We ordered 60 pastries for a wedding, but they got the day wrong and we only found out the day of the wedding. Although they admitted that their employee was probably responsible (it seemed like this had happened before), they did not offer to make up for it in any way even though I was visibly exasperated and had made a long trip there. On the whole, they seem very disorganized, e.g., you can only place an order three days before a pickup, there's no digital order tracking, and when I wanted to sample one of their goods they were sold out well...
Read moreA small local bakery with affordable breads and cookies.
Came in to try some cookies and pastries recommended by the locals. Most of the small cookies that I got didn’t taste freshly baked, and the pasteis was also not as good as some people described. As a matter of fact, they were similar to what you could get at the bakery aisles in grocery stores. On the other hand, the large chocolate chip cookie was superb. This was understandable given that they were understaffed, but I wouldn’t recommend getting the small cookies that are sold...
Read moreThis is the real deal. Old school, cash only, and probably the most affordable food by volume in greater Boston.
If you need a big bag of good bread to make a metric ton of sandwiches for cheap, this is where you go.
If you want to make some pizzas at home, this is where you go.
If you miss Portugal and need a Pasteis de Nata fix, or some delicious chorizo or a blood sausage, this is where you go.
If you want to pay $15 for a single loaf of Sourdough bread, there’s lots of places to do that in Somerville but...
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