Athan's Bakery specializes in gourmet, homemade bakery items. The delicate tastes and exquisite charm found here make this a very popular family bakery. Athan's has two locations and the Brookline venue has been a landmark in Washington Square since 1999.
As you step inside this small bakery, the smell of freshly made bread wafts toward you. Indulge in a sample or two of the wide assortment of homemade loaves. The shop specializes in all-natural, preservative-free artisan breads. When Pigs Fly offers traditional favorites such as 100% whole wheat and New York rye, as well as unusual sweet and spicy varieties.
Coffee Obsession is a quaint coffee shop where customers can read a book, browse the Internet with its free Wi-Fi, or just relax. Inside one will find handmade pottery, local artwork, french presses, best-seller books and several Coffee Obsession novelty items up for sale. The menu includes a variety of coffees, tea and espresso beverages as well as homemade bagels, pastries, soups and scones. Also available for purchase is coffee in bulk. There is also a covered outdoor seating area.
This Au Bon Pain is a large, brightly lit establishment offering a variety of baked goods, sandwiches, and beverages located just minutes away from Davis Square. Au Bon Pain offers ample inside seating, as well as outdoor tables.
Inside, customers find a walk-up counter where staff awaits orders for sandwiches and wraps, which can be chosen from a menu of classics, or put together according to the customers tastes with the "Create Your Own" option.
Au Bon Pain also offers a variety of soups and salads, as well pastries and breakfast options. Also featured on the menu are coffee, tea, smoothies, and specialty beverages such as, lattes and espresso. The menu features options for different dietary restrictions, including vegetarian, low-sodium, and low-fat.
Owned and operated by a Malden local since 1987, the Donut Villa is a homey, old-school kind of place, where men in plaid shirts and baseball hats sit on barstools before plates of eggs and large mugs of black coffee. The shop opens very early each morning, and the racks of freshly made donuts, muffins and bagels start to dwindle throughout the morning, as customers stream in and out, taking large white boxes of baked goods with them. Full breakfasts are also served -- eggs with bacon appears to be the most popular offering here. There is plenty of easy, free parking, too. But be aware: the Villa is cash only. No credit cards are accepted.
Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery is known for its signature sticky buns and friendly service. The Washington Street bakery is always busy, with lines out the door on most weekend mornings. An assortment of sandwiches, soups and salads is available for take-out alongside a vast array of pastries and hot and cold beverages. During the warmer months, patio seating is available.
Kennedy's Restaurant is a family owned restaurant that specializes in home-style cooking. Available for dine-in, take-out and catering options, the eatery serves soups, salads, scampi, seafood, steaks, stir fry, burgers and sandwiches. Kennedy's Restaurant is additionally home to its own market and features a children's menu.
From sweet to savory and everything in between, Kupel's Bake & Bagel is sure to have it, as they offer over twenty different flavors of bagel. This certified kosher bakery also makes challah breads and cream cheeses. Customers are sure to recognize the black and white mural outside the store and neon "bagels" sign in the window. In business in the same location since 1978, it's hard to think of the corner of Fuller and Harvard streets without thinking of bagels.
The Bagel Bistro, located on Main Street, serves freshly made bagels and baked goods. Popular menu items include sandwiches like the Bistro Club Melt, as well as breakfast foods, wraps and salads. A variety of whimsical cakes are also available.
This Broadway institution has been baking since 1887; cupcakes, bismarks and Italian pastries are the specialties, but breads and moon pies make a strong showing as well. Inside, long glass cases are manned by white-aproned employees, stacks of baked goods teetering in all directions. Lyndell's caters, ships nationwide and will whip up a custom cake with just a few moments notice.