Tal’s Patisserie

I had read about Tal’s in some local publications and was curious to test out some of their traditional «Israeli» baked goods.
I was pleasantly surprised to meet to owner when I walked in on a random day just before Purim (a very female centric Jewish holiday) and ordered some hamentashen cookies to go. Hamentashen are a shortbread type cookie (lighter) shaped in a triangle an typically filled with apricot, cherry, raspberry, prune or poppyseed filling (though now you can find other fillings that have become «trendy» elsewhere-​think Nutella, etc.). They also use Mr. Espresso for the espresso drinks and of course, I ordered what I can tell you was a perfect latte to go (one size only).
Hands down, these cookies were the best store/​bakery bought hamentashen I have ever had. Perfect cookie to filling ratio and the right size unlike the gargantuan ones I have seen at what I consider the «fake» bagel stores in the area. I only bought 4 and I ate 2 and saved 2 for my husband who claimed he had never tried one before (he might be right on this but don’t tell him!). He has been talking about these cookies for the last 2 months and states they are his favorite cookie now and though I have been back again, they are not «in season» but I am sure if I wanted I could place a special order with the lovely owner, Tal.
This small café’ is very sweet and they do offer baking classes for kids (possibly adults), afternoon tea and a few other special events.
This place is a true gem in the Livery-​and I need to frequent it more often.

Very charming place! Great food, tea, and service. The tea service was wonderful, and they are very accommodating with dietary restrictions. Their pastries are amazing!

This is my favorite place for pastries. For Passover they have a nice selection of baked goods. They also make great cookies. The staff is very friendly and remember you if you come regularly. They are very nice to my son and he loves the macaroons and crepes. Parking is easy so good for a quick cup of coffee and pastry. Décor is nice too.

Not a very friendly place, my friend and I had a pretty hard time finding the place. We were greeted with a not to friendly cashier and my order didn’t come out as I expected. I seen a picture posted on here listed as a breakfast sandwich so that’s what I ordered. Instead I got 3 mini crossaints with cheese and eggs. The waitress touched both my utensils after just handling cash at the register. Overall I’m not very impressed with this place and I don’t plan on returning.

We were buying our wedding rings at Dioro’s in Lafayette when we decided afterwards to walk the entire plaza. Since we were a little thirsty, we decide we needed a little coffee. We saw Tal’s and decided that this was the place to go.
I would think that most of the wimmin’ folk here would call this place «cute». The place had a nice Parisian kinda feel (naturally given the name) and the owner is a really sweet lady. So after spying the desserts while waiting in line, we decided on getting two Americano’s and a backlava and cupcake for the little lady.
I must say that the Americano’s were better than Starbucks for sure. A compliment to the espresso and someone knows what they’re doing. While the baklava was a little flat and not lightly crisp and lacking that nice honey taste/​texture, it was still good. Not the best, but good enough for me that day. My fiancé thoguht her cupcake was really good and commented that it was moist on the inside.
I would recommend this place if you need a very small, cozy place to have a quiet conversation. Maybe good for a date.

Part of me doesn’t want to write about Tal’s, out of fear it will become as crowded as Danville Sideboard. This is an amazing little bakery and gourmet sandwicherie at The Livery. The coffee, baked goods and lunch salads and sandwiches are outstanding and it is rarely crowded. The service is excellent and friendly. This is now my go-​to place for casual, delicious weekend breakfast or lunch. I especially recommend the curry chicken sandwich on homemade baguette, and the cucumber and tomato salad. All of the desserts are phenomenal. Like everything at The Livery, Tal’s has a relaxed somewhere-​in-​the-​redwoods feel and is close to 680.

Cute little homey place in the heart of the Livery. I had a moms’ group play date scheduled here during the week and it was perfect. There’s a corner of the place where our kids played with toddler toys (colors, books, mini kitchen, etc.) while the moms chatted over tea and breakfast.
My girls had the French ham and Swiss cheese crepes and I did the blintzes with peppermint tea. The crepes are two to a plate and were a bit on the small side for $ 8+, but we’re so tasty that I had to order them another plate because they inhaled the first in 5 minutes. The blintzes were good too. Both crêpe shells were made fresh to order.
Service was nice and helpful. The store manager was at the counter and served food, while the owner was in the back preparing the F&B.
This is great for a few friends with a few kids, but would probably be too small for a bigger group. Their pastries look yum and I hear they do a nice high-​tea as well. I’ll be back to try those for sure!

This is a cute little place that has been around for a few years. We were there on a Saturday for late breakfast. The breakfast croissant sandwich was very tasty.
I give the team credit for producing a good product in such a small space. They have 5 tables for two and one table for six.
Tal’s serves high tea but the overall atmosphere is only partially conducive to high tea. The public area has several nice chandeliers that unfortunately have 6000K LED bulbs. I suggested they gradually replace these with attractive 2500K-​2700K LEDs and the staff told me they ordered them online and were a bit surprised at the color. Oops. The kitchen is so small that storage overflows into the public space.
We saw a staff person packaging up a large birthday cake for delivery. It looks like they do a good job making special custom cakes.
The staff is friendly and accommodating.

I finally got to try out this cute patisserie this morning. My girlfriends just finished a nice hike behind the Livery and wanted to grab a quick bite before picking up the kids.
I ordered their breakfast sandwich made with their freshly baked challah bread. Oh my… that bread was GOOOOD. They used a fromage which was perfect.
The drip was nice and bold. Their cream was chilled. To me, it’s the little things that make a huge difference. Everyone else ordered pastries which just made my mouth water.
They pulled out this chocolate and nutella bread or puns cake. I’m was drooling. .
Can’t wait to come back to try something else.

Terribly disappointing. Excited all week to go to Tals for tea on Saturday. We did not get what was described on the menu. One pot of tea for each of us My husband’s was plain Earl Grey and mine was a delicious raspberry. We each received 2 tiny pieces of boureka, 2 finger sized melted cheese with tomato, as wide as a cigar and an equally small piece of bread spread with goat cheese and fig jam. very small. there were 2 macarons, 2 hamantashen and 2 petit four size pieces of chocolate cake. No ham and cheese sandwiches as promised. No scones with butter and jam as on the menu. This sad array for 40.00 plus tax and tip. things tasted good but is was a poor attempt.

My favorite place for great coffee pastries and breakfast !
You must try the feta and spinach bourekas and the babka cake. The Breakfast is fresh and yummy too. And the deserts are amazing !!!
Great service and very nice owner!!!

We ordered a lemon cake for a company event recently — boy, was it delicious! They did a nice, classy job of decorating the cake with colored macaroons that matched our company logo color perfectly. We also ordered 15 bags of the amazing french macaroon cookies — if you haven’t had them from Tal’s yet, well then you’re just missing out!
Thanks again and well done. See you next time, (but not too soon or I’ll get fat).

I stopped by for a quick bite to eat in Danville & found Tal’s patisserie. I ordered the Jambon Fromage, and honestly I didn’t know what to expect when I ordered it.
The fresh, crunchy baguette was delicious, ham was moist and perfectly salted with an epic amount of creamy cheese, all melted together and balanced perfectly.
Simple at its best
They were out of chocolate croissants, but don’t worry, I’m coming back for more soon!
Keep it up Tal!

Cute, tiny bakery. Delicious coffee. Hot chocolate was awesome! A toothpick was sticking up out of the froth. Our server explained that there was a small square of chocolate at the end. I stirred the melting chocolate into the liquid, making for a rich and decadent drink. I’ve only seen this done in a couple of other places.
However, current set up is not conducive to a real meal. There was 1 large farmhouse table, the rest were 2-​tops. Menu is really tiny, so was the portion size. I had a ham, cheese and egg filled crêpe. It was accompanied by a few slices of pear and banana. Delicious but I was still hungry afterwards. It could also have been warmer. Our food was served at room temp.

Had yet another fabulous breakfast in this little jewel in Danville!!! I met my girlfriend for coffee -(The best) and a bite to eat in this warm and welcoming patisserie. We sat 3 hours chatting and sipping and eating. Everything is absolutely delicious. My mouth just wants to keep tasting all the delicious food on the menu but my tummy can only fill up so much, I will have to continue to visit just to cover the rest of it, there is not one thing on it that doesn’t look Devine!!! This is a go to for me when I need that coffee fix for sure as they have the best coffee I have had in forever!!!

We love this place Wednesday we eat there me and my wife after a small visit at at Danville. Place fill warm and friendly and the food is amazing

Best challah ever! So good! It’s not the commercial, fluffy challah, but real homemade, doughy, yummy goodness! My kids want it every Friday, but my waistline is not cool with that.
I also got a vanilla latte while picking up the challah. They make their own, fresh vanilla syrup for the latte. SOOO good!
This is definitely our new challah place! Thanks ladies! I had a great time chatting with you both as well!

I’d been wanting to give Tal’s a try for quite some time… quick lunch visit today.
I ordered a Caprese sandwich — good, nice quality ingredients, but on the small side. In addition, I had the Champagne salad which again was good, but small.
For a $ 10 lunch, I was still hungry.
Probably not going to return for lunch :(
The place is super cute and the baked goods looked amazing… definitely will return for a treat or two.
3 solid stars for now.

This place is just ok… now trust me when I say I really wanted to like this place more, but it has a couple of big strikes against it.
First off, when I placed my order, the lady came back to our table three different times to confirm our order… which should have been a sign of things to come… ordered the breakfast crêpe, and a ham and cheese croissant. The thing that tied the two dishes together? The ham was cold in both dishes. How awkward is that? Hot, flaky, delicious croissant… with some melted cheese… and cold ham. The crêpe was the same way, with the ham cold in the middle. That, and the items here are definitely overpriced. If you’re gonna give me cold ham in two dishes, then don’t overcharge me. If I have to pay a premium for what looks like awesome baked goods, then I expect and demand that it is executed to perfection.

We’ve tried this place a few more times. Although I initially liked it, upon repeat visits, we are always a bit disappointed with what we buy. Prices are way too high. Quality is good, but the menu is so limited. And pretty much whatever they have, I’ve had better elsewhere at similar or better prices.
Last visit were some overpriced macarons and coffee. Neither blew us away.