Deux Bakery — Restaurant in Santa Barbara

This is the type of little gem bakery I crave to find when I visit a new town. Well reviewed but off the usual Santa Barbara tourist path. Small storefront without any seating that I saw but this may be due to current Covid restrictions. Walk-in and you can see right back into the back where one of the bakers(owners?)was turning out scratch pie crusts to be filled with deliciousness I’m sure. At the counter you can see what they have in the way of fresh breads, pastries, cookies, muffins, etc. And in the cooler behind, cupcakes, brownies and more. So after some intense questioning, I chose a chocolate truffle cookie-which I didn’t see in the online menu-a carrot cake cupcake, and slab of banana bread. Such a slab I was able to cut through the middle and have slices with two breakfasts. It was wonderfully moist with lots of flavor and a really nice crispy edge. One of the best I’ve had. And this wasn’t even the best Item! It’s very rare when we hit a bakery we find more than once in our travels so, after eating the cupcake and the cookie outside their door, when we chose to go back in for one more of each you know they had to be good. The cookie was moist and rich and almost brownie like with a nice crackly outside edge. It may have had a little caramel in it, I should have asked. Just delicious. The cupcake was the STAR of the show. Carrot cake can be prepared in so many different ways. This was made with raisins and walnuts(?)and delicious homemade icing. Probably cream cheese. The icing quantity may have been to much for some but we loved it. The cupcake, similarly to many bakeries creating from scratch, was kept in the cooler. And most bakery seekers like me know this chill can deaden some flavors and speed up loss of moisture creating dry product. For whatever reason this was not the case with the carrot cake. Moist, bursting with flavor, and downright spectacular IMO. And once we returned home with the second one, and ate it at room temp, even better. The experience and love these bakers have for their work shows up big time. I hope that anyone who reads this and can will try them out as soon as possible. Places like this need our business in these times. I cannot recommend them higher. And those pies I mentioned earlier-only available on special order😀 Add On-had extra time on the way to the airport and had to get in here again. another carrot cake cupcake and a delicious chocolate drizzled coconut macaroon....

The staff here are welcoming and warm.

The bread selection is extraordinary! The best hands down in SB that are fresh baked, and the pastries are excellent. They offered lunch, sandwiches made to order, and mine was delicious. I came in less than an hour before closing time. They brewed a fresh caraf of coffee and enthusiastically helped me pick out the perfect assortment for my midday meal. I'm so impressed and satisfied with this bakery. Please give them a try, I know I'm going to be a regular. Thankyou...

No prices listed anywhere, and no price list was provided upon request. You have to request every single item individually to find out what anything actually costs. A single cinnamon roll was $8 . Loaves of bread apparently were 10 to $14 and baguettes were $5.50. Very expensive in my opinion just for bread, and very small and cramped inside if you're trying to order while another guest is inside at...