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Tag Archives: Bakeries
Potenza, Downtown
I know it’s neither green nor Irish, but on Saint Patrick’s Day I stopped into the bakery at Potenza for a Large Coffee ($1.95). This, after getting my hair cut at Paul Ramadan’s wonderful Nantucket Hair Salon (ask for Paul or … Continue reading
Bayou Bakery, Courthouse, VA
After a tennis grudge match, my nemesis and I stopped into Bayou Bakery for an early dinner on Wednesday evening, and ordered various small plates: Beignets ($3 for 3) – These are the one thing you must order each and … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants, VA
Tagged Bakeries, Breakfast, Cajun, Coffee Houses, Courthouse
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Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe, Arlington, VA
A good twenty years ago (back when they were still in their old digs), I used to go to Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe all the time for donuts. In the past few years, I’ve been for lunch a couple of times … Continue reading
Breeze, Annandale, VA
Although Breeze is relatively new, I’ve somehow found myself there three times already – the first for a bingsu, the second for gelato, and the third for a baked good. It’s right next to Yechon, and is in fact owned … Continue reading
Bakeshop, Clarendon, VA
As I was leaving from (what I didn’t realize was to be) my final meal at the Clarendon American Flatbread, I must have had some sort of psychic vibration going on, because I instinctively darted into Bakeshop (formerly known as … Continue reading
The Swiss Bakery, Springfield, VA
The holidays are upon us, and like last year, I knew just where to go for some Christmas cookies: The Swiss Bakery in Springfield, right off the beltway on Braddock Road. Their traditional Swiss Christmas cookies are unpronounceable, but also … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakeries, Christmas, Cookies, Springfield, Swiss
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Unique Bakery, Fairfax, VA
Unique Bakery is one of those typical strip-mall bakeries you don’t know about – sometimes you don’t know about them even if you live only a couple miles away (it’s in Twinbrook Shopping Center on Braddock Road). But they’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakeries, Bread, Fairfax
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Mother’s Macaroons, Arlington, VA
If you live outside of Arlington, you may not have heard of Mother’s Macaroons, but Kay LoMedico’s bakery has been in business since 1988. For lunch today, I wanted milk (**) and cookies, so I stopped in and got an … Continue reading