The Back Door Bakery & Cafe

Love this place! Go here if you want a great breakfast, brunch or lunch. Awesome pastries too!

Warms the soul!!! I love this little neighborhood gem. The staff are sweet & charming. The food is always delicious! There creativity is always a delight!

I was meeting some friends here for the live music Saturday evening, and decided to come a little early for dinner. Wow! The pasta Bolognese was luscious - ground beef and house made sausage, and a wonderful, garlicky tomato sauce. The mixed salad was especially delightful: tiny bits of broccoli, asparagus tips, zucchini matchsticks, mushrooms, bell pepper strips. It was like a bowl of springtime in January! The pasta came with slices of rosemary baguette - not overwhelmingly rosemary, just a hint, that really complemented the pasta sauce. The breakfast menu looked amazing too. And All That Bread! And pastries! I can't wait to come back!

Great cafe/bakery. Everything is handmade. Breakfast burrito with bacon and a sticky bun is my favourite.

This place is good. I've been here a few times, and have enjoyed it. Their menu on the wall used to be extremely confusing, but I can see that they are really trying to improve that. It's much easier to read now. Although, they still have not updated the prices on the wall. So, you have to ask what the price is on pretty much everything. I also like that when you ask your pastries to be warmed they do warn you that they have an open-air oven, which may take 5 to 7 minutes. Otherwise, I would have worried why that was taking so long.

The pastries are very good. You can tell they spend a lot of time on their recipes and displaying them nicely. So far, my only real gripe would have to be with the ice-blended mocha I ordered. I got it with almond milk instead of whole milk, and the flavor was actually fantastic. The issue is with the consistency. It looked more like chocolate milk, instead of ice-blended. It was just a cold beverage that did not have any actual ice at all; as if someone just blended the ingredients with no ice. I know it's hard to tell in the photo, but it's just a really runny drink. The "roughness" on top is just bubbles, not ice. This happened to me the last time I ordered it a few months ago as well.

Once again, the flavor was really good, and overall I like this place a lot. I just think they need to make a few adjustments to really put it over the top.