Cake Bakery And Cafe - Grass Valley

This is our goto place for baguettes, pastries, and the best Chai. If you want baguettes best get there before noon because they sell out (or call and ask them to hold one or two for you).

Excellent in every way. The chai is exquisite and everything I have bought there has been incredible

Person who helped me was super pretentious and rude. Scoffed their way through helping me, seemingly annoyed at my lack of knowledge of French patisserie. I couldn’t read the writing on the glass case for some things and had to ask what they were. At first I didn’t even notice the dry-erase marker writing on the glass case cause it was dark writing and my eyes shot past it. I want to say that I was very kind through the entire interaction as well, not being tense or agitated at all. They also grabbed all of my ready-to-eat food with bare hands with rings on. Anyone who has a food handlers card knows that it is against health code (due to being a huge sanitation issue that can get people sick) to handle ready-to-eat food with bare hands. Also the same reason for wearing rings while handing food. Rings spread bacteria from the bathroom! Lots of cafes have tongs for baristas to use to grab stuff out of pastry cases, ultimately just good practice to take a sec and throw gloves on first! It’s also rrreeeaaalllyyy expensive while being underwhelming. I’ll probably just go to Daily Donuts the next time I want to get treats for my family as the environment is much sweeter and inviting. Honestly most other bakerys in town are a good alternative based on my experience today. I say Daily Donuts in particular because it’s owned by POC and all of their staff is incredibly friendly. I feel better supporting a marginalized group over a pretentious one. Overall just bummed I’m out $30 for this.

Wonderful pastries and goodies! Well stocked, but get there early.

Everything about this place is great. Go in the morning for lovely shaded outdoor seating.