Canto 6

I came in on a Saturday afternoon and ordered:
Brownie Bite (Not sure of the name) grade: A
Mocha Latte w Almond Milk
Grade: One of the best I’ve had in the area
TLC w turkey (sandwich)
Grade: A
Fresh
As for customer service, a wave of customers came in while I was waiting. The staff apologized and gave me a complimentary baked good that I never asked for but very much appreciated
A positive experience simple and plain

Delicious coffee and pastries. They are known for their scones and it’s not hard to see why. They have different flavors everyday! My favorite is a sour cherry almond scone. Delicious! There isn’t a lot of space inside so this is more of a grab and go type of place. Staff is always friendly. Highly recommend!

We feel so lucky that this is our neighborhood bakery! My usual drink is a latte, which I’ve purchased at many a coffee shop both chain and otherwise, and I can say confidently that Canto 6 makes an excellent latte. I try very hard to avoid the amazing selection of baked goods but I usually can’t. Ginger molasses cookie, salted chocolate chip cookie, oat bars, homemade granola bar, croissants and of course scones and muffins… really just all awesome. The sandwiches are very good with great bread (some in house and some from Fornax bakery I think) and quality ingredients. They do not do hot or pressed sandwiches. I would say the only draw back to this place is that the seating is very limited. The staff is very friendly, efficient, seem happy to serve you and they seem to actually like one another and like what they are doing. (unlike another café/​bakery in the neighborhood… just saying…).

Came here for a quick bite but surprised to find this gem. Foods great and the coffee is a legit. Got an iced mocha, wasn’t too sweet and you can taste the finely grounded chocolate.
Don’t pass up on Canto 6! It’s a great spot with capable staff. The baristas are really cute.
⁵⁄₅! Will come back with friends

Ok so I can’t begin to tell you how much I’ve grown to love this place! The staff are all amazing and accommodating. I get an iced latte with skim milk 4 shots of espresso and a ½ shot of maple syrup! Yes maple syrup in your coffee is amaze balls! At first they were like, what? And now their like, your usual? I try to stay away from their baked goods because I’m diabetic… I know maple syrup blah blah blah but it actually has a lower glycemic index than sugar and I’m a clean eater so I don’t use artificial anything and mmm maple syrup! So go have amazing cookies and pastries and bomb ass coffee but please try a maple latte they’re delicious!

I had a great latte here and picked up a chocolate croissant for my daughter. She said it was one of the best she’s ever had. Extremely limited seating makes it a difficult place to relax and enjoy your coffee and pastry. Take it to go.

Good coffee and pastries. The seating area is small, but I would not recommend sitting anyway. Every time I’m in there it is extremely hot and stuffy. Great for getting take out, but not the kind of place where you could sit, enjoy your coffee, and do some work.

Amazing amazing amazing. The Green sandwich is a must get. I loved the apple jam in it!
Also, there is this wonderful corn baked savory thing that kind of looks like a pizza slice but is way better than that. We could have eaten ten of those. That’s how good it was!
It’s a small place with 3 tables so don’t go in expecting to linger though.

Don’t even know why I’m wasting a rating here! They already have 200+ reviews and are at 4.5 stars.
Glory sing, hallelujah! The croissants here are amazing. The coffee is equal exchange and its amazing. Friend got the mozz sandwich, not amazing, but also not what I would’ve ordered from a bakery!

I’ve lived right around the corner from this bakery/​café since 1998. I’ve traveled the world and have never had scones better than the ones they make. Absolutely delicious! In fact, although I don’t go that often (I’d weigh 200 pounds!), every time I go, no matter what, the bakery item, sandwiches and tea are wonderful. And I’m a total and complete food snob!
The only thing I don’t like is there is no sneeze guard on the servers side and I wonder about their faces being so close to the product. But, I’ve a great immune system.
Prepare for a line, know what you want to order & at some point, try everything.

Most days a great assortment and decent quality pastries. I have had some imperfect pastries. Nonetheless one of the few places in the area, so am happy to frequent it.
Small neighborhood place that always smells amazing.

It’s lunch time. The weather is nice. You want a sandwich that is filling, wholesome and complex? Head to Canto 6! I am WAY partial to their baked tofu that is chewy and flavorful and adds both nutrition and substance to a vegetarian sandwich. usually vegetarian sandwiches are limited to hummus and vegetables or some variation on a caprese. However, Canto 6 packs on the guac, arugula and tofu on their crusty and fluffy bread. Really small place, I recommend getting it to go, walking to a park (or the Pond!) and dining outdoors!
Great looking pastries too! I heard they are wonderful!

Quick service, great tuna salad and fresh baked goodies.
good location about one mile away from Sam Adams brewery, That small town local feel.

Whoa… had a sandwich here for lunch today with my sister and husband… it was REALLY freaking good. My husband and I couldn’t decide on 2 sandwiches, so we each got one and tried half of each.
The sandwich of the month was a great combination of beet tzatziki, chickpea and feta… I’m usually not a big beet fan, but they made the beets an awesome addition to this sandwich, without taking over all of the taste… also confession, we initially thought it said «beef» tzatziki on the handwritten chalkboard menu, so we were clearly surprised when the sandwich came out. Now first I have to tell you that my husband would never get the vegetarian-​option on any menu… but he was blown away by how good this sandwich was!
Second sandwich I tried was the TLC– turkey, cheddar, pickled onions and avocado with a great black-​pepper mayo. I was at first a bit weary to order this, as it seemed a little too «typical» but it wound up being one of the best turkey sandwiches I’ve ever had! Seriously, not exaggerating. The avocado was so fresh and perfectly ripe and the pickled onions (usually not a fan of anything pickled) really made the sandwich. Highly recommend!
All in all, this place was a diamond in the rough. Awesome find, for an awesomely beautiful day.

Had seriously one of the best croissants I have had ever had. Seriously sooooo good wish I lived here so I could go back

I stayed with a friend in the JP and after a long exhausting morning of traveling I was famished. So pleased to find this gem on Unilocal just steps from the apartment! The bakery décor is rustic and cute. There’s just a couple small tables for seating, so keep that in mind.
All of the sandwiches looked delicious, but I settled on the Green Street (all natural ham, brie, house-​made apple butter, whole grain mustard, and arugula on a freshly baked croissant). It was definitely one of the tastiest sandwiches I’ve ever eaten. The complementary flavors of the salty ham and apple butter were innovative and delightful. The croissant was perfectly buttery and flakey. The brie was just a slam dunk. I’ll definitely be recreating this sandwich at home but I know it won’t be the same (sadness).
I paired my sandwich with a mug of hot apple cider, which ended up being your average grocery store cider — and overpriced ($ 3.50). I grabbed a bunch of pastries (chocolate croissant, apricot brioche, scones) for my friend as a thank you, and she said they were so so good. I tried a bit of the sour cherry honey almond scone, and it was delicious.
Service was alright. While I was enjoying my lunch I watched two presumably vegetarian customers come back on separate occasions with their lunches in hand saying there was meat in them. Kind of a big oops. They were very gracious and apologetic though as they fixed the problem, for what it’s worth. So just double check your order if you have any dietary restrictions! Otherwise, enjoy the sandwiches (especially the Green Street) and don’t leave without a bakery item or you’ll really regret it.

I used to live right off the Green Street T stop and came here 2 or 3 times a week. I live over by Jackson Square so don’t make it as often, which is a bummer, but I will say this…
Canto 6 is the best bakery I have ever been to.
Whether it’s the ham, onion and bleu cheese scone, or the raspberry pinwheel, or the peach and bleu cheese square croissant, or the cannelles; everything they make is outstanding.
The sandwiches are also outstanding. My favorite is the Pond Side.
The coffee is lacking, but who cares. That’s not why everyone is there in the first place.

I am so grateful this place exists.
It’s a tiny, tiny bakery that serves some of the best pastries I’ve ever had, really good sandwiches, and good (but not really good) coffee. I come here about once a week for a coffee and gruyère croissant; it never fails to put me in a relaxed, weekend mood. The hipsters running the place are of the friendly, not snobby, variety.
I’ve tried probably 10 – 15 of their pastry offerings, and I’ve only had two that I didn’t love– an overdone almost croissant and a overly moist pumpkin bread… log. thing. But everything else– muffins, brioche, croissants, breads, pies, cakes– has all been excellent.
This is somewhere I’d take my wealthy parents who are unlikely to be impressed by other aspects of my neighborhood.

It is amazing to me that there are only 200 reviews for this bakery. If it were in Cambridge or closer to downtown Boston, I feel like it would have thousands! That said, thank god it’s just down the street (not that I wouldn’t trek great distances to get there). Mine all mine.
Canto 6 manages to maintain a charm that I feel a lot of bakeries sometimes lose when they start making fancier and more trendy (gluten-​free, vegan, local, etc) items. I feel that Canto 6 is just really about making damn good pastries — and what’s more respectable than that?
I’ve never tried any of their sandwiches, but every flaky, bready, chocolatey treat that I’ve ever had is top notch. My personal favorites are the Gruyère croissants. Just buy one. Make it three. Buy three and eat them all and don’t for one minute feel bad about it!

I can’t say more about the bakery items. Aside from making their own, better version of the bakery standards like baguettes and croissants, there’s also a cute selection of non-​standard sweets. The coconut macaroon was amazing. I didn’t dare to try the asparagus and fiddlehead quiche.
The espresso is pretty standard, a four shot pour, but good. I got a large Iced mocha, and it has a great dark chocolate taste — not the Hershey syrup shortcut.
I wish I were adventurous enough to try the sandwiches, but nothing was for me. Limited to 9 on a chalkboard, all fresh ingredients.