Thanks to readers Joe and Cher for the pics... And yes, Almighty God in Heaven, my discerning eye does indeed spot prepared sandwiches in that cold case.
I must have been truly a good boy this year to deserve this.
I went there yesterday. Nice setup. Big turnoff was seeing a dirty homeless person sitting at a table. The owners better stop that immediately or their business will definitely be harmed. Damn it!
Such empathy you have for people who are less fortunate than yourself (NOT!). A homeless person has just as much of a right to eat and shop at cafes and stores as you do. I would suggest trying to be thankful for the things that you have in life, rather than characterizing others who are less fortunate than you as "dirty".
Would you want a derelict ruining your business that you just invested your life savings in? Huh? Huh? What was that? Don't tell me about having empathy.
I hope the original anon had a lovely Christmas Day today. And I would advise that he or she takes the time -- soon -- to read Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and reflect on its message, if only for a few minutes.
11:21 anon: I assure you, if I could afford to do so, I would.
And yes, I understand the difference between a business and a shelter. But what makes you so sure the homeless person in question was not a paying customer? They more than likely were, meaning they had every right to sit there and eat their food.
6:27 anon: You lack empathy. It's a simple fact. If it bothers you so much, then I suggest you rethink your belief system rather than lash out at strangers on the internet.
Thank you for pointing out this unbecoming behavior FHguy. It's not easy calling our neighbors out, but if we don't, OC anon will stay blind with privilege and ignorant to their cold prejudice. We all say ugly things at one point in our lives, and I hope OC learned for this incident.
It’s a good addition - the menu itself doesn’t overlap with the other bakeries and opens up more choices. While Martha cakes are my go-to, the ones at PB are also quite good and provide alternatives form different tastes. Looking forward to trying their sandwiches!
While I love the idea of having a specialized food place in that location, I stopped by yesterday and wasn't all that impressed with their pastries. I tried an egg tart and a little fruit tart. The egg tart was much better but the little fruit tart seemed to taste as though it was sitting out all day. It certainly is pretty on the inside and they use the space well. I think they'll do well in that spot but for me, if I'm going to spend the calories, then I'm walking down to La Boulangerie for their cherry brioche.
Forest Hills has been a "food desert" when it comes to simple, healthy takeout fare. For some strange reason, this new place is the only large restaurant chain where you can get a quality, decent, simple sandwich, or salad by the way, to quickly takeout -- just like, I might add, in virtually every other neighborhood in New York City.
I was contacted a few years ago by one of the major "make-your-own" salad chains, which was looking for a spot to open on Austin Street. Nothing ever came of it, to this day. But at least they were interested. Their correspondence eventually stopped. Not sure why. But, as Paris Baguette will soon discover when they have trouble keeping in stock not their fattening pastries but the healthier food options in their cold case, Forest Hills is woefully-underserved when it comes to places where residents can go for reliable, simple, healthy takeout sandwiches and salads.
Agreed with this. Paris Baguette is another mini chain making their goods offsite in some warehouse in Flushing or Long Island. Boulangerie makes everything from scratch, on the premises. The owner Francois comes from a family of bakers in France. He has baking in his blood. Paris Baguette isn't even French owned, it is Korean owned. Very deceptive.
The original comment you "agreed with" was saying La Boulangerie is too crowded to go to anymore. La Boulangerie is the neighborhood's best but there is room for PB, their products are different.
PB isn't trying to be La Boulangerie. PB has almost 4000 stores worldwide. It is a Korean chain of French bakeries. It is no more deceptive than our own Outback Steakhouse (which isn't even Australian-owned!) or Panda Express (not Chinese owned???). The quality at PB is pretty good and as I said before, the products are different and welcome.
If you're looking for (the only) fresh, crunchy baguette in the neighborhood, flaky croissants, and assorted petit fours then go to La Boulangerie. But if you want a fresh cream and fruit cake or a breakfast pastry close to the subway, PB is a welcome addition.
I agree with Big B that Paris Baguette is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. And I also agree that PB should not be compared to La Boulangerie--there are enough differences in their products that there is room for both in the Forest Hills Austin Street business district. Also, I don't understand the complaint above that La Boulangerie is too crowded so this person doesn't even try to get in there any more. La Boulangerie is crowded because they are very successful. They are so successful because they sell food that is of excellent quality and taste. This is exactly the type of business that FH residents should support, even if we have to wait on line for a few minutes. Also, if this person hasn't been to La Boulangerie for a while, they wouldn't know that the owner has made changes to address the wait time. When the place first opened, there was one manual cash register. There are now 3 cashier stations with tablets that process payments a lot faster. This has helped to reduce the wait times. But, in my opinion, the quality and deliciousness of La Boulangerie's products is well worth a wait of 10 to 15 minutes (which is the most I've had to wait there recently).
To whoever that commented Paris Baguette is deceptive because it's not French owned, could they also get on the case of all the non-Italian owned pizzerias? It's getting out of control!
Let's be thankful someone has invested in Forest Hills in a prime location. Too many empty storefronts not boding well. Time and the "consumer" will tell whether they will last or not. We should all stop in once and give it a shot, then decide to repeat or not.
I'm glad to see there are others here who agree that there was a lack of empathy displayed by some of the comments. In my opinion, anyone who refers to homeless people as "dirty" and "derelicts" has a lack of empathy for others who are less fortunate than themselves. Also, this argument that a homeless person sitting and eating for a few minutes will "ruin" this business is ridiculous. As another commenter said, a paying customer has every right to sit for a few minutes to eat their food. As long as the customer is not doing anything disruptive or that would affect others' enjoyment of their experience in the cafe, there will be no affect at all on this business.
I just stopped in. A half loaf of white bread wrapped in plastic and injected with preservatives is $4.75. No thanks. I will walk 2 blocks over and go to Bpulangerie for the real deal.
I think it’s ridiculous for all of you complainers out there. A franchaisee decided to invest money in FH and gets nothing but ridicule from all of you about how it’s not the real thing and such. The place is clean, has good seating, sells things at a reasonable price for its product. It’s not even serving the same type of demo/clientele as la boulangerie since they don’t sell the same type of product, so please stop comparing the two. I don’t think chef Vincent nor PB HQ would appreciate the comparison. If all of you can be so granular in comparing all of the different burger chains, pizza places or ice cream shops then you can certainly do so for bakeries as well.
The temperatures are going to be practically Arctic this week. Any business owner who would refuse to let a homeless person inside to warm up for a few minutes, whether they could afford to buy anything or not, is a literal monster.
Of course, you're right, anyone and everyone should show compassion toward others, but a homeless person is much less likely to randomly walk into my 5th floor apartment than they would a store or cafe. A business owner doesn't have to "take" anyone in, all they have to do is not kick them OUT.
This is off topic but just can't resist. So a homeless person is "much less likely to randomly walk into my 5th floor apartment", could it be because your door is locked so to keep out unwanted visitors? People just need to get off their moral high horse.
Let me get this straight. Are you seriously saying I'm a hypocrite for locking my door at night? Is that your actual argument?
The original topic centered around homeless people in PUBLIC spaces. Businesses. Places where, by definition, everyone is welcome. All of these "oh but you wouldn't invite a homeless person into your house, so GOTCHA!" comments are indeed wildly off topic and specifically intended to derail the original argument. No one needs to be invited into a public space; whoever you are, they're open to you. By default. A homeless man has just as much right to sit in a Paris Baguette and drink a cup of coffee as you do.
It seems like you can't figure out which point you're trying to prove - 1. that the homeless deserve fewer rights than you do, or 2. that people who disagree with you on that point are lying or just plain wrong.
Sounds like no other bakery should try to make a go of it in Forest Hills. It’s as if the Boulangerie is the perfect bakery for everyone in Forest Hills. If Boulangerie was perfection personified then Martha’s, and other bakeries would have been out of business a long time ago. Boulangerie is good, but by no means it’s so good that it can dominate the bakery business in the neighborhood.
I love Boulangerie but I absolutely welcome another bakery to the neighborhood. I'll just point out that I had last minute additions to my Christmas Eve dinner, so at 3 p.m. Dec. 24 I went out to get an extra dessert. The line at Martha's was out the door; Fayda had very few cakes left; Boulangerie was sold out of virtually everything except opera cake. Paris Baguette saved me with their Swiss rolls, still available in several flavors and wrapped in a tidy holiday box. So I say, the more the merrier.
Also: to the anon worrying about the homeless ruining businesses... I'll gladly give a buck or two to each homeless person on Austin St so they can go in the nearest bakery and enjoy a hot tea and a seat at a table, if only to piss you off. Happy holidays.
I love how this person asks a question of someone and then answers the question themselves. Maybe you should wait for the answer before assuming you know the answer. This may come as a shock to you, but not everyone thinks the way you do. I would have no problem sitting and eating in a place where a homeless person was sitting and eating.
If you refuse to give your business to a store that also serves homeless people, then isn't it YOU who's destroying that store owner's livelihood, not the homeless?
Can everybody on here please calm down over this? The poster who made the comment about the homeless most likely did it out of frustration because let's face it, the problem is growing city wide and for us here in FH it can be particularly noticeable around the 71 Ave area, McDonalds has the same thing. Just yesterday on the F train I switched cars twice because of homeless people on them and no it wasn't because I have a problem seeing them or anything but they literally smelled up the entire car, it was truly unbearable. So although I can agree with your sentiments of compassion, I have donated parts of meals to homeless when leaving restaurants, please try to sense the other posters frustration as well and try to understand his/her point of view.
Sorry, but the only one who should "calm down" is the person who referred to homeless people as "dirty" and "derelicts". And then went on to argue that a homeless person would "ruin" PB's business. In my opinion, this is not someone who is "frustrated", but instead is someone who has a lack of empathy for others who are less fortunate than themselves.
I'm not going to calm down. Lack of compassion is what's destroying this country and I don't see a single reason why I should have to tolerate it. The homeless don't ruin things, people like the original commenter do.
Just like the argument about whether someone would take a homeless person into their home, Anon at 8:02 PM has come up with another red herring argument. Setting up a homeless encampment in front of an apartment building would be illegal. A homeless person purchasing food or a drink at Paris Baguette (or any other store or cafe that is open to the public) and sitting in PB to eat or drink is perfectly legal. So this argument about an encampment is irrelevant to the issue that is being discussed here.
Not to bring up the argument again but since the question was directed at me originally, I'll answer. Yes, I would. Because on days like today and yesterday and the rest of this week, we all want the same thing: to get out of the cold. If I'm in one of those bakeries having a hot tea at a table, you can be damn sure it's because I need to warm up, and I don't care if the person at the next table is a family of four or a person who looks like they can use a cleaner coat. We're all human with the same basic needs to live.
Let's focus our energy instead on getting rid of those awful bots or whatever has infiltrated the Unfiltered section! Drake, can you evict them? What the heck is going on in there???
I just stopped in and think we're really lucky they opened here. They have interesting sandwiches you can have toasted, lots of small items that would go great with an afternoon cup of coffee- I could totally come here everyday for a good two weeks and try something new each time and not get tired of it; I still love Boulangerie and now I will come to PB as well; I am not worried about Boulangerie going out of business, there is a huge market for these kinds of places here. FH has plenty of people that don't mind spending a bit more for interesting and high quality foods- just look how busy Natural constantly is. More food establishments is the way to go for this neighborhood- enough clothing, salons, banks, blah!
I've been here 3 times now. It's been hit or miss, and mostly miss. The first time I got a couple of danishes and they were both bland and lifeless. Miss. 2nd time we got a couple of the cream filled pastries, one was chocolate and the other was a creme brulee deal. Both good, but I question how hard it is to make something like this taste good. Hit. 3rd and final time since it was such a letdown. My girlfriend got a bunch of the savory pastries that have cheese and hotdogs and such to bring to her parents. They like going to Fayda and these things looked like dressed up versions of what you would get at Fayda. Her parents have pretty low standards and told her never to get stuff from Paris Baguette again. I got the turkey sandiwich, and it was kind of gross. The bacon was fatty and limp, the turkey was like the most processed turkey I ever had, and they basted the inside with butter. The whole thing tasted off. Lots of selection and pretty, but really fails to deliver on content. I'm sure it will be around for a long time since this type of place seems to appeal to some people.
Meh. Not too excited about PB but could be worse, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteAs in, radio shack
DeleteThis is the best thing to happen to Forest Hills since:
ReplyDeleteA. Jello
B. Paved Roadways
C. The Invention of Time
D. All of the Above
The correct answer is D.
I'll give it a shot! The cakes look lovely. :)
ReplyDeleteI went there yesterday. Nice setup. Big turnoff was seeing a dirty homeless person sitting at a table. The owners better stop that immediately or their business will definitely be harmed. Damn it!
ReplyDeleteSuch empathy you have for people who are less fortunate than yourself (NOT!). A homeless person has just as much of a right to eat and shop at cafes and stores as you do. I would suggest trying to be thankful for the things that you have in life, rather than characterizing others who are less fortunate than you as "dirty".
DeleteAgreed. I'm simply astounded by this person's compassion./sarcasm
DeleteHappy Holidays, anon.
Would you want a derelict ruining your business that you just invested your life savings in? Huh? Huh? What was that? Don't tell me about having empathy.
DeleteAgreed with Anon at 6:27. This is a private business, not a public shelter. If you have that much empathy, take this homeless person into your home.
DeleteI hope the original anon had a lovely Christmas Day today. And I would advise that he or she takes the time -- soon -- to read Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and reflect on its message, if only for a few minutes.
Delete11:21 anon: I assure you, if I could afford to do so, I would.
DeleteAnd yes, I understand the difference between a business and a shelter. But what makes you so sure the homeless person in question was not a paying customer? They more than likely were, meaning they had every right to sit there and eat their food.
6:27 anon: You lack empathy. It's a simple fact. If it bothers you so much, then I suggest you rethink your belief system rather than lash out at strangers on the internet.
DeleteThank you for pointing out this unbecoming behavior FHguy. It's not easy calling our neighbors out, but if we don't, OC anon will stay blind with privilege and ignorant to their cold prejudice. We all say ugly things at one point in our lives, and I hope OC learned for this incident.
DeleteIt’s a good addition - the menu itself doesn’t overlap with the other bakeries and opens up more choices. While Martha cakes are my go-to, the ones at PB are also quite good and provide alternatives form different tastes. Looking forward to trying their sandwiches!
ReplyDeleteWhile I love the idea of having a specialized food place in that location, I stopped by yesterday and wasn't all that impressed with their pastries. I tried an egg tart and a little fruit tart. The egg tart was much better but the little fruit tart seemed to taste as though it was sitting out all day. It certainly is pretty on the inside and they use the space well. I think they'll do well in that spot but for me, if I'm going to spend the calories, then I'm walking down to La Boulangerie for their cherry brioche.
ReplyDeleteDuane Reade has premade sandwiches right next door. What is this fascination with "sandwiches"?
ReplyDeleteForest Hills has been a "food desert" when it comes to simple, healthy takeout fare. For some strange reason, this new place is the only large restaurant chain where you can get a quality, decent, simple sandwich, or salad by the way, to quickly takeout -- just like, I might add, in virtually every other neighborhood in New York City.
DeleteI was contacted a few years ago by one of the major "make-your-own" salad chains, which was looking for a spot to open on Austin Street. Nothing ever came of it, to this day. But at least they were interested. Their correspondence eventually stopped. Not sure why. But, as Paris Baguette will soon discover when they have trouble keeping in stock not their fattening pastries but the healthier food options in their cold case, Forest Hills is woefully-underserved when it comes to places where residents can go for reliable, simple, healthy takeout sandwiches and salads.
can't get into la boulangerie .EVER. so i do not even try now.
ReplyDeleteAgreed with this. Paris Baguette is another mini chain making their goods offsite in some warehouse in Flushing or Long Island. Boulangerie makes everything from scratch, on the premises. The owner Francois comes from a family of bakers in France. He has baking in his blood. Paris Baguette isn't even French owned, it is Korean owned. Very deceptive.
DeleteThe original comment you "agreed with" was saying La Boulangerie is too crowded to go to anymore. La Boulangerie is the neighborhood's best but there is room for PB, their products are different.
DeletePB isn't trying to be La Boulangerie. PB has almost 4000 stores worldwide. It is a Korean chain of French bakeries. It is no more deceptive than our own Outback Steakhouse (which isn't even Australian-owned!) or Panda Express (not Chinese owned???). The quality at PB is pretty good and as I said before, the products are different and welcome.
If you're looking for (the only) fresh, crunchy baguette in the neighborhood, flaky croissants, and assorted petit fours then go to La Boulangerie. But if you want a fresh cream and fruit cake or a breakfast pastry close to the subway, PB is a welcome addition.
I agree with Big B that Paris Baguette is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. And I also agree that PB should not be compared to La Boulangerie--there are enough differences in their products that there is room for both in the Forest Hills Austin Street business district.
DeleteAlso, I don't understand the complaint above that La Boulangerie is too crowded so this person doesn't even try to get in there any more. La Boulangerie is crowded because they are very successful. They are so successful because they sell food that is of excellent quality and taste. This is exactly the type of business that FH residents should support, even if we have to wait on line for a few minutes. Also, if this person hasn't been to La Boulangerie for a while, they wouldn't know that the owner has made changes to address the wait time. When the place first opened, there was one manual cash register. There are now 3 cashier stations with tablets that process payments a lot faster. This has helped to reduce the wait times. But, in my opinion, the quality and deliciousness of La Boulangerie's products is well worth a wait of 10 to 15 minutes (which is the most I've had to wait there recently).
To whoever that commented Paris Baguette is deceptive because it's not French owned, could they also get on the case of all the non-Italian owned pizzerias? It's getting out of control!
DeleteLet's be thankful someone has invested in Forest Hills in a prime location. Too many empty storefronts not boding well. Time and the "consumer" will tell whether they will last or not. We should all stop in once and give it a shot, then decide to repeat or not.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see there are others here who agree that there was a lack of empathy displayed by some of the comments. In my opinion, anyone who refers to homeless people as "dirty" and "derelicts" has a lack of empathy for others who are less fortunate than themselves.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this argument that a homeless person sitting and eating for a few minutes will "ruin" this business is ridiculous. As another commenter said, a paying customer has every right to sit for a few minutes to eat their food. As long as the customer is not doing anything disruptive or that would affect others' enjoyment of their experience in the cafe, there will be no affect at all on this business.
Hear, hear. Couldn't agree more.
DeleteI just stopped in. A half loaf of white bread wrapped in plastic and injected with preservatives is $4.75. No thanks. I will walk 2 blocks over and go to Bpulangerie for the real deal.
ReplyDeleteIt's OK to admit that you didn't know what to order on your visit.
DeleteI think it’s ridiculous for all of you complainers out there. A franchaisee decided to invest money in FH and gets nothing but ridicule from all of you about how it’s not the real thing and such. The place is clean, has good seating, sells things at a reasonable price for its product. It’s not even serving the same type of demo/clientele as la boulangerie since they don’t sell the same type of product, so please stop comparing the two. I don’t think chef Vincent nor PB HQ would appreciate the comparison. If all of you can be so granular in comparing all of the different burger chains, pizza places or ice cream shops then you can certainly do so for bakeries as well.
ReplyDeleteThe temperatures are going to be practically Arctic this week. Any business owner who would refuse to let a homeless person inside to warm up for a few minutes, whether they could afford to buy anything or not, is a literal monster.
ReplyDeleteWould you take that person into your own home. Why only a business? You don't have to be a business owner to be compassionate.
DeleteOf course, you're right, anyone and everyone should show compassion toward others, but a homeless person is much less likely to randomly walk into my 5th floor apartment than they would a store or cafe. A business owner doesn't have to "take" anyone in, all they have to do is not kick them OUT.
DeleteAnd they won't. If they're not monsters, that is.
What's with the derailing questions, 12:36 anon? Why are you so eager to prove that everyone else is as heartless as yourself?
DeleteThis is off topic but just can't resist. So a homeless person is "much less likely to randomly walk into my 5th floor apartment", could it be because your door is locked so to keep out unwanted visitors? People just need to get off their moral high horse.
DeleteMorality has nothing to do with it. Just common decency.
DeleteLet me get this straight. Are you seriously saying I'm a hypocrite for locking my door at night? Is that your actual argument?
DeleteThe original topic centered around homeless people in PUBLIC spaces. Businesses. Places where, by definition, everyone is welcome. All of these "oh but you wouldn't invite a homeless person into your house, so GOTCHA!" comments are indeed wildly off topic and specifically intended to derail the original argument. No one needs to be invited into a public space; whoever you are, they're open to you. By default. A homeless man has just as much right to sit in a Paris Baguette and drink a cup of coffee as you do.
It seems like you can't figure out which point you're trying to prove - 1. that the homeless deserve fewer rights than you do, or 2. that people who disagree with you on that point are lying or just plain wrong.
Either way, try harder.
Sounds like no other bakery should try to make a go of it in Forest Hills. It’s as if the Boulangerie is the perfect bakery for everyone in Forest Hills. If Boulangerie was perfection personified then Martha’s, and other bakeries would have been out of business a long time ago. Boulangerie is good, but by no means it’s so good that it can dominate the bakery business in the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteMcDonalds has a lot of business too. The general public is dumb and clueless about quality...and that's why Donald Trump is president.
DeleteI love Boulangerie but I absolutely welcome another bakery to the neighborhood. I'll just point out that I had last minute additions to my Christmas Eve dinner, so at 3 p.m. Dec. 24 I went out to get an extra dessert. The line at Martha's was out the door; Fayda had very few cakes left; Boulangerie was sold out of virtually everything except opera cake. Paris Baguette saved me with their Swiss rolls, still available in several flavors and wrapped in a tidy holiday box. So I say, the more the merrier.
ReplyDeleteAlso: to the anon worrying about the homeless ruining businesses... I'll gladly give a buck or two to each homeless person on Austin St so they can go in the nearest bakery and enjoy a hot tea and a seat at a table, if only to piss you off. Happy holidays.
The question though is will you sit and eat with them? Not!
DeleteI love how this person asks a question of someone and then answers the question themselves. Maybe you should wait for the answer before assuming you know the answer.
DeleteThis may come as a shock to you, but not everyone thinks the way you do. I would have no problem sitting and eating in a place where a homeless person was sitting and eating.
If you refuse to give your business to a store that also serves homeless people, then isn't it YOU who's destroying that store owner's livelihood, not the homeless?
DeleteYou know homelessness isn't like the cooties, don't you, sweetie? You can't catch it by sitting next to someone, so calm down.
DeleteCan everybody on here please calm down over this? The poster who made the comment about the homeless most likely did it out of frustration because let's face it, the problem is growing city wide and for us here in FH it can be particularly noticeable around the 71 Ave area, McDonalds has the same thing. Just yesterday on the F train I switched cars twice because of homeless people on them and no it wasn't because I have a problem seeing them or anything but they literally smelled up the entire car, it was truly unbearable. So although I can agree with your sentiments of compassion, I have donated parts of meals to homeless when leaving restaurants, please try to sense the other posters frustration as well and try to understand his/her point of view.
DeleteSorry, but the only one who should "calm down" is the person who referred to homeless people as "dirty" and "derelicts". And then went on to argue that a homeless person would "ruin" PB's business. In my opinion, this is not someone who is "frustrated", but instead is someone who has a lack of empathy for others who are less fortunate than themselves.
DeleteI'm not going to calm down. Lack of compassion is what's destroying this country and I don't see a single reason why I should have to tolerate it. The homeless don't ruin things, people like the original commenter do.
DeleteGood, let's see them set up a nice big encampment with all of their shopping carts right in front of your building and see how much you like it.
DeleteJust like the argument about whether someone would take a homeless person into their home, Anon at 8:02 PM has come up with another red herring argument. Setting up a homeless encampment in front of an apartment building would be illegal. A homeless person purchasing food or a drink at Paris Baguette (or any other store or cafe that is open to the public) and sitting in PB to eat or drink is perfectly legal. So this argument about an encampment is irrelevant to the issue that is being discussed here.
DeleteNot to bring up the argument again but since the question was directed at me originally, I'll answer. Yes, I would. Because on days like today and yesterday and the rest of this week, we all want the same thing: to get out of the cold. If I'm in one of those bakeries having a hot tea at a table, you can be damn sure it's because I need to warm up, and I don't care if the person at the next table is a family of four or a person who looks like they can use a cleaner coat. We're all human with the same basic needs to live.
DeleteLet's focus our energy instead on getting rid of those awful bots or whatever has infiltrated the Unfiltered section! Drake, can you evict them? What the heck is going on in there???
ReplyDeleteDone, for now. That's what comes with being unfiltered :)
DeleteJust for the record paris baguette makes their food on site. They have a kitchen in the back.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not franchised to Koreans for the record.
ReplyDeleteI just stopped in and think we're really lucky they opened here. They have interesting sandwiches you can have toasted, lots of small items that would go great with an afternoon cup of coffee- I could totally come here everyday for a good two weeks and try something new each time and not get tired of it; I still love Boulangerie and now I will come to PB as well; I am not worried about Boulangerie going out of business, there is a huge market for these kinds of places here. FH has plenty of people that don't mind spending a bit more for interesting and high quality foods- just look how busy Natural constantly is. More food establishments is the way to go for this neighborhood- enough clothing, salons, banks, blah!
DeleteI've been here 3 times now. It's been hit or miss, and mostly miss. The first time I got a couple of danishes and they were both bland and lifeless. Miss. 2nd time we got a couple of the cream filled pastries, one was chocolate and the other was a creme brulee deal. Both good, but I question how hard it is to make something like this taste good. Hit. 3rd and final time since it was such a letdown. My girlfriend got a bunch of the savory pastries that have cheese and hotdogs and such to bring to her parents. They like going to Fayda and these things looked like dressed up versions of what you would get at Fayda. Her parents have pretty low standards and told her never to get stuff from Paris Baguette again. I got the turkey sandiwich, and it was kind of gross. The bacon was fatty and limp, the turkey was like the most processed turkey I ever had, and they basted the inside with butter. The whole thing tasted off. Lots of selection and pretty, but really fails to deliver on content. I'm sure it will be around for a long time since this type of place seems to appeal to some people.
ReplyDeleteEach time I've been, the coffee was excellent.