America's Bakeries

[satturn]

I find gerlitz in ramat eshkol to make great chocolate rugalach

[yuneeq]

In Israel the concept of packaged baked goods practically doesn't exist. There are bakeries everywhere where you can find a thousand types of challa every Friday. Everything is abundant and just so fresh. Great bakeries include Berman's and Chaba by the shuk, Angels (because it's open 24/6), Meafeh Neeman, Marzipan, English Cake, the list goes on and on.

I also noticed that the bread in restaurants is so much better than its US counterparts.

Ps. Regarding butterflake in teaneck, it is really amazing but it isn't cholov Yisroel.

[Moes Tavern]

Ps. Regarding butterflake in Teaneck, it is really amazing but it isn't cholov Yisroel.

Didn't realize that my challah wasn't Cholov Yisroel.   

[george]

yuck! and the person who says brooklyn bake shop is good should be kicked off ddf... its the worst here in IL.

there are no good bakeries here in general. theres avichayil for bagels, but otherwise not much!
in america Ragalach in monsey is delicious.

Avichayil rugalach are out of this world.

[Dan]

France I was not impressed with at all. It was actually the biggest letdown of my Paris trip. All the baked goods I could find  were pareve. I was hoping for buttery croissants.

Did you read my 2012 CDG trip notes?
There are at least 2 excellent dairy bakeries in the 19th, Chez Akol and Boulanger Bio.
Don't blame Paris for your bad research.

[whacked1]

yuck! and the person who says brooklyn bake shop is good should be kicked off ddf... its the worst here in IL.

there are no good bakeries here in general. theres avichayil for bagels, but otherwise not much!
in america Ragalach in monsey is delicious.

Not sure what Brooklyn bake shop is??

[Moes Tavern]

Not sure what Brooklyn bake shop is??

A Bakery in the Geulah section of Jerusalem

[twentie4hrs]

Anyone ever tried http://www.rickiscookies.com


very good for a small town or for any size town..

[Dave321]

A Bakery in the Geulah section of Jerusalem

For some reason some Americans go crazy for it but imho it gets a B rating at best, compared to american bakeries.

[sky121]

In my opinion many bakeries in Israel taste the same.  They do have some great rugelach etc .

[ushdadude]

On a similar note, does anyone else hate zomics packaged challa rolls?

[sky121]

Why would anyone eat packaged challah? Unless you're on vacation or something ...

[twentie4hrs]

on rickiscookies.com

They sent out a coupon code KISLEV10 = 10% off any purchase. Good through November 18th.

This is what I send to all of my clients and they love it....

Its from Memphis, TN.....known for something called a 'chipstick' - really good

[dd321]

In my opinion many bakeries in Israel taste the same.  They do have some great rugelach etc .

if you like sesame seeds on your chocolate rugelach

[Moes Tavern]

On a similar note, does anyone else hate zomics packaged challa rolls?

+1 and Zaidies

[A3]

on rickiscookies.com

They sent out a coupon code KISLEV10 = 10% off any purchase. Good through November 18th.

This is what I send to all of my clients and they love it....

Its from Memphis, TN.....known for something called a 'chipstick' - really good

Very good bakery. But I don't think the best.
The cookies are chewy style...sometimes I feel they are undercooked. Challahs are really good though.

For my fav as a prev commenter mentions I would go with butterflake in teaneck nj

[itsyehuda]

Did you read my 2012 CDG trip notes?
There are at least 2 excellent dairy bakeries in the 19th, Chez Akol and Boulanger Bio.
Don't blame Paris for your bad research.

My CDG trip was before I was a DDFer.

We actually wanted to get to ChezAkol (play on the bracha BTW) because we heard that was the only place to get dairy pastries, but didn't make it there. I guess I have another excuse to go back.

The disappointing bakeries were in Le Marais and in the Rue Richer area.

On a side note, The 19th was the only place I actually felt a little uncomfortable just walking around as a Jew. Did anyone else feel that?

[efflpetzel]

I have to agree with the op here, go find me a good milchig custard doughnut in ny.

if there's anything I miss about London it's grodzinski bakery, delicious fresh soft stuff

[twentie4hrs]

Very good bakery. But I don't think the best.
The cookies are chewy style...sometimes I feel they are undercooked. Challahs are really good though.

For my fav as a prev commenter mentions I would go with butterflake in teaneck nj

Yea, but for clients they have very nice packaging...

Agreed, Challah is amazing too --try something called a "butter-crust pull-a-part challah"...amazing

[itsyehuda]

I'm glad this thread materialized out of my kvetching. A bakery wiki would be a wonderful thing.