Champagne French Bakery Café has locations throughout Southern California, including this one at the corner of South Beverly Drive and Charleville Boulevard. For an affordable, casual taste of France, this café offers a wide selection of bakery items, coffees and authentic French fare. The counter displays a variety of freshly baked pastries, cakes, tarts, cookies and breads, also offering hot drinks such as brewed coffee, espresso drinks, Mighty Leaf hot tea and hot chocolate. For breakfast, customers can choose from croissant sandwiches, breakfast panini, French toast, crêpes and omelettes, or pick up one of the café's to-go coffee boxes, which serve 12 people. The lunch menu boasts hot and cold sandwiches, such as the croque-monsieur and brie and mushroom panini, as well as French onion soup, various salads and French specialties like crêpes and quiche Lorraine. Delivery and catering are available, including same-day ordering and ready-to-go meals. Call for details or place your order online.
La Provence Patisserie & Cafe is a bakery and restaurant that combines a French setting with a contemporary American atmosphere. The eatery uses organic ingredients and has breakfast options that include eggs, omelets and waffles, and an extensive lunch menu that features everything from sandwiches and soups to quiches.
In addition to cupcakes, cookies and cakes, the bakery sells seasonal desserts, such as red velvet cheesecake, lemon tarts, coffee crumble cake and pumpkin chocolate ganache pie.
Centrally located in Beverly Hills, St. Urbain Street Bagels is a great place to stop for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or even a quick dinner of distinct bagel creations, or sandwiches, salads and coffees. It has a very bright and welcoming atmosphere, and you can enjoy eating indoors or outside on the patio.
Steps away from Rodeo Drive, Il Fornaio offers an Italian menu, a vast wine list and an on-site bakery that also sells its ciabatta, sourdough and other loaves at local supermarkets. The restaurant caters to regulars with its passport promotion program, wherein two weeks out of every month the restaurant promotes dishes from a rotating schedule of Italy's 20 food regions with a special insert. The dining room is always bustling with activity, but the service is fast and friendly. To make a reservation, call Il Fornaio during business hours.
This café brings the atmosphere of an Italian espresso bar to Beverly Hills. Located between Camden and Rodeo drives on South Santa Monica Boulevard, the Euro Caffé is a great place to pick up a coffee, cappuccino, sandwich, salad, pastry or other treat. The glass cases inside display a variety of fresh-baked goods, including croissants, cookies, muffins and chocolate-dipped biscuits, while the kitchen serves up fresh-pressed panini with ingredients like tuna salad, mortadella, salami, ham, chicken, turkey, mozzarella and grilled eggplant. Salads are also available, including Italian-style antipasto and caprese or grilled chicken and tuna salad. The space features murals of Italian villages and a few indoor tables, while the sidewalk seating allows customers to do some people watching.
