B’s Bakery: Where the Early Bird Gets the Croissant

…or, like me, you straggle in a ½ hour behind the morning crowed and get the vegan cranberry-oat-muffins just as they migrate out of the oven.

If I could have found a single bakery in all of Missoula that screams “KAITE”, then Bernice’s Bakery is just that.   It is an eclectic bunch of people that are utterly in love with the art of invention via the kitchen.  Their repetoir includes everything from gluten-free chocolate lava cakes, vegan frosting-stuffed scones to traditional buttery cookies and cinnamon rolls and rustic bread sandwiches.  It’s an all from scratch bakery with the rough edge of a continual work in progress.  You get the feeling that everyone still hasn’t quite grown-up there, but at the same time they are experienced beyond their age.  Sound familiar to anyone?

Perhaps the collages in the bathroom might bare resemblance to yours truly:

I digress, this is a keeper spot.   I just need to become enough of a “regular” to merit the “20% helmet sticker” and the wi-fi code.  Those who are loyal reap great benefits at B’s.  Let the ulterior motive scheme begin me thinks.

Beyond the pastry case, the coffee here is fantastic.  It is one of those complex roasts that strikes a weird balance between chocolaty and cinnamon-spicy-burnt-sugar.  (Note to self: I will need to improve my food description abilities if I ever desire to become a food critique).   Not to mention their entire brew is fair-trade certified—guilt free drinking all the way!  If you are a soy-milk drinker, like me, B’s doesn’t charge extra to splash a few tablespoons of soy-milk in your coffee like half of the coffee shops in Missoula.  Good deal :P

The dessert case stands by the shop window like a little display stand to tease passersby.  Literally, in the 5hrs I sat studying at B’s Bakery, three people walked in off the street to look at the primly decorated cakes.  Needless to say, all three of these pedestrians walked out of the bakery cradling a frosted, confectionary beauty. I think the only thing preventing me from gallivanting off with one of the vegan chocolate-raspberry cakes is the lack of room in my fridge. . .  Which you can see illustrated to the right.


At least pictures only take up about 1000KB of space on my hard drive J

Well, now it is back to the salt mines.  The educational dragons would be in need of some slaying.  In the words of Bernice’s Bakery: life is short, friends.  Have a cookie in the meantime.  It’ll take the edge off.  

Which it just what I think I will do.  Who says I can't multi-task?  

Cheers, kaite k ;]