Jerry's Bakery — Restaurant in Beloit

TL;DR: Perhaps I was just unlucky, but all the pastries I had were incredibly dry; like they had been sitting out for multiple days already and were mostly flavorless to boot. I took only ended up taking a single bit out of each pastry I purchased and tossed the rest because they were so bad. Really disappointing... at the very least avoid going here on a Sunday,

Experience: Was in the area for vacation and had a serious urge for doughnuts and pastries before my very long drive home; saw the reviews for Jerry's Bakery and got excited to satiate my sweet tooth. Boy was I in for disappointment.

Atmosphere/Storefront: As you walk in you are surrounded by pastries of all kinds. Great selection, definitely something they have going for them. The bakery is self-serve so you grab a tray and some tongs and start grabbing what you want, but here in is the first challenge: knowing what your picking. There are NO labels on anything! No prices, no names of pastries or what fillings they may or may not have so if you aren't super familiar with all pastry types, you'll be doing some guessing.

Food: I bought 6 different types of pastries to keep the drive home interesting and paid about $10 for all of it; not cheap, but perfectly reasonable for what was expecting to be some great pastries. Every single pastry was the worst version of that pastry I've ever had. None of them were particularly flavorful, and all of them (except the Churro) were so dry they crumbled when I tried to eat them, and the Churro was squishy and flavorless. Just an entire waste of money.

Service: The woman at the checkout counter was perfectly pleasant, but being that this is a self-serve bakery, she was also the only experience with service so there's not much to talk about.

Overall if I'm ever back in the area again, I'll know to avoid...

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