Bread & Chocolate

867 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN - (651) 228-1017

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Posted By Michael Stern on July 4, 2007 5:10 PM

Catycorner from its parent eatery, Cafe Latte, Bread & Chocolate is an informal bakery and espresso shop open early every day for breakfast. In fact, we had planned to eat pancakes at Al's over in Dinkytown, but arrived there only to discover that Al's doesn't open until 9am on Sundays; so we went back to Grand Avenue in St. Paul and had a whole different kind of feast.

We cannot tell you about lunch (at least not yet), which seems to be mostly about sandwiches on Cafe Latte bread; but we have no problem raving about the morning pastries. Big, beautiful croissants are available plain or filled; they are as flaky as possible, lightweight yet luxurious. We couldn't believe how many blueberries were packed into our blueberry muffin, which was made from a creamy batter that was an ideal medium for the fruit. Best of everything we tried was the caramel roll: crisp, sticky, enrobed in amber glaze and studded with pecan halves.

Of course, it was also necessary to sample a breakfast panini. "Ham, egg and cheese," we said to the counter man, who then gave us a happy third degree: "whole wheat, sourdough or 10-grain bread? ... "Provolone, cheddar, or Swiss?" ... "Salsa with that?" It was a lovely breakfast sandwich, the bread especially delicious, although the ham lacked punch.

By the way, we thought Bread & Chocolate espresso to be especially delicious; and one of these days, we need to try the turtle latte listed on the coffee menu. The Twin Cities, after all, are in the running for Turtle Capital of America.

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Caramel Roll

Filled Croissant

Espresso

Cinnamon Swirl Roll

Berry Lemon Roll

Breakfast Panini

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