Bakery Cafe

I came here for a late lunch and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to have much conversation with the owners because I don’t speak Creole, I looked at the uncovered stew and decided to go with that and the rice and beans. I’m never one to pass up a smoothie and I saw $ 3.50, a reasonable price. The stew while somewhat suspiciously looking was delicious. It was a mixture of carrots, onions, beef?, and other brownish/​red things. On top of that they filled my to go box to the top so that I had enough for a 2^nd meal! When I ordered the smoothie, they got a fresh mango and banana and sliced them right in front of me. It was amazingly fresh and tasty. If you’re ever in the Little Haiti neighborhood stop by here, it’s worth it.

This place is still spotless, as usual, and the juices are still good, according to my friend’s response to the papaya juice she got, however, the service… oh the service… ohhhh how the mighty have fallen, people… This place was so on point on service, however, they have one person in there who is totally destroying their rep.
The first time I went here, three ladies were working, but two were helping Claudia J. and I, and one was mean mugging while she was helping another customer and doing something else in the kitchen. That girl was probably anywhere from 18 – 22 and had just above shoulder-​length flat, lifeless hair. Well, Little Miss Lifeless had the nerve to be prejudiced against Black American women. Long, long story… read a book, ask a friend, do what you must to find out the story behind why a few, not all, Haitian-​American women are idiotic enough to think that way.
Well, long story short, Little Miss Lifeless tried to play my friend and I (also Black American). She speaks perfect English, I know she does. In fact, she even had the nerve to say a couple sentences here and there in her perfect English and I am convinced it was just to be sure we knew she was being difficult intentionally. Well, all we wanted was an order of plaintains and a papaya juice. So she tried to play us and ask if my friend wanted the juice with milk or water in Kreyol. Look, Little Miss Lifeless, I just happen to know a little something, so I respond to her in Kreyol that we wanted it with water. Then she starts asking me if I want this sauce with my plaintains or if I want x, y, z, or a, b, c, or 1, 2, 3 with it. I said to her in clear, direct Kreyol when she first started asking me if I wanted anything on the plantains that I wanted plain fried green plantains, nothing else. She proceeds to ask me her list of questions to be difficult. She’s also speaking the fastest Kreyol known to man. I understand native-​pace Kreyol… it’s really not typically spoken that fast anyway. She was speaking at 1,000 miles an hour, again, just to be difficult. Well, then she has the nerve to ask us how many plantains we want. Excuse me??? What? What does that even mean?! I said one order. Since when do you ask how many plantains. So I’m like does she mean how many whole plantains do I want cut up and fried? How many pieces??? No one asks that! Again, being difficult intentionally.
Why I didn’t walk out from the start is beyond me. I was just in such utter shock that she would even have the nerve. Never again, my friends. NEVER! If you don’t believe me that these things happen, see the two reviews of Chez Le Bebe by Black American women.
RIDICULOUS!
Oh, and the plantains were straight up fried in chicken grease. Thank you, Little Miss Lifeless, for the chicken-​fried plantains…
Love,
Your two favorite black girls

This review is for a papaya shake I had. The place is super clean, people were scrubbing chairs and sweeping the floor, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! The place is nicely furnished, not there much of seats inside, just a couple of counters to have your food. They do have outdoor area which is nice weather permitting — you immerse into the community.
The shake was $ 3.50 (with milk) they also serve it without milk ($ 2.50). I normally have shakes with water, but gave it a try this time with milk. The shake was great! not heavy at all, didn’t ask what type of milk they used but definitely yummy.
Seems that regulars visit this establishment, people speaking creole, and they have a very VERY friendly service — which I was amazed by that. They have hot food, like specials, the prices are around $ 5 — $ 6.
Food in general looks fresh. They sell patties and bread. Might have to come back for another time!

I wanted some fried chicken, I had read Adams review on pack supermarket (right in front of this cute café) and i was curious to try it. this changed as soon as i saw the outdoors seating area for the bakery café., it was a beautiful day so i said: «im staying here». this place is also an internet café, which .i dont really know how much it is or how it works… so. anyways, i was starving and i dont really have that much experience with haitian cuisine. so i told the lady behind the counter to hook me up with something good. she said, go for the ox tail, ox tail it is. came with rice, beans, a boiled plantain and a little bit of salad (for decoration?) and i also ordered a lemonade. i had some trouble communicating with the lady cause i dont speak creole and her english is not that good, but who cares? i got to eat some yummy S because of her! the oxtail was perfect! meaty and a little greasy, the way is supposed to be. it was spiced up with i dont know what so it had a kick to it. the rice was pretty good too, i think it had salt and garlic. the boiled plantain i thought i wasnt going to like, wrong. i ate half of it. the lemonade was the perfect match for this meal. grand total? 11 $ im definitely taking friends here so they see how cool and eclectic i am… oh yes, this place is right next to a botanica so there was haitian music playing in the background and costumers would occasionally sign out loud which transported me to another place. this place is great.