COBS Bread — Restaurant in Oak Bay

From my experience, this local bakery is increasingly becoming hostile and racist. The most recent example (I've been ignoring other ones) is when I walked in there last two weeks around 8 am to buy a loaf of bread as I've been doing for some time. I said good morning to the only salesperson there who was understandably busy arranging stuffs on a shelf but apparently, they didn't hear me until I greeted the second time and then they turned in my direction and responded. Before I could say any other word, the next thing I heard was "I can't slice cinnamon bread for you, it's still hot". The animus with which they said it and their unfriendly countenance were crystal clear. I had not said any other word after "good morning". I hadn't said what type of bread I wanted and, honestly, it wasn't cinnamon bread that I had come to buy. I doubt if they could have related to a white guy in a similar way. I didn't do anything wrong by supporting a local business. I don't need to look like the majority in a place before I can feel safe to buy a loaf of bread. When we're serving the public, we need to shed the racial prejudice, animus, and biases that...

This is Cob’s Bread on Oak Bay Avenue, which is incredibly handy for locals and for those wandering the Avenue shopping.

It is a small bakery, yet it has a good selection of baked goods, from varieties of breads, including seasonal choices, savoury and sweet croissants, flatbreads, scones, buns, etc. Just about everything you would expect at a good bakery.

I was pleased to see that the staff at this location were very pleasant.

We purchased the spinach and feta croissants, scones, and two varieties of bread. All were fresh and tasted delicious.

There are two benches directly outside the bakery, so a convenient place to sit if you’re grabbing a quick bite.

There is limited parking outside the bakery, which is adjacent to a few other shops.

Definitely recommend...

AMAZing!!! Always fresh, baked goods. So much selection. Cheese buns are so delicious, their cheese bread is really good, they have hot cross buns they have a chocolate chip version for Easter. They have many versions of scones including cinnamon, raspberry, raisin, so delicious. I can't speak enough about the quality and freshness of their products. Seriously the best bakery! Extremely friendly staff, willing to put baked goods aside even and very knowledgeable about the products that they sell. For example, their cheese buns each one has the exact amount of cheese in each one. Definitely on my route home as I crave their cheese buns regularly. (Oak...