Village Baker — Restaurant in Saint George

A Love Letter to the Best Damn BLT This Side of Heaven

By a 42-year-old man who knows his way around a sandwich

Let me paint you a picture: it’s Saturday, I’ve just got off work, and my stomach is growling like a caged badger. I wander into The Village Baker, partly out of curiosity, partly because the aroma hit me like a warm hug from my grandma—if she’d been raised in Napa and cooked like a five-star chef with a sourdough obsession.

I order the BLT on sourdough, a chef salad with ranch, and—because I believe in joy—a lemon bar. What happened next was less “lunch” and more “religious experience.”

The BLT: First off, this isn’t your average sad diner BLT with limp bacon and bread that folds under pressure. No, sir. This is a bacon-laden, tomato-stacked, lettuce-crunching architectural masterpiece. The sourdough? Golden, crackly, just sour enough to make your jaw smile. It’s like the bread spent a semester in Paris studying under an artisanal guru. The bacon snaps with a smoky crisp—none of that chewy nonsense—and the tomatoes are bright, juicy, and unapologetically bold. It doesn’t whisper flavor; it sings it in baritone.

The Chef Salad: Now usually, a chef salad is just where ham and cheese go to retire, but this one was vibrant, fresh, and composed like a salad that wants to be eaten. Crunchy romaine, juicy cherry tomatoes, actual slices of roasted turkey (not deli sadness), hardboiled eggs with golden yolks, and a ranch dressing that should be sold in glass bottles with cork tops and warnings about addiction. I dipped everything in it—salad, bacon, possibly my soul.

The Lemon Bar: You think you know lemon bars. You don’t. This one was sunshine in square form. The crust was a buttery, crumbly base that held the tart, sweet, silken lemon top like a loyal best friend. Powdered sugar floated on top like a snow day for your taste buds. It was bright, balanced, and criminally good.

Final Word: If I could marry this lunch, I would. The Village Baker didn’t just feed me—it romanced me. So, to anyone who’s hungry, tired of disappointment, or just wants to feel something again: get the BLT on sourdough, the chef salad with ranch, and that lemon bar. Eat it slowly. Let the world fade away. And when you’re done, tip your hat to the kitchen. They’ve earned it. Hungry yet?...

My family tried this place for the first time during the grand opening, I thought it was pretty good then. Fast forward a few months and we went back… unfortunately it was not the same or nearly as good, plus the cost was OUTRAGEOUS! It was almost $60 to fed 3 of us! Crazy huh? A sandwich, soup, salad and dessert shop?? Totally ridiculous. I was quite disappointed in what the manager recommended and their customer service was also lacking. The girl taking our order acted like she couldn’t stand being there. She didn’t smile once and seemed super annoyed to even take our order. I was surprised at the difference in a few months. I had forgot to order my older kids something to go and I walked back in 4 minutes after my food had been delivered and they informed me they were closed. I looked at my watch and it said 8:02. I was totally surprised that they wouldn’t scoop a bowl of soup into a bowl or anything simple, even though it was technically closed - by 2 minutes. What terrible service in my opinion. They had everything cleaned up and put away before they were even closed. I saw a couple still eating dinner outside, when we drove over to JDawgs to get something for the kids (now that is a place I’d recommend! Tastes good and the customer service is an A+). It was barely before 8:15 and it was a ghost town in Village Baker! All lights were off and the workers were gone - leaving this poor couple sitting in the dark, eating all alone in the dark. Now, I’ve worked in the food industry multiple times and my husband and I are business owners as well. We try an accommodate people within reason. I thought the food was not very good at all tonight and the customer service was lacking even more so. I won’t be going back and I sure would NOT recommend this place to anyone else - at least the location in St. George. The owners should probably look for a better manager, IMO. Great help is so hard to find, no one wants to be customer service oriented...

Just left there around 7:30pm 5/16/25. First visit. Not greeted at all when we entered. The girl taking our order was TOTALLY PREOCCUPIED WITH SOMETHING HAPPENING TO HER LEFT. I immediately stopped talking because I knew she was totally disengaged. Then, when she returned to Earth, she was asking me questions about aspects of our order I had already shared with her. I was genuinely PISSED OFF AND UNABLE TO BE OPEN-MINDED about the rest of our experience.

The water button on the drink machine malfunctions and water flows endlessly all over the place

Employees were going nonstop to the bathrooms and none stopped to clean off the tables. I and all the other indoor diners had to clean off our tabletops unless we wanted to rest our arms and hands in spilled sodas and sandwich/pizza scraps. Nasty!

Why do you serve sandwiches on thick cardboard plates with wax paper on top? All of the plates wind up in the trash and they all appear clean in the trash. Tons of clean plates headed for the landfill. Owner: check out Chicken Salad Chick - they use very nice reusable metal trays covered with a nice piece of wax paper.

Oh and BTW, I’m type 2 diabetic. I chose whole wheat bread thinking that my glucose level wouldn’t spike. Well, it did spike because the bread was an inch thick. You might consider offering thinly sliced bread for your diabetic friends.

That’s it. Thanks...