On the search for the best chocolate chip cookies in Connecticut brings us to Leisha’s Bakeria in Bridgeport. Unless you live in Bridgeport, this place can be a pain to get to. It is not open on weekends, closes at…
Chocolate Chip Cookie; Sift Bake Shop
I’m a skeptical person by nature. Nothing makes me more skeptical of a restaurant than being run by any version of a ‘celebrity chef’. Sift bake shop in Mystic was started by someone who was a contestant on some show.…
Pepperoni Pizza; Nana’s Bakery & Pizza
Nana’s Bakery & Pizza. What a place. Nana’s seems to be first and foremost a bakery. So the bread they use is all sourdough and all homemade, but they use it in everything. Pizza crust? sourdough. Donuts? sourdough. It’s a…
Lemon Lavender Bombolini; Cambera Farm Bakery
Technically, this bakery doesn’t sell donuts. They sell bombolini; which are fried soughdough donut-holes on a large scale. The thing to know about them is that they are tougher and denser than donuts. But Cambera Farms Bakery in Willimantic does…
Croissant Donut Holes; Isabelle et Vincent
This place. This French bakery in Connecticut, this patisserie in Fairfield. I was so excited about this place. So excited. But everything we tried here was mostly disappointing. Except for the Croissant Donut holes. I know what you’re thinking: Cronut?…