Las Américas Bakery — Restaurant in Elizabeth

This Bakery is very clean and has a great variety of typical Colombian pastries and products. The place is always very busy, which is a good sign. You can find the traditional Colombian food in your special holidays, which means you can buy your favorite Colombian Christmas food if you preordered. The owners are friendly, the service is very good and the prices (although they have gone up) are fair for the quality of the food. One thing that really disappoint me (Not just with this bakery but with the majority of the Colombian bakeries in New Jersey, at least) is that they don’t make the “Ají Picante” (Colombian hot sauce) for the empanadas, the way they used to and the way we do it back home; with cilantro, onions, peppers and lemon; served in an earthen pot. Instead, they are using “Tabasco” which is not even a Colombian product. What a disappointment. The second thing I would point at them is that the hot chocolate, again, is not made the Colombian way; beaten by hand (Or a machine, but beaten), instead, they use instant chocolate. Just for these two things, which I believe is what most Colombians go to bakeries for; I’m taking one star away from the review. Otherwise, I’m happy to have a convenient Colombian...

We haven't eaten in this bakery in years. They were great when they first opened, but the quality of the food has gone down. It just so happened my husband wanted to try it out again. He ordered some of their pastries and a bread called almojabana. I wanted to give my one year old niece a piece of the almojabana so I opened it in half. And to my disbelief there was a pubic hair inside of the bread! Yes it was a pubic hair! You can tell the difference. Never ever will I return to this bakery. How can one of those hairs end up in your food?? What do the bakers possibly do back there?? Lucky enough for them we were on our way to our trip so there was no way for us to go back and give them a piece of our mind. For now at least I hope this stops someone from going to eat there. No coman aquí. Es una suciedad increíble. Como es posible que al abrir una almojabana había un pelo de la parte privada. Todavía no me lo puedo creer. Casi se lo doy a mi sobrina de un año pero gracias a Dios decidí abrirlo y allí encontré el pelo. Nunca pero nunca comeré...

I would put zero stars !!

The owner of Las America's bakery in Elmora ave. In Elizabeth is a racist man! And his wife too!

I have met the previous owner and he was a nice man , now this owner and that old lady are people who have no knowledge of being kind and respectful and the workers make fun of people who dont speak spanish as well

Basically if you aren't Colombian they will treat you bad and its messed up because their bakery is called las America's, not Colombia bakery.

I am not saying because if what happened today, there has been multiple occasions where they have done so and I also found out they sometimes overcharge people who aren't of their ethnic background

The thing that makes me angry is that people who own restaurant dont educate themselves the laws they have to follow and it's not just them theres plenty of then

People if you get kicked out and you feel that it's because of a racial, gender , religion , etc reason. You have the right to file a complaint and/or sue the restaurant or...