California Mountain Bakery — Restaurant in San Diego Country Estates

Years ago, there was a Pie and Pie shop (pies and pizza pies) in Julian run by a guy named Clarence. He made the BEST pies... so much better than the Julian Pie company... He told us his secret was a full stick of real butter in each pie. My goodness they were good. We were so sad when he died, and no one seemed to be using his recipe.

Fast forward to this weekend, we went to the desert flowers, and happened to stop at this bakery on the way home. I got a slice of cherry and my wife peach, and on the first bite, I knew... This was Clarence's pie! No doubt. So I got up, pie half eaten and walked up to the counter and said "There was this guy named Clarence..." and the young man running the bakery said "Yeah, my father used to work for him."

Listen... This is a pie. A REAL pie. Not that cardboard and sugar crap. This is worth the drive. They don't make Pizza pies... yet... but they do have all the pie flavors Clarence used to make, including the very hard to find Mango pie. I can't possibly recommend it more strongly. Get there early,...

Based on the location and not being on the main strip I didn't expect much from California Mountain Bakery. And as the old saying goes, "don't judge a book by it's cover". Was I poorly mistaken.

As I write this I cringe because I don't want to expose this place to all other patrons. I want to be selfish and keep it all to myself. But, this place NEEDS to be out because they're so amazing.

We dropped in about 9-930am and it just smelled like breakfast heaven. Pies, pastries, buttermilk biscuits, cookies, bacon, eggs, sausage I could go on and on and on.

My wife and I ordered a buttermilk biscuit egg and cheese sandwich ($7), cinnamon roll sticky bun($4) and a slice of mango apple pie ($3.75) a la mode ($1). Wife and I definitely wanted to try everything, but we contained ourselves because we will be back for sure.

The service is spectacular, the joint is superbly clean and the space itself is big enough for multiple parties for 4-6 people. Parking is plentiful as well.

I highly, highly recommend this place for myself, and for...

Love this country bakery that is everything you want in homemade baked goods! Pies that taste like Grandma’s and fresh out of the oven! Or take home to bake yourself so you fill your home with the same delicious aroma you get when you first walk into California Mountain Bakery! The assortment of amazing breads, cookies and brownies will blow you away! And the Chicken Pot Pies are addictive! Unfortunately they don’t make them during the holidays because they are made from scratch and are time consuming. But they come back after the holidays so don’t miss your chance to try them! I promise they won’t disappoint! The beautiful people who work there are sweet, caring and dedicated to making your trip to Julian memorable and satisfying! I never come to Julian without taking home one of their Apple Pies and Chicken Pot Pies. They were voted best Apple Pie in Southern California and trust me, they got that right! I think their pies & breads are the best in the...