Bakers de Normandie
When we compiled our list of our favorite places for lunch, we purposefully left this one off. Not because it isn’t a favorite, but because it’s too much of one. It deserved its own pretty little space, we decided.
As our friend Marta would say, Bakers de Normandie (4679 S. Holladay Blvd.) is absolutely twee. Lori introduced us to the picture-perfect pastry shop years ago, but it wasn’t until semi-recently that we really took a liking/loving to it. The cute Holladay bakery serves up fresh everything: deli sandwiches on focaccia bread, intricate salads with cranberry and pear, cheese-topped French onion soup—and a meal will usually only cost you somewhere between $5 to $10.
At Bakers de Normandie, it’s impossible to skip dessert. The display of sweet delicacies like brownies, triple-thick Hello Dollies and sizeable new cupcakes is enough to make you want to skip lunch, instead. (Though you shouldn’t.) Try the “Butterdream” cookie: a soft and sweet sugar cookie topped with a walloping dallop of buttercream frosting. You won’t regret it. But if your stomach is too full, the gals at the counter will be happy to box something up—even a fruit tart to share with friends—and send it home with you. Enjoying it later is like giving yourself a cute little present.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Perfectly said Ali! I can’t wait to lunch with you there.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:12 am
I refuse to ever go back to Bakers de Normandie! My friend use to make wedding cakes for them and she made mine. White ganoche cake, It was the best cake I had ever tasted! At Bakers de Normandie they give you a gift certificate for a small cake for your 1 year anniversary so you don’t have to save the top layer. About one week before my anniversary I went in to place my order for my cake and they rudely told me they won’t make it, because they don’t make that kind any more. I was put out but I decided I would order something simple just a plain white cake (my husband doesn’t like fruit and I don’t like chocolate) they told me they would do a white cake with raspberry filling. I asked if they could do it wit out raspberry filling. NO. Isn’t it easier for them to not put in any filling? They told me they would only make a cake with fruit or chocolate filling.
July 26th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Warm and gracious would never describe Bakers de Normandie. Aloof and rude is what you usually get. I am a fairly frequent customer who has learned to ignor the rude behavior. Bread and rolls are always fresh but be careful of some of the other delicacies. I’ve had some not so fresh experiences. When they are fresh the mint brownies are the best!