Europane Bakery Cafe - Pasadena

Since the pandemic, Europane seems to have stopped making some of the baked goods they have made on the eastern side of Los Angeles. It's so disappointing. Although I have great sympathy for what the restaurants are struggling to only enjoy, now that they are open, one would hope that the first thing they would do is to restore what they have made such an outstanding bakery café in the first place. They did what is traditionally called Morning Buns, one of only two places east of L.A. they did. Lincoln was the only place where you could occasionally get a Morning Bun. But Lincoln didn't survive the pandemic. The only place where you can get this pleasure is when ALWAYS travels the west side. Europane still makes her famous egg salad, but somehow the breads they were famous cannot meet their old standards. I will continue to support Pasadenas's two Europane sites that separate themselves from Colorado. I love the place and will continue to be loyal. I just hope the owners understand that now that they are back in business, their customers hope for the same loyalty in return and bring back the baked goods that we first pulled back.

Unfortunately, this place feels like its slow death. At 9am it was almost empty and there was only 1 person. The pastry case was mostly empty (remembered when he was busy and burst with pastries!? and the food we ordered was so bad that we threw it away. The latte was good and the cold brew was terrible. We had to wait 20 minutes, even though we were the only people who ordered.

4.5. Real result I tried the frittata and icy mocha and both were quite solid. I thought the coffee was pretty weak because I didn't really taste the espresso, but maybe it was just a way out. This is the first frittata I had in this bakery and it was really light and fluffy, quite tasteful. I think I like the American omelet anyway! I think if I had a croissant or some other baked goods it would have been a clear five stars for me, so I will try the next round!

No more delicious. I had a sandwich and a pastry and tasted neither like bread or pastry on that day (I also did not finish) and SO expensive. I don't think they bake daily or it doesn't seem like that. Maybe they get their groove back, this place was so good.

Got the chocolate scone which was just the right consistency (nice and flakey) and not oily and the chocolate chips were good (would?ve been better if it was chunks). A+ The egg salad toast was humongous!!! I split one and still felt like they must?ve used 2-3eggs just on my half. But delicious!