La Paloma Bakery y más — Restaurant in Garland

This place is next door to a donut store and I always think "why the hell would you ever go to a donut store when this place is right here?"

They even have breakfast burritos 🌯 which will beat whatever you can get at a donut store 10 times out of 10. One other unique thing about this panaderia is that they serve chicken and pork tamales 7 days a week. Most places only serve them on weekends!

I didn't get tamales today but I've tried them and I say get the pork ones for extra flavor. The side green salsa is spicy so watch out.

They switch out the types of bread they sell daily, but the more sturdy "cookie" types, breads, and classic warm Conchas are guaranteed daily. The more elusive stuff to find will be the empanadas, because we live in Texas and empanadas spoil in heat and humidity so the bakeries have to be careful when deciding to bake them.

I was blessed to find the pumpkin empanadas today, even if this October has been an unusually hot one.

They’ve recently added tres leches cakes to the fridge and...

This Panaderia is a Hidden Gem in Garland. I live on the opposite side of town, but when I get a chance I always stop by this little Bakery because everything they sell there is fresh, great tasting, and the family that runs it are super nice and accommodating. Their tamales, barbacoa, and of course sweetbreads are all delicious tasting! I tasted their Barbacoa for the first time a couple of weekends ago and it was not greasy at all! Had a very clean and good taste and it cost about the same price the grocery stores like El Rancho and Michoacana have it. It's$ 9.95 a pound and well worth every penny and it comes with cilantro and cebolla plus salsa. The next time I will be sure to take pictures of this! Do yourself a favor and try it out this weekend you will not be...

I wanted to give this place a second chance, my bad. Bread is stale and the woman at the front claims it's fresh. Not only did she pile all the bread into one bag, empanadas and bread pudding should never be put on the bottom. I let that slide. Then I get home and the empanadas that are supposed to have fruit filling, are dry as her skin and just as disgusting. Never again. Just stick to the real panaderias, like the Guatemalteca on First Street. This one is really bad. The tamales here are very dry and never consistent in flavor or seasoning. The conchas are good for a couple hours. These people here are cutting corners and losing customers in...