Olympic Bakery & Deli — Restaurant in Washington

My wife is an exquisite amateur baker. She bakes amazing breads, rolls, and cakes. When I write amateur, I really mean that she spends time and effort in selecting her flours, weighing them, mixing them carefully. She selects the right yeast and grows her own sourdough. The sourdough is fifteen years old, and is developing a personality, and an attitude. When she proofs dough, be it yeast or sourdough, the house fills with the amazing smell of "something good will be coming out of the oven later today". When the oven finally opens, it takes restraints to not bite into the bread or cake when it's way too hot...

I admit that the best baked goods I've ever had, were at home. Until today.

We stopped at the Olympic Bakery & Deli for lunch and that familiar smell of "something good is about to come out of the oven" filled the place already, mixed with the "a lot of good stuff had already come out of that oven already..."

We had some croissants, rugalach - a specialty, and we tasted different kinds of breads. Everything was spectacular. The dough, yeast or sourdough, was fantastic. Speaking of sourdough, I thought ours was old. Fifteen years. Well, compared to the sourdough that lives at the Olympic Bakery & Deli, ours is a toddler... Theirs is four generations old. When the owner took us for a tour of the production room, and opened the sourdough container, I learned what good old sourdough smells like...

Turns out that baked goods are not the only specialty of the place. Wines, different wines from all over the place are on display and for sale. The bakery has its own wine tastings every so often! They even have their own one-of-a-kind ice cream, and delicious deli sandwiches.

And that's not all. They also have jewelry for sale, handcrafted by the owner.

Some places are great to stop by if you happen to travel in the area. Others, like Olympic Bakery & Deli in Shelton, are most certainly worth an hour drive, even a lot more. In short, if you happen to the Beautiful Pacific Northwest, and want to taste some heavenly baked goods, specialty ice cream, and even deli sandwiches made in heaven, and while at it get some handmade jewelry, Olympic Bakery & Deli is the...

Fun little Bakery in the middle of nowhere, but, filled with wonderful treats! We stopped in on a drive with friends, what a gem! This cute little building sits on the North side of the road not far off Hwy 3 between Shelton and Allyn. There are a few nice outdoor tables as well as a few seats inside the deli. There were people seated in the outdoor tables and their food looked great. When you enter there is a nice big bakery case to you left and it was filled with many things, from pinwheel cookies to cannoli! Croissants-some filled, Snickerdoodles, Cinnamon rolls, PB cookies, Chocolate chip cookies, Blueberry bread loafs, Cannoli, Tea cookies, pies, Thumbprint cookies, Eclairs, fresh baked dinner rolls... and some interesting pastries from around the world graced the case! I know I am forgetting some of the items. Nice deli menu! They have a good selection of ice cream, a wine tasting area with wine for sale, and a full espresso menu. I tried a steamer-very good! The staff were friendly and helpful. You will need to ask as the prices are not marked with the everchanging bakery items. I was surprised at how many other customers were coming through as it was ~ 3:30 on a Thursday! Good treats...

We searched for the nearest bakery and found this place. It took us a half hour to get there, but were thankful there was a bakery that "close". Unfortunately when we walked in and saw there selection we were very disappointed. They had about four cookie selections, we got their "HYPNO" cookie (white and chocolate spiral, texture looked like a butter cookie). In the car we took a bite and couldn't eat it. I'm pretty sure that cookie was a week old. It was stale, hard and inedible. We also got a bear claw, it too was old, over cooked and very dry. We had wanted a cinnamon roll, but they were also obviously overdone, burnt to a very dark brown. I do not recommend this place, but if you must, as they are the ONLY place around, taste your food before you leave. That way you can...