Country Crumbs Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Medicine Hat

One of our adult sons was in town and I suggested to my wife that we check out Country Crumbs Bakery & Cafe for a late lunch. It’s downtown and we all really enjoyed our lunch and we were very impressed with the excellent quality and price of its baking. I had taken my aunt and uncle here in the summer, when they were visiting and we sat outside at a table and had a lovely lunch as well.

I had their peanut butter Nanaimo bar in the summer and it was so good that I have been pining for it ever since. Luckily for me, it must be a regular treat that they make, as they had a few there to buy when I visited again. I loved it so much, that I bought the last one to take home. I make peanut butter Nanaimo bars at for Christmas and these are even better than mine! A bakery is as good as their Nanaimo bars, as far as I am concerned and these are killer!

We all had sandwiches: two turkey and cheese and an egg sandwich. They were all on wonderful, crispy, flavourful cheese croissants and they were delicious. I also had a sausage roll, which was hot and it was great too. We all had different hot drinks as well, and they were all tasty.

Country Crumbs is a smaller bakery, with limited seating, and some extra outdoor seating in the summer. They make homemade soups as well, which they sell frozen here and at some local markets, but it is not available on the weekends. The soups and sandwiches do sell out quickly, so be sure to hit them up early. They sell lovely looking day old bread and baking on shelves and you can’t beat the price.

All in all, a killer local bakery with excellent baked goods, soup and sandwiches in downtown Medicine Hat. They also have cakes in their freezer and you can special order them as well. We will...

I am editing this review because today I happened to get a chocolate croissant, and the people of Medicine Hat have somehow not discovered the bread there.

The croissant was a religious experience. I got it by accident , I don't even really like croissants. Until now. My husband has been talking about it for so long that it's making me hate the croissant lol. It almost went too hard being so bloody exceptional.

The house white bread is so good that it makes you understand why people started farming in the first place. All that struggle and suffering led to this bread. It is, quite simply, the best bread on God's green earth. It is exactly like the homemade bread my great grandmother made. Everyone in this city should be buying bread there, it will bully everyone else into doing the right thing. You think you know what good bread tastes like then you buy this. It's like a "Back to the Future" of core memories of your oldest grandma's baking. You take the butt of any of their loaves, toast it, and add butter and jam, you could die happy right at that moment. It cannot be overstated how good that bread is.

Every single thing you buy there is exceptional. The frozen soups- omg. I have yet to be disappointed.

No bakery I have visited in the last 20 years, anywhere, can compete with the quality these people bring to the customer every day.

** I do not know the owners or employees in any form, I am not from Medicine Hat originally, I cannot benefit from this review in any way. They don't even know my name. Credit must be given...

My brother and I went for a morning walk to the downtown core of the city to have a coffee. This happened to be the only coffee shop open...go figure aren't coffee shops usually open early, apparently not. Unfortunately their coffee machine for cappuccinos was not working so we opted for what was available and shared a cinnamon bun. Nice. Would have been better with a stronger coffee as regular brew lacked gusto but still ok. Lots of people coming and going so very popular. Well done. Apparently the premiers sister ordered cakes here the other day, does that make it a celebrity spot? A good place just the same. Knocked marks for not having cappuccino machine...