Bakery By The Lake At Parkside

Surely the best sticky buns in the world are made here. The coffee is also superb, indeed the best in town. They also make the best pizza in town on Fridays and Saturdays. I also like their unapologetic declarations that their bread contains gluten (then again, I tend to like anything that flouts today's bovine herd mentality, pitiful fragility, and shameless race to the bottom.)

This place is popular with locals, but because it's a bit off the main tourist area, it's less known by tourists.

A great thing: not once did I ever wear a mask here during 2020. I saw few others doing so either. This establishment was assuredly against the mass madness of the time. Bravo! On this basis alone they won my business.

The one area for improvement concerns certain of their young employees, who are a bit surly and barely look one in the eye. I've been coming here for years, but with barely an acknowledgement from these types. Such behavior, of course, reflects the degenerate race to the bottom across all sectors of today's "culture," so I don't strongly hold this against the owners. And of course being surly is virtually de rigueur for a barrista. I should know; I used to be one of them.

Great coffee, cranberry muffin and cinnamon rolls! Fast service and fair prices. They open at 7 am but were greeted and served 6:45am.

My favorite place to stop and get a treat and an coffee, or an iced tea. Great outside in the summer and cozy in the winter. Their lunches are really good too!

Picked up a last-minute cake for a birthday right before closing. Went with the almond cake with cream cheese and raspberry filling - super affordable and did not disappoint!

Mocha was good, service fast and pleasant. It was busy. We parked at the library diagonal from the bakery/cafe, otherwise street parking. Bought some other baked goods, cake balls, macaroon, and a cookie. They were out of a couple of items we wanted. My sons liked the cake balls and macaroon. I had to ask for the cookie to be warmed, but it still didn’t seem to be warmed. It was close to the main area of town and had lots of seating including some outside. Lots pluses.