Columbia City Bakery

I am new to this neighborhood and I'm proud and glad this is our bakery! I just got a whole wheat sourdough and a pistachio snail pastry that is mind-blowing good I'm glad that the pastry wasn't that big else it would be sinful! People commented that they were forced to buy two of the same items and I was concerned at first for someone with a small household but I'm glad that this wasn't the case I was there today :) Staff was so polite and helpful and gave me a recommendation for a loaf with my requirements. Let's support small local businesses! (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

We live in Montana. Every time we visit Seattle - every time - we must stop at Columbia City Bakery for breakfast or road food. It's become a tradition for the last 6 years or so. Their pastures and bread are sooo good. Today we bought the chorizo hand pies. Yummm! Tender flaky crust and savory filling. And the chai is outstanding - a little extra cumin gives it a unique flavor.

Passed by this place on a Saturday. There was a good queue of people outside waiting to place their orders. It took about 10 minutes or so to get the order in and about another 5 or so minutes to get the order. Looked like there was a good selection of items. Ordered a curry potato and cauliflower hand pie. It was very warm on the outside and a little cool on the inside. The dough was very flaky and a little oily. It was very filled which was nice. I wish I had a little bit of salt to bring out more of the curry flavor. Also ordered a couple of blondies. Liked it because it was a nice big cookie shaped like a brownie. Would be good with some vanilla sauce.

I had a walk-in visit one day and got a traditional croissant. In fact, I got two because they sell everything in boxes of two (which definitely pisses me off). The croissants look more American than French, you know, like an apple pie or a mushroom turnover, but they taste surprisingly not bad at all, and the cross section reveals some really crafty lamination. Columbia City Bakery currently only opens two days a week from 10a to 3p, so it's not easy to get something casually from them. Maybe I'll come back when their operations come back to normal.

I LOVE THE BAKERY! Been going here since I was a a baby and have grown up loving their treats. My favorites are the pretzels (preferably in knot form), the savory toccata (a recent find and SO GOOD), the croissants (crispy buttery perfection), and the cinnamon twists (basically the croissants but with cinnamon sugar, amazing). Really all their stuff is great, GO BUY STUFF FROM THEM! Please :)