggestion is if you go, add up the items beforehand or ask for a receipt to ensure the price charged is what it should be.

I went here for national cake day, where if you have the app, you can get one slice of cake free if…read moreyou purchase a slice of cake. Both my husband and I have the app so we sampled 4 slices of cake - Strawberry Soft Cream Cake Slice, Blueberry Chiffon Cake Slice, Mango Chiffon Cake Slice, and Crepe Cake Slice. Everything was delicous and it was hard to pick a favourite. I think my husbands was the blueberry because he loves blueberries, and mine was the mango because I love mangos. But really you can't go wrong. Service was good considering how busy it was for cake day. Ambience is bright clean and fun. They have a very diverse menu, so if you like baked goods check them out.

I wanted to get some treats for my team and I went there for the first time! The place is awesome…read moreand lots of sitting options! The staff were friendly, patient and very helpful! I loved the customer service. The items that I picked were all very delicious and everyone in my team loved them. I'm already planning my next visit and can't wait to try more items! :)

Not a huge place but decent and full of European goods, deli meats, cheese, pasta and amazingly…read moredelicious bakery items amongst others. I just could not leave the store without a dozen donuts even though i was eyeing everything else that they had in the bakery display cases. The freshly baked donuts are very light and fluffy; you can have more than one without feeling guilty as they are not heavy; the chocolate is the real deal not some sort of a fondant or sugary imitation. The maple glazed donuts, the skor, the almond chocolate ones are also to die for. The people working there are very pleasant, helpful and attentive. It is another place i will be shopping at frequently. Next time i will get there early enough to enjoy a late, a cappuccino and perhaps have lunch as well. The prices are decent and they are open until 7pm.

Located right in Chinatown, the Italian bakery is a new but small supermarket. This place has a…read morevariety of must-tries from a convenient cafe and a large bakery. I tried their verdura pizza. The service at the cafe was good and courteous. The pizza was decent with fresh ingredients. The crust for the pizza wasn't the greatest but for 8 bucks totally worth it.

great service , awesome deli and great friendly service!!!! thats why i go back over and over again…read morefor all the variety and much more!!!!!

Wide variety of pastries in here - the Pistachio takes it home for sure though -…read more Cousin also grabbed a pizza, and deli sandwich here, didn't remember to grab any photos - Food was all very delicious - and ingredients tasted fresh Service waiting was on the slower end, however they were pretty busy so it's understandable. would revisit when visiting Edmonton again.

This was a surprise! My husband and I were meeting my brother and his wife for coffee. It was our…read moreturn to decide where. With a random finger selection, the Art of Cake came up. We really enjoyed the quirky/charming atmosphere, and the food and beverages were excellent. We will back soon!

We got the Chocolate cake with Raspberry Buttercream. Cake was beautifully designed and decorated…read more Decorations are edible but not even a little tasty - we wish the white square that the message came on was white chocolate instead of non-tasty ?fondant. Chocolate cake was 12/10 moist and rich and delicious but 3 of 4 of us did not like the Raspberry Buttercream.

Great neighbourhood bakery a little off the beaten path but totally worth the trip…read more Great cheese buns, Flavourful sausage rolls, Pizza buns make for a quick lunch. make sure you go early if your looking for donuts they sell out quickly mainly because they are some of the best in town their apple fritters are the BEST!

If you get your hands on these apple fritters (before they sell out!) you won't want to share! I…read morelove the absolutely huge pieces of apple in them along with that light layer of apple sauce, top it off with the perfect doughy-ness. These are divine! And worth waiting in line for, which I heard is a regular occurrence each morning. Also tried the raspberry scone and the raspberry cream cheese danish. Both amazing and well liked all around baked goodies.

I never really thought there were any Portuguese restaurants or eateries in Edmonton until I…read morewandered down Alberta Ave one day and saw 3. Popular Bakery, though its name doesn't imply this, is a little Portuguese Cafe. I should disclaim that I am not Portuguese and nor have I ever been to Portugal (although it's definitely a country I want to visit). In short, I'm not an expert in Portuguese food, but I've eaten at Portuguese restaurants in other cities I've eaten in Portuguese restaurants and always enjoyed getting Portuguese chicken. I was pleasantly surprised to see that dish on the menu here. Of course being a bakery there are a lot of baked good, including those delicious custard filled Portuguese tarts. While I love Portuguese chicken dishes (becuase the chicken is always so flavourful and the meat is tender and never dry) I opted for the pork sandiwch. It was served on a bun, which was soft and delicious. Definitely a great inhouse made bun. The pork itself was tender, and good cut of meat and not too think. It had a good paprika spice to it, which added flavor, but no heat. I got a meal with fries (standard fries, although they weren't super crunchy), and a pop. I added a Portuguese tart. My meal came to about $10. Not bad for lunch, although next time I come by I want to try the chicken, or I'll just have half a dozen tarts for lunch instead.

Popular Bakery has it's name cut out for it, on the corner with it's big bold black sign with 3…read moredifferent names making it super confusing for any newbies out here. I didn't quite know what to expect walking in, if it was more of a takeout bakery style or a sit down and enjoy sandwich and chicken eatery? Well, we got to try it out and 100% more of a take out shop than anything else. Similar setup to Handy with breads and desserts displayed on the center glass counter display with a few shelves on the side acting as a mini market, the backboard had a few food food items but nothing special. The space is roomier with plenty of seating, but with a feeling of more of a concrete room as opposed to being more welcoming as Handy. We left with a few Portuguese tarts and they were cold? She didn't offer to warm them up or anything either, so my cold tarts were pretty disappointing. Though the filling did taste really good. Maybe we need to visit again on a busier peak time for some better service? Not in a rush to try this place again though.

Donuts are fluffy and so fresh! Not over the top sweet which I like and prefer…read more I've heard this is a place you need to go to early or else you aren't going to have the same kinds of options. Everything is pretty much sold out by 10-1030am! So you need to go early early early! Loved the donut people we got this time- super cute! But the classic sugar donuts are always amazing too.

Ordered a German chocolate cake and was very disappointed. It was overpriced for the size, single…read morelayer, had typical ingredients that a mass factory bakery would do. There was a 'caramel' drizzle on top that looked like gooey gelatin, typical grocery store icing and the cake itself was dry. The place itself is tiny with little to pick from on the shelf. It seems like just a storefront with a display case that doesn't bake anything much there. The people there seemed indifferent to help, which I would overlook if the food was good. Don't bother with this place.

A wonderful Polish bakery. Lots of selections according to what they make towards that day or the…read morenext. More a like a quick pick up than it is to sit down and have a dessert meal to stay. They have specials days which can be extremely busy such as their donut Thursday's and so forth. Best you'd call them in advance if you are looking for a specific dessert. They also sell loaf bread but polish ones, they also commonly use poppyseed's in their desserts so don't be too surprised. Atmosphere is friendly as to what I've experienced. Parking is extremely tight due to other stores along this strip mall and opposite of it. Recommended for anyone looking to taste polish baked goods or treat your polish significant other to their home food.

I come here fairly often for their polish rye bread with poppyseeds. It's divine ! The sweet bread…read morechalla is amaze. All the jam filled donuts are tasty . I've also had their poppyseed roll, sausage roll and grabbed an americano to go. Prices are very reasonable for high quality freshly made products . I've never tried their cakes but maybe next time I will. Ample parking in the parking lot. It's best to arrive earlier rather than later because they can sell out of some bread sometimes. Staff has always been friendly .