Café Tropical is a neighborhood bakery and cafe. The cafe offers a selection of breakfast and lunch sandwiches and light fare, pastries, cookies, pies and more. Coffee, tea and specialty sodas are also offered.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with cakes cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other assorted treats made fresh each day at Hotcakes Bakes. Try traditional or interesting and unique cupcakes such as chocolate raspberry mousse or tres leches spicy mango, which earned the bakery the distinction of being named winner of the Food Network's 2009 cupcake wars. Enjoy your sweets at one of the counter stools or ask for take-out. There is limited parking in front and ample spots in the rear of the store. Hotcakes Bakes, located near the intersections of Centinela Avenue and Washington Boulevard, also offers catering for weddings, birthdays and other special events.
Eagle Rock Italian Bakery & Deli's aromatic, old-country charm is all encompassing when you walk through its doors. There are many different pastries from which to choose, all neatly lined up in glass cases covering half of the store. There are other novelty food items for sale such as jellies and imported Italian chocolates. The service is friendly and the premises is very clean.
Yum Yum Donuts is located near the 110 freeway in Cypress Park on Figueroa Street. Heading north on the 110, exit Figueroa and make a right. This shop is located on the left-hand side of the street. Yum Yum Donuts offers over 75 varieties of fresh donuts and baked goods ranging from Apple Fritters to Original Glazed varieties. It also serves hot coffee, juices, shakes and blended ice drinks for any craving regardless of what the weather is like outside. This location is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so come by whenever you feel like a dozen maple bars (even if it's 4am).
Yum Yum Donuts is located near the 110 Freeway in Cypress Park, on Figueroa Street. If you're heading north on the 110, exit at Figueroa and make a right. You should eventually see the shack on your left, in the same shopping center as Superior Groceries.
Yum Yum Donuts is a late-night haven for donut connoisseurs, with over 70 varieties in circulation, from maple bars to apple cinnamon crumb donuts. This location doesn't have traditional indoor seating, but there is a shared patio area with Taco Fiesta next door. Pick up a Mint Chip Chilla drink and a chocolate donut any time of the day or night.
Since 1968, GiGi's Bakery and Cafe has offered "Latin food with flavor." It offers Cuban pastries, cookies, cupcakes and cakes but also an array of Mexican breads. GiGi's Bakery and Cafe also offers recipe for Caribbean tacos, tamales and sandwiches.
Elysee Bakery and Cafe has been in business since 1979. It offers a wide selection of gourmet pastries such as croissants, pain au chocolat, danishes, muffins, scones, baguettes, turnovers and gourmet cookies. The cafe features a selection of quality coffee and espresso drinks and tea. The cafe also has a full menu with breakfast, sandwiches, salads and entrees such as quiche, chicken in Dijon mustard, chicken putanesca on fettuccine and linguine chicken in creamy mushroom sauce. The bakery makes cappuccino cake, black forest cake, eclairs, Florentine fruit cup, fruit tart, marble cake, midnight cake, peach cake, tiramisu and napoleons. The cafe offers catering and its entire assortment of pastries are available for wholesale. The spacious dining room and outdoor seating provides a great place for students to study or friends to catch up.
Manoly's Bakery is a Mexican bakery serving breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. The bakery offers fresh squeezed juice and several coffee options coupled with its baked goods. Its more substantial meal options include chimichangas, burritos and tacos.
Wonder Food Bakery is a large eatery located in Chinatown with tables inside for dining and a patio outside for al fresco dining. Wonder Food Bakery sells traditional Chinese pastries, teas, coffee, juices and other baked goods. Wonder Food Bakery also provides special cakes for all occasions.
