Café Tropical is a neighborhood bakery and cafe. The cafe offers a selection of breakfast and lunch sandwiches and light fare, pastries, cookies, pies and more. Coffee, tea and specialty sodas are also offered.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with cakes cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other assorted treats made fresh each day at Hotcakes Bakes. Try traditional or interesting and unique cupcakes such as chocolate raspberry mousse or tres leches spicy mango, which earned the bakery the distinction of being named winner of the Food Network's 2009 cupcake wars. Enjoy your sweets at one of the counter stools or ask for take-out. There is limited parking in front and ample spots in the rear of the store. Hotcakes Bakes, located near the intersections of Centinela Avenue and Washington Boulevard, also offers catering for weddings, birthdays and other special events.
Yum Yum Donuts is located near the 110 freeway in Cypress Park on Figueroa Street. Heading north on the 110, exit Figueroa and make a right. This shop is located on the left-hand side of the street. Yum Yum Donuts offers over 75 varieties of fresh donuts and baked goods ranging from Apple Fritters to Original Glazed varieties. It also serves hot coffee, juices, shakes and blended ice drinks for any craving regardless of what the weather is like outside. This location is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so come by whenever you feel like a dozen maple bars (even if it's 4am).
Yum Yum Donuts is located near the 110 Freeway in Cypress Park, on Figueroa Street. If you're heading north on the 110, exit at Figueroa and make a right. You should eventually see the shack on your left, in the same shopping center as Superior Groceries.
Yum Yum Donuts is a late-night haven for donut connoisseurs, with over 70 varieties in circulation, from maple bars to apple cinnamon crumb donuts. This location doesn't have traditional indoor seating, but there is a shared patio area with Taco Fiesta next door. Pick up a Mint Chip Chilla drink and a chocolate donut any time of the day or night.
With the proliferation of chain stores and restaurants, sometimes it's hard for small mom-and-pop shops to distinguish themselves. This is not the case with Ruby Bakery. Ruby's is a popular local bakery that has amassed a vast and loyal following over the past 27 years. It is located in a charming shopping district at the corner of Eagle Rock Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard, across the street from Quizno's, Jamba Juice, and Starbucks. The bakery has many baked goods, such as cupcakes, cream puffs, and eclairs, although it specializes in cakes. A selection of cakes can be bought whole or by the slice, and custom orders can also be placed. Ruby Bakery has experience preparing cakes for almost any type of event—birthdays, weddings, retirement parties, and more. The store is open every day of the week, and customers are encouraged to just drop by.
Elysee Bakery and Cafe has been in business since 1979. It offers a wide selection of gourmet pastries such as croissants, pain au chocolat, danishes, muffins, scones, baguettes, turnovers and gourmet cookies. The cafe features a selection of quality coffee and espresso drinks and tea. The cafe also has a full menu with breakfast, sandwiches, salads and entrees such as quiche, chicken in Dijon mustard, chicken putanesca on fettuccine and linguine chicken in creamy mushroom sauce. The bakery makes cappuccino cake, black forest cake, eclairs, Florentine fruit cup, fruit tart, marble cake, midnight cake, peach cake, tiramisu and napoleons. The cafe offers catering and its entire assortment of pastries are available for wholesale. The spacious dining room and outdoor seating provides a great place for students to study or friends to catch up.
Viktor Bene's Continental Bakery is located in Gelson's in the Westfield Century City Mall. Viktor Bene's Bakery offers freshly baked pastries, cakes and fine European desserts. It uses fresh and quality ingredients. The bakery has been in business for more than 50 years.
Baked good include cookies, cakes, bread, danishes, coffee cakes and tarts. The bakery can also take custom orders for cakes for any occasion, including weddings, anniversaries, parties and birthdays. Viktor Bene's is best known for its "alligator," a delicious coffee cake made from an original recipe of pecans, butter and eggs. The friendly staff can help customers with any orders and is committed to providing high quality service to guests.
At Susie Cakes, you'll find yourself surrounded by many tantalizing confections. Desserts range from the shop's signature frosting-filled cupcakes to elaborate multilayer cakes. Try the delectably whimsical Whoopie Pie or Strawberry Confetti Cake. Treat yourself to an afternoon snack at one of Susie's outdoor tables or treat a loved one to a custom birthday cake. Susie Cakes is located across the street from the fashionable Brentwood Gardens Shopping Center.
