I'm almost afraid to say anything about this bakery, hidden in a rundown strip mall on the corner of Lawrence and N. Ashland. Not that I am a stingy person ... I just don't want it to become abused. Oh, who am I kidding? I'm the only person who reads this damn blog anyway, so here's what I have to say about M&A Bakery: IT'S THE FUCKING BOMB.While doing my laundry in the strip's dilapidated laundromat on Saturday, I walked next door to see what was in there. The windows of the place are black and it's hard to see through the door. Anyway, I walked in and about 4 Bosnian men were standing around shooting the shit with cups of coffee and freshly baked pastries. In the glass cases at the front of the store, once you walk past the cute patio-looking seating area, are beautiful breads, rolls, bagels, sweet treats (including doughnuts, baklava and more). The solicitors moved back when I came in and the woman at the counter who barely spoke English looked a bit surprised. I guess not to many Black people come in there? Or ... did I interrupt a serious conversation?
Anyway, I set my sights on this blueberry bagel and asked for cream cheese. The woman rang up my order, which totaled ... a whopping $0.86!! I couldn't believe the bagel AND tub of Philly Cream Cheese -- not some generic brand -- was less than a fucking dollar! I gave her four quarters and told her to keep the change. I broke a piece of the bagel off and swirled it in the schmear. It was that perfect combination of flaky and chewy. The blueberry flavor wasn't overwhelming -- didn't taste or look artificial. I can't wait to have a dinner party and buy some of that amazing looking foccacia or dunk those Danish pastries into some coffee!
That 2%: you can't beat this price with a stick. Dunkin' Donuts, jam it! Starbucks, go back to Seattle!
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