Fairly priced almond croissant with a beautifully glazed buttery base. Almond filling : croissant ratio was generously equivalent. Staff was very pleasant.
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
I had the chocolate chip cherry cookies and some breads. I only like chocolate chip cookies that taste like chocolate NOT vanilla , like most low-end crappy bakeries and these cookies were excellent. The olive bread for dinner was tasty and rustic, loved it.
I bought a dozen of their macarons and they were awesome! My favorite was the lemon one. Least favorite was the lavender. The texture was spot on and the price was to be expected, $1.50 each. Would definitely recommend to a friend.
We've been coming here for years now. We don't usually buy the bread, but we do buy their dessert items all of the time. They always have a few vegan options on hand. Their lemon cake is to die for.
This is as close as it gets to REAL French or Italian bread in the area.
While I love some of the other choices for bakeries around Philadelphia, something seems to have been lost over the last dozen or so years with many of them.
This is not the case with Metropolitan bakery however.
The bakers and owners understand the fundamentals of good bread in the European tradition and the recipes are spot on! This is the best and probably closest thing you can get to the breads in Paris or Rome (south of Manhattan) short of being in either of those storied European capitals.
In a great deal of travels (with the exception of New York), I haven't found anything that can hold a candle to their bread. I can't even think of a close second. There are one or two other bakeries in the city I would put in the same category and one bakery in the burbs, but they are still miles apart in quality and taste.
Go to Reading Terminal and get a bottle of water and a baguette. If you have ever eaten the European bread, it will take you right back there!
Enjoyed a delicious chocolate croissant, hidden behind counter, on the menu but you have to ask. Looking forward to trying their sourdough some time to compare with mine.
