85°C Bakery Cafe - Glendale

85C Bakery Café was only a block or so from our hotel in Glendale so we found ourselves there for breakfast most mornings during our Christmas visit to Los Angeles. Our daughter and son-in-law would come to the hotel and we’d walk to 85C. 85C is a true bakery with counter service and just a few seats. We were lucky enough each of the 5-6 days we went to grab the 4 only ‘real’ upholstered chairs in the bakery, otherwise there were a few stools/counters. You can expect a line most times, but it moves fairly quickly. My family enjoyed their taro bread, cheese pies, chocolate croissants, ham and cheese bun, and potato cheese pastry while I found the Chocolate chip bowl, brioche, mangotale and cream cheese danish I ordered to be processed looking and pretty much tasting like something from a box at the grocery store, not like items from a specialty bakery. As for beverages, I had two types of smoothies and my son had one - strawberry/banana and mango/peach. Here 85C shines! Both were excellent, and, though pricey, were fairly large and satisfying. My husband fell in love with the grapefruit tea, which he ordered every day. He likes unsweetened tea, so the grapefruit only added a bit of taste without that sweetness. I tried it and it wasn’t my ‘cup of tea’😉, but very unique and cool. The coffee was excellent though expensive. I think most people will find 85C offers enough variety that there is something for everyone, though it may take a few tries to determine exactly what that may be.